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.
Hey, can't we have just one last moment?
I dont think it's too much to ask,
But I'm just never sure with you,
Those moments shared lost forever,
And now I find I dont even know you.
Some things never change,
Somehow we did,
Did communication break down,
Or did it never begin.
Staring out the window,
Snow and ice glazing the pane,
Wishing it all better,
But knowing it's over.
Asking myself over and over again,
Could this have ended any different,
Knowing deep inside it couldn't,
But hope doesn't change,
This feeling in my heart.
Begging, Pleading, But never receiving,
Asking, Waiting, Soon I'm leaving.
You said to go,
And now I'm gone,
Did you really want this?
You said we were done,
Well congratulations,
I'm out of the picture now.
This is me,
That was you,
Can't turn back now,
Because there's nowhere left to go,
There's nowhere left to go.
{Written by Corey and Jamey}
I dont think it's too much to ask,
But I'm just never sure with you,
Those moments shared lost forever,
And now I find I dont even know you.
Some things never change,
Somehow we did,
Did communication break down,
Or did it never begin.
Staring out the window,
Snow and ice glazing the pane,
Wishing it all better,
But knowing it's over.
Asking myself over and over again,
Could this have ended any different,
Knowing deep inside it couldn't,
But hope doesn't change,
This feeling in my heart.
Begging, Pleading, But never receiving,
Asking, Waiting, Soon I'm leaving.
You said to go,
And now I'm gone,
Did you really want this?
You said we were done,
Well congratulations,
I'm out of the picture now.
This is me,
That was you,
Can't turn back now,
Because there's nowhere left to go,
There's nowhere left to go.
{Written by Corey and Jamey}
Lyrics submitted by MusicEqualsLife
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
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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"
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."
No Surprises
Radiohead
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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.
Page
Ed Sheeran
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
wow. I like this song a lot.
getting broken up with always sucks ... wondering what the fuck happened. like, how could you have been so clueless that your significant other was totally not into you anymore.
This is my favorite song posted here so far. Keep up the writing b/c you aint half bad my friend.
i think this song is about when u grow apart from ur boyfriend/girlfriendand u still love them but u don't want 2 b around them. this song i have not heard, but the lyrics sound angry in a sarcastic way. very good, keep up the good work.
everyone interprets this as a breakup with a boyfriend/girlfriend but i connect with it on a level of friendship, these lyrics are pretty good, what kinda music have you got them to?
We're a punk/emo type band. Thanks for checkin us out guys, you rock.
This song once and again hits me. I guess i fell sad... i know u guys can't imagine me saying that but it does, i dunno why? you guys are my heros!
Emo blows. I like the lyrics though. Wooden Soldiers . . . you all would LOVE that band . . . check us out.
don't knock musical forms, everyone is entitled to what they like and how they wish to express themselves. i may not prefer emo, but i'm not gonna say it blows, because it is a form of artistic expression. peace love and happiness my friends. anyway, these lyrics are pretty good too. again, dig deeper into what's going on inside yourself. show, don't tell.
Thanks giggles for all the time and effort you put into giving me constructive critisim, I'll definitely try to use some of your comments and advice.
~Corey