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.
your looking at me why
sort of like a leper vibe
okay for your kind
but too good for me
and hey i know im
never gonna qualify
for all the bullshit of your social degrees
oh look down your noses at me
hating my identity
oh but that dont mean a damn thing you see
'cause down here in hell everybody loves me
hey i know im antisocial
cause you act like im infected
with some atrocity
and though i know im
every bit the same inside
my face dont fit
its like i got some disease
oh keep your face turned away
to strip me of identity
oh still got my fortune and fame
'cause down here in hell everyone knows my name
hell is hom to me
might as well be
i like it here and no one else invited me
hell is home to me
it has to be
jesus christ nobody else invited me
now i belong
i found my home
cause evem though i know things wont
get any better, they can certainly never get much worse
hell is hom to me
might as well be
i like it here and no one else invited me
hell is home to me
it has to be
jesus christ nobody else invited me
say my whole life ive always been disliked
ignored unless your spittiing insults at me
and i dont knoe why you felt so justified
in all the degregation you dished upon me
oh now my satus has changed
and you got yourself to blame
oh ill grab the attention i crave
now im running hell heaven wont be the same
hell is home to me
hell is home to me
hell is home to me (someday)
hell is home to me (someday)
chorus
sort of like a leper vibe
okay for your kind
but too good for me
and hey i know im
never gonna qualify
for all the bullshit of your social degrees
oh look down your noses at me
hating my identity
oh but that dont mean a damn thing you see
'cause down here in hell everybody loves me
hey i know im antisocial
cause you act like im infected
with some atrocity
and though i know im
every bit the same inside
my face dont fit
its like i got some disease
oh keep your face turned away
to strip me of identity
oh still got my fortune and fame
'cause down here in hell everyone knows my name
hell is hom to me
might as well be
i like it here and no one else invited me
hell is home to me
it has to be
jesus christ nobody else invited me
now i belong
i found my home
cause evem though i know things wont
get any better, they can certainly never get much worse
hell is hom to me
might as well be
i like it here and no one else invited me
hell is home to me
it has to be
jesus christ nobody else invited me
say my whole life ive always been disliked
ignored unless your spittiing insults at me
and i dont knoe why you felt so justified
in all the degregation you dished upon me
oh now my satus has changed
and you got yourself to blame
oh ill grab the attention i crave
now im running hell heaven wont be the same
hell is home to me
hell is home to me
hell is home to me (someday)
hell is home to me (someday)
chorus
Lyrics submitted by iampunk
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
I must admit that this is the song that made me listen to the metal. I was about, lets say, sixteen. I was also - well, let's say disliked in my class. My bet class mates just ignored me, rest of them used violence, called me different kind of words - you can imagine. I was fat, hated any kind of physical activity, so they could do whatever they wanted.
It lasted almost all high school, with time some teachers started to hate me, because I was not cooperating with the class (for example I never went to a class trip or anything like that, no class christmas, and so on). The thing is, I couldn't leave... or didn't want to leave. My mother wanted me to go there, because it was one of best HS in Poland, and she also went there, when she was young (she was second best there). What would it mean for me if I couldn't just complete the school, even on the last place?
After three years of being a victim I had completely no self esteem - they could spit me in the face, and I would do nothing, they could call me whatever they desired - i did nothing, I didn't even run away. But then I have heard the song.
And I decided it has to change. I started to work out, ride a bicycle (20 at first, then 80km every day - it was winter back then), and soon - after four months I was the strongest in class.
Then there was an incident when we played football. One guy I absoultely hated hit me with a ball, he was two meters away and he used all his strength. I lost my breath for a while (he said "sorry, it was a mistake", but he didn't give a damn), then I lost control. I can hardly recall all what happened next, I had to get revenge. I didn't wait till the guy had the ball - I just run toward him, and hit him with my knee in the liver. He almost cried. He was lying on the ground, holding his stomach, hi friend shouted something like "what the f*** are you doing), I replied - "sorry, It was a mistake".
They wanted to beat me up in a locker/changing room after a class, so one got a punch in the face, and the second stopped like nothing happened.
They said i gone insane - one guy for example stole my pen and said that I would get it back if I earn it, so I grabbed hm after the class, and took it by the force. They couldn't understand how it can be - I was always a coward, now i fight for what is mine, and that is why I was insane;) Everyone that raised his hand against me - everyone got what they deserved.
It's all just like in the song - they created me. It is about people pushed away from the society, who have the power to strike back, not about religion. Heaven, hell, they are just words, sides of the barricade.