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.
I've been lying
To keep you from this pain
Now your crying
And to know that I'm to blame
And I'll miss you
But it's over now
I'm so sorry
That it had to be this way
Please don't hate me
But there's nothing you can say
To change my mind
I've got to go away
The guy that I fell for
He wanted more and more
Bye bye, boyfriend
It's time that I'd be on my way
Bye bye, boyfriend
I used to like the way you said
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
Let me tell you how it was when we started off
The tattoos and the lip pierce and raggedy style you used to rock
Lately everything you do and say is messed up
Things have changed, down is up we're outta luck
And, baby, I'm sorry
That it had to be this way
Please don't hate me, but there's nothing you can say
To change my mind (the guy that I fell for)
I gotta go (he wanted more and more)
Bye bye, boyfriend
It's time that I'd be on my way
Bye bye, boyfriend
I used to like the way you said
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
You never put the effort in to the things that really counted
A word here, and a kiss there
Could change the way it's turning out
You work so hard at all the things I never cared about
How hands work and fingers moving, eyes wide shut
And, baby, I'm lonely
Though your right in front of me
You controlled me
That was the girl I used to be
Gave up myself
Well it's over now
The guy that I fell for
He wanted more and more
Bye bye, boyfriend
It's time that I'd be on my way
Bye bye, boyfriend
I used to like the way you said
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
I'm backing up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
Pretty pretty pretty pretty boyfriend
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
To keep you from this pain
Now your crying
And to know that I'm to blame
And I'll miss you
But it's over now
I'm so sorry
That it had to be this way
Please don't hate me
But there's nothing you can say
To change my mind
I've got to go away
The guy that I fell for
He wanted more and more
Bye bye, boyfriend
It's time that I'd be on my way
Bye bye, boyfriend
I used to like the way you said
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
Let me tell you how it was when we started off
The tattoos and the lip pierce and raggedy style you used to rock
Lately everything you do and say is messed up
Things have changed, down is up we're outta luck
And, baby, I'm sorry
That it had to be this way
Please don't hate me, but there's nothing you can say
To change my mind (the guy that I fell for)
I gotta go (he wanted more and more)
Bye bye, boyfriend
It's time that I'd be on my way
Bye bye, boyfriend
I used to like the way you said
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
You never put the effort in to the things that really counted
A word here, and a kiss there
Could change the way it's turning out
You work so hard at all the things I never cared about
How hands work and fingers moving, eyes wide shut
And, baby, I'm lonely
Though your right in front of me
You controlled me
That was the girl I used to be
Gave up myself
Well it's over now
The guy that I fell for
He wanted more and more
Bye bye, boyfriend
It's time that I'd be on my way
Bye bye, boyfriend
I used to like the way you said
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
I'm backing up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
Pretty pretty pretty pretty boyfriend
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Baby, back it up
Lay down and work
It was fun but it couldn't last forever
Bye bye, pretty boy
It's time to, it's time to pack it up
Baby, 'cause it's over now
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Bye Bye Boyfriend Lyrics as written by James Mccollum Fefe Dobson
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Lord Huron
Lord Huron
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"
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
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.
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
she got sick of him and has to tell him its over so she can stop living a lie