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.
As we dwell inside the safe zones that we've made
Where nothing but earthly pleasures seem to matter
The only light we see is from the screens
No will to feel or explore the forgotten dimensions
Some day we'll catch a glimpse of eternity
As the world stands still, for a moment
And I guess we will be making history
When we all join hands just to watch the sky
(For a moment...)
Our selfish lives have made us all go blind
One day we'll awake by a bright light on the horizon
In one second every eye will see the same
And this blinding light will draw all our attention
Some day we'll catch a glimpse of eternity
As the world stands still, for a moment
For the very first time and it's meant to be
We'll forget about ourselves and share the moment
(For a moment...)
Where nothing but earthly pleasures seem to matter
The only light we see is from the screens
No will to feel or explore the forgotten dimensions
Some day we'll catch a glimpse of eternity
As the world stands still, for a moment
And I guess we will be making history
When we all join hands just to watch the sky
(For a moment...)
Our selfish lives have made us all go blind
One day we'll awake by a bright light on the horizon
In one second every eye will see the same
And this blinding light will draw all our attention
Some day we'll catch a glimpse of eternity
As the world stands still, for a moment
For the very first time and it's meant to be
We'll forget about ourselves and share the moment
(For a moment...)
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The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
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Hayalperest
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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.
Mountain Song
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
American Town
Ed Sheeran
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Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
One of the great songs about first contact with an alien civilization (and, yes, there are others). What will it be like? This takes a huge page from "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke.
I never really made the connection that this could be about Aliens, even thought the single cover has a UFO on it.
To me, this is about how every hate, love, problem, Pleasure, Discrimination and difference between us all is put aside as the whole world amides an eclipse. You may hate everything about the person standing next to you, Their beliefs, Their ideas, their way of life, but in the presence of such an amazing wonder of the universe, it really doesn't matter in the slightest, Its about unity.
When i saw it live, everybody in the room must have been feeling the same way. Not a single person had their hands by their side. they were either held at arms reach, embracing the moment, or Holding together with the person next to them, Who they had not met prior to the gig. Truly amazing.
How many of us sit in our homes and accept what we're fed by our televisions?
Barring the long explaination - I think that this song is about a massive reawakening that will eventually take place. The song talks about our safe zones, how we hide inside of these, etc. That we dont explore these forgotten dimensions - that is, our emotional connection to others. And then the song says that one day we'll catch a glimpse of eternity, where the world stands still. Meaning that our eyes will open, and a historic event will happen. Something of such magnitude that it unites the people in watching the skies. Perhaps its my own sense of morbidity, but I think that this bright light on the horizon, which draws the attention of every person, is an atomic blast, or a meteor strike - Some massive apocalyptic event. And that event will unite us in a sense of common humanity, where we'll see things clearly, where we forget about our petty squabbles and think of things on a universal scale, at least for a moment.
LSD maby?? this certainly sounds like some of the deep concepts i have delt with on a hard Sandoz trip. This song is the definition of Psychedellic ego loss...thats what it means to me. "cosmic conciousness" is a common concept among daytrippers, and the connection to ego loss is here too, since in the levels of satori (levels of enlightenment, or human energy) particularly +12 mentions many cosmic connections. plus i have personally had a +12 trip, and it is just like this
plus, it contains that insanly deep introspective taste only pure sandoz can leave in your mouth. it talks about gaining the will to explore other dimensions, which i beleive means rooms of conciousness, or eneergy levels.
Does anyone know whether the sampled audio clips are genuine or not? If they are real, do you know where they come from?
They are definitely genuine. They are from a 1994 phone conversation between the Ottawa County, Michigan 911 dispatch and the Weather Service in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan.
So what you hear after the phone ring is "Weather Service Muskegon"
@daisycutter Just found this<br /> <br /> wwmt.com/news/local/retired-meteorologist-shares-his-account-of-1994-west-michigan-ufo-sightings
In 1999, when the song was wrotten, there was a big eclipse of the sun. But also Nostradamus said that in 1999 ''the big king gonna go down from they sky'' or like that. Some people saw in this premonition UFO, some a big meteor, which gonna destroy our world. But mainly I'm gonna think, that STP meant aliens- that thay gonna make out maybe, people are so blind, ignoring possibility that we're not the only one in Space. And then will come the day, when with fear we gonna look at the flying saucers at the sky, holding with our hands, because we gonna feel that we all are humans and there are no borders between us...But why Eclipse? Maybe he first wrote music and gave a title ''Eclipse'', because he was thinking about the Sun Eclipse, but later he wrote this text about aliens and connected with Eclipse, because they fitted together. Or it's that , than humanity have...eclipse of minds :D
I'm not religious in any way. I don't even believe in aliens, and the idea that anyone could believe in stuff like that actually disturbs me. Ever see a crazy person talking to themself on the street? Yeah, I get that feeling every time i hear someone talk about Jesus or Roswell... Or when I listen to the lyrics that I'm singing along to from this song!
Basically he says that one day we'll be unified under a bright light in the sky, with all of our selfish desires gone. To me this just rings "Jesus will return and you will all be saved" I'll still sing along to it though. It's a great song. I just think the whole value-pushing is a little gross.