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.
Every day I have to look to the sun
To see where it was that
I have come from
I have a feeling that
There must be a time
When I'll get a chance to go home
'Cause I'm so tired
Of being here alone
But I'm just a traveler in time
Trying so hard to pay for my crime
If I could go back
The same way I got here
And see the people that
I once held so near
I'd do my best to
Find an answer for you
But first I must wait till I'm set free
And I don't know
How long that's gonna be
'Cause I'm a man with
A whole lot on his mind
Just out there somewhere
Traveling in time
Traveling in time
I've tried for so long to find
Some way of helping mankind
To see where it was that
I have come from
I have a feeling that
There must be a time
When I'll get a chance to go home
'Cause I'm so tired
Of being here alone
But I'm just a traveler in time
Trying so hard to pay for my crime
If I could go back
The same way I got here
And see the people that
I once held so near
I'd do my best to
Find an answer for you
But first I must wait till I'm set free
And I don't know
How long that's gonna be
'Cause I'm a man with
A whole lot on his mind
Just out there somewhere
Traveling in time
Traveling in time
I've tried for so long to find
Some way of helping mankind
Lyrics submitted by RainbowDemon
Traveller in Time Lyrics as written by Isham Jones Gus Kahn
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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It's about Sam Tyler, of course - Uriah Heep just didn't realise that when they wrote it...
YES!!! it is (and i hope i dont sound like a nerd but) I LOVE both Live on mars and Dr.who
Diluna25 and Shoelia, I think you're both right! :)
I’m thinking the some is either someone left their lover behind and 20 years later wished they could go back in time. OR A man and woman 25 years apart in age meet and at first glance have a strong soul connection. They know they have met in a different time and want to go back. Hoping they are of similar age to rekindle lost love.
@Farmacist57 Oh but it's much more than that, as a Genius contributor wrote on their website, this is an answer or another refrain to their song on Demons & Wizards named TRAVELER IN TIME, where the writer is traveling through time to help mankind in order to "pay for his crimes."
@Farmacist57 Oh but it's much more than that, as a Genius contributor wrote on their website, this is a man traveling through time trying to help mankind, in order to pay for his crimes, yet what crimes he's committed is anyone's guess.
@Farmacist57 Oh but it's much more than that, as a Genius contributor wrote on their website, this is a man traveling through time trying to help mankind, in order to pay for his crimes, yet what crimes he's committed is anyone's guess.
We're all travelers in time. The meaning of this song is to state that he's just passing his life by, biding his time. Paying for his mistakes (his crime), he's lost all his friends, the loves of his life. And now he just must "wait til he's set free" he has no plans to die so he doesn't know how long that's gonna be, he's just out there somewhere traveling in time. And now tears are falling from my eyes. Good night.
Considering that this was a British band with propensity for sci-fi and fantasy themes in their lyrics and "Demons and Wizards" came out in 1972, I highly suspect this is about the Third Doctor's exile on Earth in early 1970's Doctor Who.
Exiled by his people the Time Lords for interfering in space and time, Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor worked with international organization UNIT in the UK, fighting alien threats and other weirdness. He bitterly lamented his exile and inability to use the TARDIS.
I might be wrong, but I suspect they were watching the BBC and got the idea...
@Bearserker To each his own opinion but I would highly disagree that this is about that when the whole album is centered around Demons and Wizards.