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.
Oh pride is not a sin,
And that's why I have gone on down to Wal-Mart
With my checkbook to get you some.
Like waves in which you drown me, shouting
I knoe you must've realized by now
And by the lawnchairs there
Next to the racks of guns
Your self esteem is waiting
Canned up in alluminum
And that's why I have gone on down to Wal-Mart
With my checkbook to get you some.
Like waves in which you drown me, shouting
I knoe you must've realized by now
And by the lawnchairs there
Next to the racks of guns
Your self esteem is waiting
Canned up in alluminum
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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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.
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This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
It's a response to consumer culture? (where esteem is gained/shown in owning things/brands)
well I think the canned up in aluminum line refers to alcohol (beer cans specifically), most people feel better about themselves when they drink.
I think its about a person who is abusive to his wife or girlfriend. So he goes to walmart and gets beer, so both he and his wife can get drunk, where the abuse starts, and the wife/girlfriend has to turn to alcohol just to escape it.
after reading doughty's book it's hard not to imagine that this is just a statement to the rest of the guys in the band. or some kind of genuine plea, at first quiet and meek but growing into a scream. sounds like he wrote most of it alone with a drum machine and sequencer. he is singing so softly you can hear the buzz of the recording devices in the background. something very raw about that, it compliments perfectly his state of being at the time.
I think that this song is a comment on the somewhat ironic regard in which the lower class holds themselves, like people who shop at Wal-Mart out of necessity and are still radically self-important. That only accounts for the bookends of the song, though, so I'm probably wrong.
I love how Mike sounds when he sings "I knowwww", though. It sounds raw and fraught with emotion, a perfect crescendo in a song to which I didn't used to give much thought.
"Your self-esteem is waiting, canned up in aluminum". Magnificent.
red neck drunk!! woooo
As much as I want to go right along with tungstenchecksin's interpretation, I just don't think it's about class. I think there's something to what she says, though.
Doughty, while an addict, went to Pensacola to get away from everything. There he lived with Gus, his one friend in the extended Soul Coughing group, his tour manager. He said that it seemed like a kind of white-trashy southern town. He was a fish out of water there.
They drank too much in Pensacola. He's going to buy beer. They go to a Wal-Mart to get it. The experience brings about a negative and dirty feeling, like the first realization that they're addicted to alcohol.