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 never could see past the skin
They make you believe beauty's found within
Don't know why, 'cause it's just not true
I could never be a part of something I did not help to start
Don't know why, it's just how I am
When I want something all I do is smile
Don't know how long the fallout will last
But we'll find the higher ground
(love, hate, it's all the same)
I never did understand the lie
You can tell if someone is telling the truth by their eyes
It's just not true
I could never be a part of something I did not help to stop
Don't know why, it's just how it is
When I want something all I do is smile
Don't know how long the fallout will last
But we'll find the higher ground
(love, hate, it's all the same)
A day in the life of a poolshark
They make you believe beauty's found within
Don't know why, 'cause it's just not true
I could never be a part of something I did not help to start
Don't know why, it's just how I am
When I want something all I do is smile
Don't know how long the fallout will last
But we'll find the higher ground
(love, hate, it's all the same)
I never did understand the lie
You can tell if someone is telling the truth by their eyes
It's just not true
I could never be a part of something I did not help to stop
Don't know why, it's just how it is
When I want something all I do is smile
Don't know how long the fallout will last
But we'll find the higher ground
(love, hate, it's all the same)
A day in the life of a poolshark
Lyrics submitted by oleander
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
The Night We Met
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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"
Dreamwalker
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Just A Little Lovin'
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Since Idiot Pilot refuses to post any lyrics whatsoever, it's all up to fan interpretation and listening to figure them out. However I'd like to offer a couple "corrections" to the lyrics posted here... the chorus (including background screaming) makes more sense like this: "Don't know how long the fallout will last But we'll find the higher ground (Love, and hate, it's all the same.)"
And the last line, which is screamed twice in the song, is the title of the song, but the first time it hesitates more often between words. The first time it's screamed it's "A ... DAY ... IN ... THE... LIFE OF A POOLSHARK!" and the second time it's "A ... DAY... IN THE LIFE OF A POOLSHARK!"
As for the meaning of the song, it's fairly straightforward, and makes even more sense if you've seen the video of them beating the crap out of each other. Obviously it can refer to many different things, but my take is this:
First of all, a "pool shark" is someone who is extremely skilled at pool and may employ deceptive means to hide his skill in advance of games, in order to make money playing (e.g. hustling) ... it's two separate words, though, not one, as it is in the title of this song. Now, no one makes more alterations to their image than those in the music and movie industries, and this song is clearly about the superficiality of artists and celebrities, yes, but the video shows another side of it - the self-loathing that I'm sure even this relatively unknown band experiences. The band consists of just those two men (Michael Harris and Daniel Anderson) and in the video they begin arguing with each other, then fighting, and beating each other senseless - JUST BEFORE going onstage. That's the conflict within themselves that they have every time they go on to perform in front of hundreds of people who are every bit as superficial as those they detest, and the band feels the struggle within them to not become one of those people as well. But sometimes, they feel they're deceiving themselves, deceiving others, and being deceived, despite their best efforts of integrity. They feel like a pool shark. They know they're exceptionally skilled, and they know if they let it go to their heads, they'll end up using their skill to sucker and cheat people into giving them their money. But they turn right around and state that they know things will happen and their image will be tainted ("Don't know how long the fallout will last") but they'll "find the higher ground" and rise above it, they'll be themselves whether loved or hated ("Love, and hate, it's all the same").
Also, the fact that it's spelled as one word, "poolshark," indicates they feel more closely related to that particular "profession" than an average observer or even the pool sharks themselves. Either that, or they just misspelled it. Haha.
Great band!!! Saw them supporting TEAM SLEEP. Its amazing song and amazing album. Their lyrics are very random.
Yer they are really random and I don't know how the hell I found out about them actually... most of the songs are really weird and different. I
This song is so good but i can make absolutely no sense of the lyrics whatsoever. Poolshark is someone who has a talent to con and cheat. So I guess "When I want something all I do is smile" is to do with that.
The video for this song kicks ass...literly. All they do is fight. Awesome :]
The last line is... [I'm done with living the life of a poolshark]
Kthanksbye
I dunno if theses lyrics are correct....but its still a good song. I dunno how more people dont know about them.
I'm pretty sure the title has ties to The Beatles' "A Day In the Life"
I think tis just a song about a very shallow materialistic person.
amazng.
i used to think that pool shark is a shark that lives in a swimming pool. someone who is put into the boundaries and it feels extremely unnatural for him\her.