The song 'Fortnight' by Taylor Swift and Post Malone tells a story about strong feelings, complicated relationships, and secret wishes. It talks about love, betrayal, and wanting someone who doesn't feel the same. The word 'fortnight' shows short-lived happiness and guilty pleasures, leading to sadness. It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she kickstarts the song in the first verse with lines suggesting an admission to a hospital for people with mental illnesses. She goes in the verse admitting her lover is the reason why she is like this. In the chorus, she sings about their time in love and reflects on how he has now settled with someone else. “I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary / And I love you, it’s ruining my life,” on the second verse she details her struggles to forget about him and the negative effects of her failure. “Thought of callin’ ya, but you won’t pick up / ‘Nother fortnight lost in America,” Post Malone sings in the outro.
As sure as prisons are the models for the city
I let my mind and my body imprison me
And now a Versaille has risen up inside
And I live in fear of the glide
In fear of the glide
And if the doors of perception were finally cleansed
I could see your face again
And my love for the world would be wild and pure
If not for this goddamn limiter
I pushed my limits to the sickening heights
And I can feel my heartbeat pounding on the back of my eyes
The drip of the faucet
And the warmth of your thighs
And the limiter -
Still blinded by the candlelight
The rubies and the pearls of the lovesick eye
The martyr's moans and the lover's sighs
Your legs so sheer in the UV light
And the limiter -
Still blinded by the candlelight
As sure as prisons are the models for the city
I nurture my need for oil and electricity
The bigger the need gets the more that
The people want a piece of it
And if the doors of perception were finally cleansed
I could take my place again
And my love for the world would be wild and pure
If not for this goddamn limiter
I pushed my limits to the sickening heights
And I can feel my heartbeat pounding on the back of my eyes
The drip of the faucet
And the warmth of your thighs
And the limiter -
Still blinded by the candlelight
The rubies and the pearls of the lovesick eye
The martyr's moans and the lover's sighs
Your legs so sheer in the UV light
And the limiter
Still blinded by the candlelight
Delight
I could see you there
And Delight
I want to see you in me everywhere
As sure as prisons are the models for the cities
I let my mind and my body imprison me
I pushed my limits to the sickening heights
And I can feel my heartbeat's pressure on the back of my eyes
The drip of the faucet
And the warmth of your thighs
And the limiter
Still blinded by the candlelight
I let my mind and my body imprison me
And now a Versaille has risen up inside
And I live in fear of the glide
In fear of the glide
And if the doors of perception were finally cleansed
I could see your face again
And my love for the world would be wild and pure
If not for this goddamn limiter
I pushed my limits to the sickening heights
And I can feel my heartbeat pounding on the back of my eyes
The drip of the faucet
And the warmth of your thighs
And the limiter -
Still blinded by the candlelight
The rubies and the pearls of the lovesick eye
The martyr's moans and the lover's sighs
Your legs so sheer in the UV light
And the limiter -
Still blinded by the candlelight
As sure as prisons are the models for the city
I nurture my need for oil and electricity
The bigger the need gets the more that
The people want a piece of it
And if the doors of perception were finally cleansed
I could take my place again
And my love for the world would be wild and pure
If not for this goddamn limiter
I pushed my limits to the sickening heights
And I can feel my heartbeat pounding on the back of my eyes
The drip of the faucet
And the warmth of your thighs
And the limiter -
Still blinded by the candlelight
The rubies and the pearls of the lovesick eye
The martyr's moans and the lover's sighs
Your legs so sheer in the UV light
And the limiter
Still blinded by the candlelight
Delight
I could see you there
And Delight
I want to see you in me everywhere
As sure as prisons are the models for the cities
I let my mind and my body imprison me
I pushed my limits to the sickening heights
And I can feel my heartbeat's pressure on the back of my eyes
The drip of the faucet
And the warmth of your thighs
And the limiter
Still blinded by the candlelight
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
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Lord Huron
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
He likes drugs more than a girl, who left him due to addiction.
It could not be drugs, his limiter could be an abstract concept he has obsessed himself with, but well, it's probably drugs.