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.
You got to
You got to
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why
To come original it ain't nothin' strange
You got to represent you got come full range
Full range of emotion full range of styles
When you come to town you'll have them comin' for miles
and come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why
Black Eyed Peas, they comin' full range and
NOFX, they comin' full range and
Roni Size, he's comin' full range
The one Mr. Vegas, you know it ain't easy, hah
A warning to the crews out there who think they're hot
If you're not original rockers you will get shot
Down by the kids neglectin' your art, the stuff you did
Eventually it get so bad puts you to bed
'Cause when lightning flashes sweet electricity
All the world then stands revealed with the clarity
Of raw voltage, briefly we see and the hope is
You'll be able to tell just what dope is
come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why
Funk slap bass mixed with the dancehall and
Hip-hop beats and punk guitar and
Deadly on the mic is the one SA
The name is 311 and you know it ain't easy, hah
This is not a test, there's no time to mope
How you gonna cope with radioactive isotope
And Boss DJ, illness upon you quickly
Infecting you fast upon the airwaves
This message brought to you by the so large system
Activate and attune yourself with meditation
And green plants they've got mad life they're sentient
They're beautiful as you and they like to dance
Everything we do we gotta come original
Put your hands up in the air and prepare for battle
Sit upon the rhythm like a tire upon a rim
We do it non-stop and then we do it again
Some a them whine and some a them bitch
They can not do it never switch
Comin' up from the heart and delivered with a wild pitch
Sit up on top the rhythm like a wild stallion
This is the ruling system
Come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Come original
You got to
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why
To come original it ain't nothin' strange
You got to represent you got come full range
Full range of emotion full range of styles
When you come to town you'll have them comin' for miles
and come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why
Black Eyed Peas, they comin' full range and
NOFX, they comin' full range and
Roni Size, he's comin' full range
The one Mr. Vegas, you know it ain't easy, hah
A warning to the crews out there who think they're hot
If you're not original rockers you will get shot
Down by the kids neglectin' your art, the stuff you did
Eventually it get so bad puts you to bed
'Cause when lightning flashes sweet electricity
All the world then stands revealed with the clarity
Of raw voltage, briefly we see and the hope is
You'll be able to tell just what dope is
come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why
Funk slap bass mixed with the dancehall and
Hip-hop beats and punk guitar and
Deadly on the mic is the one SA
The name is 311 and you know it ain't easy, hah
This is not a test, there's no time to mope
How you gonna cope with radioactive isotope
And Boss DJ, illness upon you quickly
Infecting you fast upon the airwaves
This message brought to you by the so large system
Activate and attune yourself with meditation
And green plants they've got mad life they're sentient
They're beautiful as you and they like to dance
Everything we do we gotta come original
Put your hands up in the air and prepare for battle
Sit upon the rhythm like a tire upon a rim
We do it non-stop and then we do it again
Some a them whine and some a them bitch
They can not do it never switch
Comin' up from the heart and delivered with a wild pitch
Sit up on top the rhythm like a wild stallion
This is the ruling system
Come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers
Come original
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Great version of a great song,
come original could also mean reinvent yourself
This song and all mixed up go hand in hand. 'and fuck the naysayers cuz they don't mean a thing' about sums up 311's attitude. You come, you go, you leave your own original mark. -Listen with the heart, not the mind.
The song is pretty straight foward. You have to be original, if your just another copy you won't get anywhere or be anything other than just a replicant
i agree, yet disagree. look at weird al..he re does alot of other peoples songs and yet he is one of the most recognized people in the U.S.
I think Wierd Al is very origional. Nobody else does what he does as good as he does it. Try doing what he does and being funny. Wierd Al Comes Origional
most recognized means PRACTICALLY nothing...he sucks. If i ever saw him i would shoot him in the face with a bazooka for being so stupid...so where does that get him?!? But then again, that's just the opinion of a sarcastic bastard...
please..no negativity in the 311 lyric room...please...come original means to break the mould, do something that hasnt been done before....
I agree with ate_16am...if you wanna argue take it somewhere else...311 is all about positivity and unity. I also agree with his comment on the song...it's about coming up with something different..breaking the mold...and even though I might not personally like him, I think that weird al fits that description...
They also wrote it for all the new rap rock bands that basically stole what bands like 311, RHCP, and RAtM invented 10 to 15 years ago.
its more or less advice..and telling people that you can survive beign underground..jsut like they have...look at the life they have..and look how popular they are with the world..they have such a solid fanbase because iof who they are and what they do and how they do it...i love 311