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.
Better stop dreaming of the quiet life, 'cause it's the one we'll never know
And quit running for the runaway bus 'cause those rosy days are few
And stop apologizing for the things you've never done
'Cause time is short and life is cruel but it's up to us to change
This town called malice
Rows and rows of disused milk floats stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come fast and furious
In a town called malice, yeah
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, oh
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Struggle after struggle, year after year
The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice, I'm almost stone cold dead
In a town called malice, ooh yeah
A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef
Gets dashed against the Co-op
To either cut down on beer or the kid's new gear
It's a big decision in a town called malice, ooh yeah
(Ooh)
The ghost of a steam train, echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere
Just going round and round, oh
Playground kids and creaking swings
Lost laughter in the breeze
I could go on for hours and I probably will
But I'd sooner put some joy back
In this town called malice, yeah
(Ooh)
In this town called malice, yeah
In this town called malice, ooh yeah
And quit running for the runaway bus 'cause those rosy days are few
And stop apologizing for the things you've never done
'Cause time is short and life is cruel but it's up to us to change
This town called malice
Rows and rows of disused milk floats stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come fast and furious
In a town called malice, yeah
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, oh
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Struggle after struggle, year after year
The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice, I'm almost stone cold dead
In a town called malice, ooh yeah
A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef
Gets dashed against the Co-op
To either cut down on beer or the kid's new gear
It's a big decision in a town called malice, ooh yeah
(Ooh)
The ghost of a steam train, echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere
Just going round and round, oh
Playground kids and creaking swings
Lost laughter in the breeze
I could go on for hours and I probably will
But I'd sooner put some joy back
In this town called malice, yeah
(Ooh)
In this town called malice, yeah
In this town called malice, ooh yeah
Lyrics submitted by wickedred88
Town Called Malice Lyrics as written by Paul Weller
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well warranting it's place on the ST for FIFA 2004, one of their best, only in my eyes behind London Underground (which strangely, isn't on her, I must rectify that)
basically..life is shit deal with it and stop dwelling on the past!
It's actually the opposite of what you said:<br /> <br /> "it's up to us to change<br /> This town called malice"
this song is amazing! the bass-line makes me want to dance(even though i cant)! Nothing better than hearing, "And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts".
the bass line for this song is beyond belief.
That's why Foxton is one of the best. The bass sounds so good, but they're quite easy to play if you are of a standard
The bassline is a nod towards Motown music (Detroit in the US is Motor City or a Motor Town, they produced cars, so Motown) and the song was released in 1982 as a double A side with Precious. The significance of The Jam playing both tracks on Top of the pops was because the last time that had happened was in 1965 when the Beatles did We can work it out/Day Tripper on one edition of ToTP. Oasis repeated this feat in 1995/1996? The dates elude me.
I'm uncomfortable ranking the Jam's songs since so many were classic, but of all the great Jam and Weller songs --- and I'm on of those North Americans who tried to get every one, became frustrated they never really made it here, and rank the Jam as one of the best bands of all time --- this one has to be considered the best because it not only shows off the whole range of Weller's genius as well as that of Foxton and Buckler but because it's just so essentially them and sums them up beautifully in just 2:55. Weller may have gone on to great things and dissolving the band may have been right, but they're timeless and beyond comparison.
Anyway, this song may be about as British as you can get, but it's also universal.
Get the idea I liked 'em?
"You'd better stop dreaming of the quiet life cos it's the one we'll never know" - I listen to this song every day on the bus to work and that line really gets to me. It's so so true.
It seems to be a nod to nostalgia and people idealising the past when in reality it's ignoring the reality. Also nobody really addresses the 'Malice' of the title. I think there's a reference to the typically British way of scoffing at someone else's success and believing they're getting too big for their boots. Also definite political references to Maggie Thatcher milk snatcher for sure.
This song is about the jams hometown, woking. They wrote the song about woking, this town is the town of malice.
Good on ya Harley-01. What you've gotta ask your mates is will the hip-hop they like still be around in 25/30 years time? I doubt it! Also it has no relevance to life in the U.K., Wellers music does!