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.
I can hear your heels clicking on the sidewalk
Beating to the rhythm of my heart
Caught up in you
You're the only one I want
I follow you home every night
Just to make sure that you get there alright
Baby, it's true
Can't think of anything but you
And what I need baby
Is a little bit of sympathy
You go time on my knees
I burn throughout the night
And I can't live without your love
Won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload
Oh, you got to know
You see me everywhere that you go
Doesn't that say something (yes baby)
Obsession's taken hold of me, yeah
All because of you
You've got to see me through
Can't take another night alone without you
Honey, it's true
I am so hung up on you
What I really need baby is a little of your company
You go time on my knees
I burn throughout the night
And I can't live without your love
Won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload
And what I need baby is a little of your sympathy
You go time on my knees
I burn throughout the night
And I can't live without your love
Won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload
(Tell me baby, what we need?) won't you help me cure this overload
(I got you everything you want baby) won't you help me cure this overload
(Your cure depends on me) won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload (tell me baby, what you need)
Won't you help me cure this overload (come on, baby, come on)
Beating to the rhythm of my heart
Caught up in you
You're the only one I want
I follow you home every night
Just to make sure that you get there alright
Baby, it's true
Can't think of anything but you
And what I need baby
Is a little bit of sympathy
You go time on my knees
I burn throughout the night
And I can't live without your love
Won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload
Oh, you got to know
You see me everywhere that you go
Doesn't that say something (yes baby)
Obsession's taken hold of me, yeah
All because of you
You've got to see me through
Can't take another night alone without you
Honey, it's true
I am so hung up on you
What I really need baby is a little of your company
You go time on my knees
I burn throughout the night
And I can't live without your love
Won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload
And what I need baby is a little of your sympathy
You go time on my knees
I burn throughout the night
And I can't live without your love
Won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload
(Tell me baby, what we need?) won't you help me cure this overload
(I got you everything you want baby) won't you help me cure this overload
(Your cure depends on me) won't you help me cure this overload
Won't you help me cure this overload (tell me baby, what you need)
Won't you help me cure this overload (come on, baby, come on)
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
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Van Halen
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The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
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Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
i can't belive no ones has commented on this song. its a great love song. i think its about a guy that is trying to get the girl he loves to let him in. hes pretty much obsessed with her and wants her to love him