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.
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam at forty-five degrees
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The Western Desert lives and breathes
In forty-five degrees
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam at forty-five degrees
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The Western Desert lives and breathes
In forty-five degrees
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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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.
I don't pretend to know what the song is about, but some people have managed to use the song as a platform for their views. First, the native Americans would be the first to state that the land belongs to no one, not even them. They may also indicate that in certain areas of this country they do extremely well due to being allowed to earn money and avoid taxes the way that all other Americans cannot. Often, it is tribal leadership that denies its people of a better life, not non-natives. As for musicians and their politics, I would have more respect for those using their fame, fortune, and captive audiences to sing about politics if they were more educated and spent more time researching issues. Let's face facts, most musicans (rock musicians, etc) were not the greatest students, and most never went past the 12th grade (if that far). They are often the alternatives types and I would guess that many come from crappy familes (families filled with dysfunction). Are these the people we wish to influence our young about worldly issues? Nope. I have a lot of respect for anti-war songs when the song is honest and when it is sung by someone with intelligence who actually votes and knows issues inside and out. However, most musicians now days are just angry, disgruntled, uneducated types who work very hard to sing to their sheep. And it's gobbled up by those who seldom read up on what is going on in the world and what is not being stated in our yellow press.
That is ignorance beyond belief.
Yeah, the ignorance is staggering. Odd that you say, "I have a lot of respect for anti-war songs when the song is honest and when it is sung by someone with intelligence who actually votes and knows issues inside and out. " When you apparently don't have much of a clue about Native Americans, Aboriginals, or their 'issues'. I could explain it to you, in detail, but I ain't got that much time on my hands right now, but you could read "Indian Country Today" or any other Native American newspaper, and you might begin to get a clue.
Wow, you're really put your foot in your mouth! Firstly, the lead singer (Petter Garret) is now a MINISTER of PARLIAMENT here in Australia. This means that he is one of the few most powerful politicians in Australia. So, Einstein, I would say Peter Garrett is "someone with intelligence who actually votes and knows issues inside and out."<br /> <br /> Secondly, this is an Australian band, so it has NOTHING to do with Native Americans or anything else overseas - if anything, it is referring to AUSTRALIAN Aborigines. Why do Americans insist on thinking they are the centre of the bloody universe? Pure arrogance.
"Most musicians now days are just angry, disgruntled, uneducated types who work very hard to sing to their sheep." Uhh, excuse me? Generalisation much. And please tell me you're joking. Everything you said about music is complete bullshit. And there are more than just 'anti-war songs' that are like how you describe. There's political, environmental, the list goes on and on. I'll even use an example for you. Two words, Rise Against. Now, listen to their music, learn about the band and what they stand for. Then you will see how so very, very wrong you are. <br /> And with that stereotype you gave 'the alternative types', I leave you with this quote. "If you're not angry, then you're not paying attention." <br /> <br /> <br /> People like this really should learn how to keep quiet -.-