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.
Vas caminando despacio
Sin ganas de sonreír, de sonreír
Hemos quedado en el barrio
Unos litros y cien duros de hachís
Perdidos en cualquier lado
Soñando con escapar, con escapar
La mayoría del paro
Y el que curra del trabajo temporal
Han pasado 10 años
¿Mis colegas dónde están?
El que no anda en el mako
Hare poco lo acabaron de enterar
La heroína no acudió a su funeral
Ey, chaval
Siempre a la sombra de la sociedad
Somos la causa de su malestar
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
No, chaval
No es ley de vida, tu desigualdad
No te dieron la oportunidad
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
Existe una alternativa
Legalizar
Esto tiene que cambiar
Lo vamos a cambiar
¿Qué te ha pasado princesa
Que no te veo sonreír, sonreír?
Aun no tienes tu dosis
Por la noche te tienes que porstituír
Maldita mierda prohibida
Que nuestros sueños rompió, los rumpió
Hablabamos de injusticias
Comenzábamos nuestra revolución
Comenzábamos nuestra revolución
Ey, chaval
Siempre a la sombra de la sociedad
Somos la causa de su malestar
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
No, chaval
No es ley de vida, tu desigualdad
No te dieron la oportunidad
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
Existe una alternativa
Legalizar
Esto tiene que cambiar
Lo vamos a cambiar
Agresividad
No somos ratas de ciudad
Agresividad
Contra el estado del malestar
Agresividad
No somos ratas de ciudad
Agresividad
Contra el estado del malestar
Del paraíso al infierno
Hay un paso nada más
La prohibición es un business
La droga existe y no la vas a eliminar
La solución consiste en legalizar
Ey, chaval
Siempre a la sombra de la sociedad
Somos la causa de su malestar
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
No, chaval
No es ley de vida, tu desigualdad
No te dieron la oportunidad
A mis colegas y a la peña en general
No os dejéis nunca eslavizar,
La unión hace la fuerza
Nunca, no la has de olvidar
Sin ganas de sonreír, de sonreír
Hemos quedado en el barrio
Unos litros y cien duros de hachís
Perdidos en cualquier lado
Soñando con escapar, con escapar
La mayoría del paro
Y el que curra del trabajo temporal
Han pasado 10 años
¿Mis colegas dónde están?
El que no anda en el mako
Hare poco lo acabaron de enterar
La heroína no acudió a su funeral
Ey, chaval
Siempre a la sombra de la sociedad
Somos la causa de su malestar
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
No, chaval
No es ley de vida, tu desigualdad
No te dieron la oportunidad
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
Existe una alternativa
Legalizar
Esto tiene que cambiar
Lo vamos a cambiar
¿Qué te ha pasado princesa
Que no te veo sonreír, sonreír?
Aun no tienes tu dosis
Por la noche te tienes que porstituír
Maldita mierda prohibida
Que nuestros sueños rompió, los rumpió
Hablabamos de injusticias
Comenzábamos nuestra revolución
Comenzábamos nuestra revolución
Ey, chaval
Siempre a la sombra de la sociedad
Somos la causa de su malestar
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
No, chaval
No es ley de vida, tu desigualdad
No te dieron la oportunidad
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
Existe una alternativa
Legalizar
Esto tiene que cambiar
Lo vamos a cambiar
Agresividad
No somos ratas de ciudad
Agresividad
Contra el estado del malestar
Agresividad
No somos ratas de ciudad
Agresividad
Contra el estado del malestar
Del paraíso al infierno
Hay un paso nada más
La prohibición es un business
La droga existe y no la vas a eliminar
La solución consiste en legalizar
Ey, chaval
Siempre a la sombra de la sociedad
Somos la causa de su malestar
Escúlpele al sistema y nunca dejes de molestar
No, chaval
No es ley de vida, tu desigualdad
No te dieron la oportunidad
A mis colegas y a la peña en general
No os dejéis nunca eslavizar,
La unión hace la fuerza
Nunca, no la has de olvidar
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Mis Colegas Lyrics as written by Jose Miguel Redin Redin Roberto Ganan Ojea
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Fine, to all who have requested, here's a translation. As always, please note that some expressions are impossible to translate into English, so it'll be a bit off.
My Mates
You're walking slowly, not feeling like smiling, smiling We have remained in the neighborhood, a few litres and a hundred stoned on hashish Lost in any place, dreaming with escaping, escaping Most of the strikers, and those who work temporary jobs 10 years have gone by, my mates, where are they? Whoever's not in jail, was recently buried Heroin didn't assist the funeral
Hey, kid, always in society's shadow We're the cause of its ill-being Spit on the system and never stop bothering No, kid, your inequality isn't law of life You weren't given the chance Spit on the system and never stop bothering
There's an alternative, to legalize This has to change, we will change it
What's happened to you, princess? I don't see you smiling, smiling You don't have your dose yet, by night you have to whore yourself Fucking forbidden shit, that our dreams shattered, shattered We spoke of injustices, starting our revolution We were starting our revolution
Hey, kid, always in society's shadow We're the cause of its ill-being Spit on the system and never stop bothering No, kid, your inequality isn't law of life You weren't given the chance Spit on the system and never stop bothering
There's an alternative, to legalize This has to change, we will change it Aggression! We're not city rats Aggression! Against the state of unrest Aggression! We're not city rats Aggression! Against the state of unrest
From paraside to hell, there's only one step Prohibition's a business Drug exists and you won't eliminate it The solution lies in legalization
Hey, kid, always in society's shadow We're the cause of its ill-being Spit on the system and never stop bothering No, kid, your inequality isn't law of life You weren't given the chance Spit on the system and never stop bothering
To my mates and the general public Don't let yourself be enslaved Union makes strength You should never forget
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