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.
(With the mic in my hand I mutilate MC's)
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
Well I'm a rhyme regulator, mic manipulator
Pterydactyl, there and back to terminate ya
Super-duper classic for the dickhead gerbel
Kids roll red carpet when I flip fresh verbal
Mathematics have an addict catchin static to learn
Information inflammation formulatin the birds
Heard that kids burn a bit in the arm when life harms ya
For makin negative music and talkin 'bout karma
Mangle methodology through tangled technicalities
Grounding gravity within my range of fresh realities
I rearrange a fallacy to format fruit
God's path is made of math and I explore that boot
I bust rhymes in the shower, plus kill, devour
Must spill the waters of truth to all of the youth
Show em that the mic is like a voice (times ten)
Track-tightenin made a lightenin, that's when choice rhymes blend
Now bring the Battle Star Galactic, my patterns are the tactics
The catalogue is that of a catalyst with data chips
The only additive in audio electron
Neutrons connect protons, select songs
Lexicon, legendary luminescence
Set coordinates for the forrest of human essence
Through intelligent thought I'm never a fraud
My occupation's rockin nations and I treasure the job
It's like that
(Leçon numero 15)
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
(15ème leçon)
(Chez le coiffeur)
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
(Voulez-vous me couper les cheveux, s'il-vous plaît?)
(Volontiers, monsieur)
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
(Asseyez-vous, s'il-vous plaît)
(Quelle coupe desirez-vous?)
(With the mic in my hand I mutilate MC's)
(Measurin the radius like a protractor)
Well I'm the mental motivator, the dialogue demonstrator
Principal professor in the province of pen and paper
Logical legislator, an optical advocator
Philosophical detonator with extra lasers
See a silly slogan slip slow sleuth-like
So subtle satisfaction like a brand new bike
With the chrome spokes, legendary cipher with old folk
Rap is an old moat, I float in that gold boat
Boastin the best cause I'm roastin the rest
Coastin a quest, slow pokes are toast in a test
To a black and white scene I bring the purple tangerine
To progress the conquest of man and machine
Since Adam and Eve there's been a battle for peace
Through a pattern of speech I can rap to the beat
About life's paradoxical, seemingly illogical
Beyond the optical, contradictory trickery
Victory is mysery for comp that I stamp fraud
I'll stomp your champ squad and clamp your Canvoy
The atypical android with plan ploys
To slam toys brings me both confidence and joy
Alloy titanium guards my fly cranium
Step the fuck back to the lab, this is my stadium
Dreamin about battlin a petty MC?
I'd rather trade bars with the likes of Moe Dee
T La Rock, the fundamentals cause I'll never be above that
I'm only 21 and I know all the words to "Love Rap"
Sucker
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
Well I'm a rhyme regulator, mic manipulator
Pterydactyl, there and back to terminate ya
Super-duper classic for the dickhead gerbel
Kids roll red carpet when I flip fresh verbal
Mathematics have an addict catchin static to learn
Information inflammation formulatin the birds
Heard that kids burn a bit in the arm when life harms ya
For makin negative music and talkin 'bout karma
Mangle methodology through tangled technicalities
Grounding gravity within my range of fresh realities
I rearrange a fallacy to format fruit
God's path is made of math and I explore that boot
I bust rhymes in the shower, plus kill, devour
Must spill the waters of truth to all of the youth
Show em that the mic is like a voice (times ten)
Track-tightenin made a lightenin, that's when choice rhymes blend
Now bring the Battle Star Galactic, my patterns are the tactics
The catalogue is that of a catalyst with data chips
The only additive in audio electron
Neutrons connect protons, select songs
Lexicon, legendary luminescence
Set coordinates for the forrest of human essence
Through intelligent thought I'm never a fraud
My occupation's rockin nations and I treasure the job
It's like that
(Leçon numero 15)
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
(15ème leçon)
(Chez le coiffeur)
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
(Voulez-vous me couper les cheveux, s'il-vous plaît?)
(Volontiers, monsieur)
(Label me as the mic manipulator)
(Asseyez-vous, s'il-vous plaît)
(Quelle coupe desirez-vous?)
(With the mic in my hand I mutilate MC's)
(Measurin the radius like a protractor)
Well I'm the mental motivator, the dialogue demonstrator
Principal professor in the province of pen and paper
Logical legislator, an optical advocator
Philosophical detonator with extra lasers
See a silly slogan slip slow sleuth-like
So subtle satisfaction like a brand new bike
With the chrome spokes, legendary cipher with old folk
Rap is an old moat, I float in that gold boat
Boastin the best cause I'm roastin the rest
Coastin a quest, slow pokes are toast in a test
To a black and white scene I bring the purple tangerine
To progress the conquest of man and machine
Since Adam and Eve there's been a battle for peace
Through a pattern of speech I can rap to the beat
About life's paradoxical, seemingly illogical
Beyond the optical, contradictory trickery
Victory is mysery for comp that I stamp fraud
I'll stomp your champ squad and clamp your Canvoy
The atypical android with plan ploys
To slam toys brings me both confidence and joy
Alloy titanium guards my fly cranium
Step the fuck back to the lab, this is my stadium
Dreamin about battlin a petty MC?
I'd rather trade bars with the likes of Moe Dee
T La Rock, the fundamentals cause I'll never be above that
I'm only 21 and I know all the words to "Love Rap"
Sucker
Lyrics submitted by lolofoshosho
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Son Şansın - Şarkı Sözleri
Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
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.
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.