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.
It is __
Take control
All that was need, seething teething
Take one more
It is growing
We were searching for a truth that was there all along
Little snarling little (creeps) will be the words to this song
That righteous indignation dollar turning you on,
Turn off the television (x2)
All that was need, seething teething
Take one more
He is growing
God looks on
He is growing
God looks on (x2)
What a way to go
I'm still running for a bus that we missed years ago
A perfect antidote
My connections made
It's inevitable
He was reaching out to touch me (x2)
He was
He was reaching out to touch me (x2)
He was reaching
It's like joking, joking choking
__
And never changing colour
You went a mile
Still invincible
And screaming out to the world
That you're wrong
You're so wrong
And I was reaching out to touch him (x2)
I was
And I was reaching out to touch him (x2)
I was reaching
It's like joking, joking, choking
Is this not what you expected? (x4)
Now (x4)
Take control
All that was need, seething teething
Take one more
It is growing
We were searching for a truth that was there all along
Little snarling little (creeps) will be the words to this song
That righteous indignation dollar turning you on,
Turn off the television (x2)
All that was need, seething teething
Take one more
He is growing
God looks on
He is growing
God looks on (x2)
What a way to go
I'm still running for a bus that we missed years ago
A perfect antidote
My connections made
It's inevitable
He was reaching out to touch me (x2)
He was
He was reaching out to touch me (x2)
He was reaching
It's like joking, joking choking
__
And never changing colour
You went a mile
Still invincible
And screaming out to the world
That you're wrong
You're so wrong
And I was reaching out to touch him (x2)
I was
And I was reaching out to touch him (x2)
I was reaching
It's like joking, joking, choking
Is this not what you expected? (x4)
Now (x4)
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Fortnight
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
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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."
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
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."
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
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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,
real lyrics:
billy's worries take control all at once needing seething teething take one more he is growing and we were searching for a truth that was there all along all those knowing little seeds would be the words to this song that righteous indignation dollar turning you on turn off the television turn off the television all at once needing seething teething take one more he is growing as god looks on he is growing god looks on god looks on what a way to go i'm still running for that bus that we missed years ago a perfect antidote more connections made it's inevitable that he was reaching out to touch me he was reaching out to touch me he was he was reaching out to touch me he was reaching out to touch me he was reaching out he's not joking joking joking indelible an ever-changing colour you winner man he's invincible and screaming at the world that you're wrong you're so wrong and i was reaching out to touch him i was reaching out to touch him i was i was reaching out to touch him i was reaching out to touch him i was i'm not joking joking joking is this not what you expected
I believe this is about the death of Bill Hicks. 'billy's worries' 'righteous indignation dollar' 'turn off the television' 'he is growing, god looks on'... plus the band are all fans of his... seems obvious to me.
you hit the nail on the head, i ddn think anyone would see it
especially the hes not joking part made it pretty obvious to me
This is one of the more depressing tunes I've heard. The music is beyond merely sorrowful; it's haunting, desparate, and surreal. Love the phrase "still running for a bus that we missed years ago."
massive bereavement.. separating us from our home. the world's disconnection from everything we're searching for. it's right in front of us, yet we keep doubting it. but as more and more of us come to realizations of truth, god's energy is coming back.
The lines "He was reaching out to touch me" and "I was reaching out to touch him" makes me think of Michaelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This song makes me think of God creating Adam, sending him to live on earth and then Adam finds that his paradise isn't so perfect after all, of course after sin was committed. Just my take on it though. I'm just getting familiar with this song and it's my initial interpretation. I kinda expect it to change soon though.
I believe what I've said is kinda in line with xen0nex's comments too.
it may be a coincidence but 'massive bereavement' is the name of one of the horses that Alan Partridge comments on in episode 2 of The Day Today.