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.
Immer wenn ich dich besuch', fühl' ich mich grenzenlos
Alles andere ist von hier aus so weit weg
Ich mag die Ruhe hier, zwischen all den Bäumen
Als ob es den Frieden auf Erden wirklich gibt
Es ist ein schöner Weg, der unauffällig zu dir führt
Ja, ich habe ihn gern, weil er so hell und freundlich wirkt
Ich habe Blumen mit, weiß nicht, ob du sie magst
Damals hättest du dich wahrscheinlich sehr gefreut
Wenn sie dir nicht gefallen, stör dich nicht weiter dran
Sie werden ganz bestimmt bald wieder weggeräumt
Wie es mir geht, die Frage stellst du jedes Mal
Ich bin okay, will nicht, dass du dir Sorgen machst
Und so red ich mit dir wie immer
So als ob es wie früher wär
So als hätten wir jede Menge Zeit
Ich spür dich ganz nah hier bei mir
Kann deine Stimme im Wind hören
Und wenn es regnet, weiß ich, dass du manchmal weinst
Bis die Sonne scheint, bis sie wieder scheint
Ich soll dich grüßen von den Andern
Sie denken alle noch ganz oft an dich
Und dein Garten, es geht ihm wirklich gut
Obwohl man merkt, dass du ihm doch sehr fehlst
Und es kommt immer noch Post, ganz fett adressiert an dich
Obwohl doch jeder weiß, dass du weggezogen bist
Und so red ich mit dir wie immer
Und ich verspreche dir
Wir haben irgendwann wieder jede Menge Zeit
Dann werden wir uns wiedersehen
Du kannst dich ja kümmern, wenn du willst
Dass die Sonne an diesem Tag auch auf mein Grab scheint
Dass die Sonne scheint, dass sie wieder scheint
Alles andere ist von hier aus so weit weg
Ich mag die Ruhe hier, zwischen all den Bäumen
Als ob es den Frieden auf Erden wirklich gibt
Es ist ein schöner Weg, der unauffällig zu dir führt
Ja, ich habe ihn gern, weil er so hell und freundlich wirkt
Ich habe Blumen mit, weiß nicht, ob du sie magst
Damals hättest du dich wahrscheinlich sehr gefreut
Wenn sie dir nicht gefallen, stör dich nicht weiter dran
Sie werden ganz bestimmt bald wieder weggeräumt
Wie es mir geht, die Frage stellst du jedes Mal
Ich bin okay, will nicht, dass du dir Sorgen machst
Und so red ich mit dir wie immer
So als ob es wie früher wär
So als hätten wir jede Menge Zeit
Ich spür dich ganz nah hier bei mir
Kann deine Stimme im Wind hören
Und wenn es regnet, weiß ich, dass du manchmal weinst
Bis die Sonne scheint, bis sie wieder scheint
Ich soll dich grüßen von den Andern
Sie denken alle noch ganz oft an dich
Und dein Garten, es geht ihm wirklich gut
Obwohl man merkt, dass du ihm doch sehr fehlst
Und es kommt immer noch Post, ganz fett adressiert an dich
Obwohl doch jeder weiß, dass du weggezogen bist
Und so red ich mit dir wie immer
Und ich verspreche dir
Wir haben irgendwann wieder jede Menge Zeit
Dann werden wir uns wiedersehen
Du kannst dich ja kümmern, wenn du willst
Dass die Sonne an diesem Tag auch auf mein Grab scheint
Dass die Sonne scheint, dass sie wieder scheint
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Everytime i visit you, I feel boundless everything else is so far from here
I like the silence here, between all the trees as though the peace on earth really exist
It`s a beautiful way, leading to you inconspicuously Yea, I like it, cause it seems so bright and friendly
I have flowers for you, dont know if you like them I
m sure in the past you were really glad If you dont like them, dont take care about that for sure they`ll be cleared away soonHow I am, this question you ask every time I
m Okay, dont want you to worryAnd so I talk to you as everytime, so as it
s like in the past, as we had a lot of time again I can feel you close to me, can hear your voice in the wind, and when its raining i know that you sometimes cry, til the sun shines, til it shines againI should greet you, from the others they think about you very often
And your garden, it
s really well even though, youll notice it really misses youAnd theres still comming mail, very bold adressed to you, even though everyone knows, you moved away
And so, i
m talking to you like everytime and I swallow you, somwhen well have got really much time again Then we wìll see us again you can look after if you want that the sun shines on my grave on this day, too that the sun shines, that it shines againIt
s about someone who visits someone else whos death.