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.
She cuts her hair
And calls his name
Wishin' everything could be the same
Like when she had him
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Walking out of Korvettes
Package in her hand
Motions to all the seabirds
Throws divinity on the sand
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Give me, give back my man
Give me, give back my man
Head's in a whirlpool
Spinnin' round and round
If she don't get her man back
She's gonna drown
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
Give her, give back her man (I'll give you fish, I'll give you candy)
(I'll give you everything I have in my hand) oh oh, whoa oh oh
I'll give you fish (oh)
I'll give you candy (oh whoa oh oh)
I'll give you everything I have in my hand (oh oh whoa, oh oh whoa)
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
And calls his name
Wishin' everything could be the same
Like when she had him
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Walking out of Korvettes
Package in her hand
Motions to all the seabirds
Throws divinity on the sand
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Give me, give back my man
Give me, give back my man
Head's in a whirlpool
Spinnin' round and round
If she don't get her man back
She's gonna drown
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
Give her, give back her man (I'll give you fish, I'll give you candy)
(I'll give you everything I have in my hand) oh oh, whoa oh oh
I'll give you fish (oh)
I'll give you candy (oh whoa oh oh)
I'll give you everything I have in my hand (oh oh whoa, oh oh whoa)
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Saw the B52s show at Wolf Trap the other night. Cindy sang the iconic tune “Give me back my Man.” 2 things about this verse. We all know Korvettes was a cool East Coast department store with its roots in NY.
Walking out of Korvettes Package in her hand Motions to all the seabirds Throws divinity on the sand
But the divinity reference is probably about candy. Which is what she had in her package when she motioned to the seabirds.
Divinity is a nougat-like confection made with egg white, corn syrup, and sugar. Optional ingredients such as flavors, chopped dried fruit and chopped nuts are frequently added.
di·vin·i·ty dəˈvinədē/Submit noun 1. the state or quality of being divine. "Christ's divinity" synonyms: divine nature, godliness, deity, godhead, holiness "the divinity of Christ" 2. a fluffy, creamy candy made with stiffly beaten egg whites.
@ParksRec Just heard this on the local alt radio station, and got me thinking about it again, for the first time in a long time. Old favorite tune, but was always puzzled by ‘divinity’ – than you for clearing that up, it makes total sense now.<br /> <br /> It is funny to me though, to read through many of the interpretations, as from day one I thought I understood the song completely, and never realized there was such quandary over it. I had to particularly chuckle when I read the Wiki article, and saw “The song's subject matter purportedly deals with a woman whose sweetheart has been attacked by a shark.”<br /> <br /> Yeah… no. Unless that was snarky euphemism for the other woman who stole her boyfriend, which I suspect. I consider myself a big fan, but had never heard that one before – I guess not fanatic enough, although it doesn’t alter my opinion about the song at all – it may even strengthen it.<br /> <br /> I always thought the song was about a woman so distraught over the loss of her lover to another, that she was contemplating suicide. Yes, I know the bad, especially on that album, was perceived as dealing in absurdities – but I also thought that was just a thin veneer; there’s always something there, there, under the protective façade of surrealism.<br /> <br /> I don’t think this song even hides the underlying thought process very much – I found it powerful the first time I heard it, and I still do. I’ve always argued art elicits emotion, and good art elicits the emotion the artist intended. From my first listen on, I feel the raw pain of betrayal, and the helplessness which can accompany it.<br /> <br /> A woman loses her boyfriend – not to a shark, although that may be how the protagonist sees the other woman who stole him from her. She is distraught, and in a somewhat stereotypical gesture, cuts her hair off and blows what little money she has left before resolving to kill herself. She goes to the shore, where she plans to do it – to drown herself. The exact method is not clear, but does it really matter? She bought some stupid crap from the discount store on the way, perhaps as an excuse to take her there… I’m just going to feed the birds, some sardines, and maybe some candy (maybe all that was handy in the store). Do seagulls eat candy? Probably, but it doesn’t even need to make sense.<br /> <br /> This is where it actually is absurd, but maybe not as much as it may seem – people do irrational things in the throngs of depression, especially the final stages. None of it has to make any sense – she is driven to suicide, and doing weird things along the way which are nonsensical, because it just doesn’t matter anymore. See these acts as perhaps the last desperate cries for help, for the desire to live battling the darkness.<br /> <br /> I had also thought, from day one, that ‘fish’ was a reference to her being under water, drowned – she didn’t even need to buy any sardines from the store, perhaps just the candy. The fish in her hand, is a reference to her having done it, and being under the waves, among the fish.<br /> <br /> Did she go through with it, or is this just reflection of what may have been? I have often wondered if this was autobiographical for Cindy; obviously, she didn’t do it… but maybe she thought about it, a lot.<br /> <br /> The song breaks my heart. I don’t see it as nonsense, but perhaps I just see and hear what I want to, or what resonates with me. Then again, I go back to my definition of good art, and I think this is outstanding art. It elicits a specific thought and emotion, and I have always thought it was the one she wanted to convey.<br />