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.
Ow
Oh yeah, get up
Ow (yeah)
Ow, ow
Well, they say it's kinda frightenin'
How this younger generation swings
You know it's more than just some new sensation
Well, the kid is into losin' sleep
And he don't come home for half the week
You know it's more than just an aggravation
And the cradle will rock
Yes, the cradle, cradle will rock
And I say, "rock on"
Ooh, rock on
And when some local kid gets down
They try and drum him outta town
They say, ya coulda at least faked it, boy
(Could've at least faked it, boy) fake it, boy
At an early age he hits the street
Winds up tied with who he meets
And he's unemployed (unemployed), ow
And the cradle will rock, ow
And the cradle, the cradle will rock
And I say, "rock on"
Oh, say, "rock on"
Have you seen junior's grades?
Ow
And when some local kid gets down
They try and drum him outta town
And they say, ya could've at least faked it, boy, faked it, boy
And so in early age, he hits the street
Winds up tied with who he meets
And he's unemployed, his folks are overjoyed
And the cradle will rock
Yes, the cradle, cradle will rock
I say, "rock on," say, "rock on"
Rock on, rock on, rock on (his ain't never been new, babe, child, ow)
Rock on (wow, I said)
Rock on, rock on
Rock on, on, on, on
Rock on, on, on, on
Rock on
Rock on
Rock on
Oh yeah, get up
Ow (yeah)
Ow, ow
Well, they say it's kinda frightenin'
How this younger generation swings
You know it's more than just some new sensation
Well, the kid is into losin' sleep
And he don't come home for half the week
You know it's more than just an aggravation
And the cradle will rock
Yes, the cradle, cradle will rock
And I say, "rock on"
Ooh, rock on
And when some local kid gets down
They try and drum him outta town
They say, ya coulda at least faked it, boy
(Could've at least faked it, boy) fake it, boy
At an early age he hits the street
Winds up tied with who he meets
And he's unemployed (unemployed), ow
And the cradle will rock, ow
And the cradle, the cradle will rock
And I say, "rock on"
Oh, say, "rock on"
Have you seen junior's grades?
Ow
And when some local kid gets down
They try and drum him outta town
And they say, ya could've at least faked it, boy, faked it, boy
And so in early age, he hits the street
Winds up tied with who he meets
And he's unemployed, his folks are overjoyed
And the cradle will rock
Yes, the cradle, cradle will rock
I say, "rock on," say, "rock on"
Rock on, rock on, rock on (his ain't never been new, babe, child, ow)
Rock on (wow, I said)
Rock on, rock on
Rock on, on, on, on
Rock on, on, on, on
Rock on
Rock on
Rock on
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And The Cradle Will Rock Lyrics as written by Edward Van Halen Alex Van Halen
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Fortnight
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"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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Great version of a great song,
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"It's kinda frightenin' how this younger generation swings." refers to the hard-drug-using adolescents of the 70's. "It's more than just a new sensation. Well, the kid is into losin' sleep and he don't come home for half the week... Rock on..." This is alluding to cocaine, which induces insomnia and addiction. The term "rock" is commonly used in classic rock songs to refer to cocaine because the substance's form resembles white rocks; see, "Let's Get Rocked" by Def Leppard. "It's more than just an aggravation." - It's a lifestyle, one that is damaging to the body. Alas, the subtle glorification of an addictive, dangerous drug via the music industry at the will of TPTB for experimentation and exploitation.
@h7opolo Wrong. Cocaine in rock form is called crack and that didn't exist when this song was written
@carewser, Shows how much you know. Cocaine is often pressed into chunks that users have to chop up in order to use. erowid.org/chemicals/show_image.php <br /> There's crack rock, and there's coke rock. My song interpretation is totally right.