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.
All they want is to feel it
We won't be what you want to be, oh no
Pull it close, pull it closer, I play it close
Head-to-toes tonight, recognizing the ghost
And the machine getting in between the thought and the finger
At the brink of an evolution, we're going to linger
Come on
We won't be what you want to be, oh no
Pull it close, pull it closer, I play it close
Head-to-toes tonight, recognizing the ghost
And the machine getting in between the thought and the finger
At the brink of an evolution, we're going to linger
Come on
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
The Night We Met
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"
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
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.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
all they want is a free ride x3 he wont be what you want him to be don't overdose overdose rollercoaster i play her close here's a toast to now recognizing the ghost in the machine get inbetween the spot and the finger at the break of an evolution we're going to linger forever
all they want is a free ride x3 he wont be what you want him to be don't overdose overdose rollercoaster i play her close here's a toast to now recognizing the ghost in the machine get inbetween the spot and the finger at the break of an evolution we're going to linger forever
Jesus....
Guess noone has any idea what's going on in that first verse there, eh? Oh well. This song is amazing. It's a shame that it's one of the two songs off the new album they didn't play when I saw them.
Guess noone has any idea what's going on in that first verse there, eh? Oh well. This song is amazing. It's a shame that it's one of the two songs off the new album they didn't play when I saw them.
I love the random rap in the middle of this song.
somehow this is my favorite song on the disc. not the best, just my favorite. i nearly yelled in surprise/joy when the dude started rapping. so fucking awesome.
invite your best friend over, blast this song, take your camera out, slap on a smile, and dance.
love this song.
krazy kats. Riotmusic
i'm so excited to see them in concert this june... i really hope they play this song as well. it's one of my favourites on the album and wow whoever write the original lyrics was definitely wearing earplugs