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.
What you know about that
Fallen! Fallen Babylon!
The so-called great. Dead weight
Dread 'bout to update
The death rate, in one take
Make no mistake
We the real deala
The radical, natural-born wig splitta
Gonna get cha with the style
That make your soul holla, more drama
The on droppa the sure sotta
Rock it steady, we ready
Till the track is diminished
And when the dog goes belly up
Consider it finished
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Close your eyes so you can see
Peace, love and harmony
Sounds like the war in me, yeah
We keep on moving like don't stop
Let it go. Soul to soul
Dread at the controls
Tag 'em up and label them John Doe
The raw flow
Rebuild the new style empire
Blazing required like that
Fourth man on fire
This gun's for hire
Take the vow of the Nazarene
To come clean
Like crazy baldheads (knot I mean)
Wickedness fear the style of the deathblow
Carve the name across your chest
In case the dog catcher want to know
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Close your eyes so you can see
Peace, love and harmony
Sounds like the war in me, yeah
Dread at the controls, label them John Doe
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Close your eyes so you can see
Peace, love and harmony
Sounds like the war in me, yeah
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Whatever the case may be
This time it's got to be
Peace, love and harmony, yeah
Fallen! Fallen Babylon!
The so-called great. Dead weight
Dread 'bout to update
The death rate, in one take
Make no mistake
We the real deala
The radical, natural-born wig splitta
Gonna get cha with the style
That make your soul holla, more drama
The on droppa the sure sotta
Rock it steady, we ready
Till the track is diminished
And when the dog goes belly up
Consider it finished
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Close your eyes so you can see
Peace, love and harmony
Sounds like the war in me, yeah
We keep on moving like don't stop
Let it go. Soul to soul
Dread at the controls
Tag 'em up and label them John Doe
The raw flow
Rebuild the new style empire
Blazing required like that
Fourth man on fire
This gun's for hire
Take the vow of the Nazarene
To come clean
Like crazy baldheads (knot I mean)
Wickedness fear the style of the deathblow
Carve the name across your chest
In case the dog catcher want to know
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Close your eyes so you can see
Peace, love and harmony
Sounds like the war in me, yeah
Dread at the controls, label them John Doe
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Close your eyes so you can see
Peace, love and harmony
Sounds like the war in me, yeah
Sounds like it's war to me
Peace, love and casualties
Sounds like it's war to me, yeah
Whatever the case may be
This time it's got to be
Peace, love and harmony, yeah
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
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,
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
It's about war. And it's a shitty song in my opinion. Parts of it sound like wannabe Rage gone bad. Verses sound bad and the hook ain't much either. I don't know what these guys were thinking on this album. Most of the tracks are garbage. It's disappointing to me because I really used to like this group.
Hot take but Rage are overrated fake revolutionary major label sellouts (probably deep state controlled) I would rather hang out with the boys of P.O.D any day. The fact that they claim they invented Nu-metal (particularity Tom Morello) but shit on it at the same time speak volumes to me. Also Limp Bizkit > Rage anytime!<br /> <br /> For the song other 'bobtheflob' said it's about the war inside (particularly for ones soul) and looking at the lyrics I would agree with that summary.