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.
this blood turned into tears
a broken heart runs my body
dripping forth until i give my life
i have become a sacrifice
it hurts me just to think of you
i void the pain that is unbarring
(to know that i take these sufferings from you)
a broken heart runs my body
dripping forth until i give my life
i have become a sacrifice
it hurts me just to think of you
i void the pain that is unbarring
(to know that i take these sufferings from you)
Lyrics submitted by timmus
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Ed Sheeran
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Goth music? No. This blood turned into tears A broken heart runs my body Jesus, he was heartbroken, he cried, his tears turned into blood, and his blood turned into tears, he was heartbroken, and in pain with the burden of having to die for our sins, he even asked "Father, if there is any other way.." and there wasn't it was to die. I have become a sacrifice He became the lamb, the son of God, the perfect sacrife, the sacrifices of all sacrifices it hurts me just to think of you, I void he pain that is unbaring (to know that i take these sufferings from you) the fact that Jesus saved us, took away The agony of the pain, that's how much God loves us, two words, some of the biggest words in all of Christianity, Grace.Love
Capricorn is another example of someone who just doesn't understand what he's talking about and is trying to get a reaction out of people. I truly feel sorry for you because I think you are at a hard point in your life and you just need to know someone cares. Well, He cares.
Also, the dudes in AILD may be Christian, but that doesn't mean ALL of their songs deal with God. Instead, I look at their songs as they were written through the eyes of a Christian.
your a dumbass
I second that.
i third it... and there is a Marilyn Manson song that says this too (with a lot more cursing and what not) but its the same message its called Long Hard Road Out Of Hell
i 4th that. blackrocker-YEA! long hard road!
i agree with paranoia agent about how not all christian bands wright strictly about christianity but rather through a christains eyes. you should look at the song from everyones point of veiw and dont comment on it just to say you hate it. thats fine to do but only if you also explain yourself.
i personally think it is about someone who cares so much for someone they fought for them ( i dont know if it was nessacarily physical but a fight of sorts ) and they realized it wasnt enough so all they could do was cry until they couldnt even handle that anymore so they took their own life because it hurt so bad to think of the other person.
I 5th that!!!
BOOHOO goth music these are a couple of fuckin fairies alright for girls to listen to, Id expect that but to any dude that does, you guys are pansys