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.
hey now, overcome your concern about the weather
and whether or not im still alive
check the vital signs
so soft spoken and shy
never gets high anymore
did you poison my food, forgive me i've the paranoid flu
i've been lying wide awake paralyzed by the buzzing of the television
these modern things we know, getting you off
these modern things we know, getting you off
haunting us, these different meanings and spectral beings.
We're fighting sleep with broken, rusted weaponry.
Sing so softly and low, like you want me to hear.
Stolen what you can't afford,
What's that muffle beating for?
i've been lying wide awake paralyzed by the buzzing of the television
these modern things we know, getting you off
these modern things we know, getting you off
Something I could never say, speak so softly and low.
Something I could never say.
(Yltfos os kaeps [speak so softly backwords])
Something I could never say.
(Yltfos os kaeps)
Something I could never say.
(Yltfos os kaeps.)
(Speak so softly and low.)
Something I could never say, speak so softly and low.
(Speak so softly.)
(Yltfos os kaeps.)
If you love me let me go.
(Stolen what you can't...)
Speak so softly.
(Speak so softly.)
(Stolen what you can't afford, what's that muffle beat...)
(Yltfos os kaeps.)
(Speak so softly.)
(Something I can never say. Speak so softly and low.)
(Speak so... softly.)
(Yltfos os kaeps. Yltfos os kaeps. Yltfos.)
and whether or not im still alive
check the vital signs
so soft spoken and shy
never gets high anymore
did you poison my food, forgive me i've the paranoid flu
i've been lying wide awake paralyzed by the buzzing of the television
these modern things we know, getting you off
these modern things we know, getting you off
haunting us, these different meanings and spectral beings.
We're fighting sleep with broken, rusted weaponry.
Sing so softly and low, like you want me to hear.
Stolen what you can't afford,
What's that muffle beating for?
i've been lying wide awake paralyzed by the buzzing of the television
these modern things we know, getting you off
these modern things we know, getting you off
Something I could never say, speak so softly and low.
Something I could never say.
(Yltfos os kaeps [speak so softly backwords])
Something I could never say.
(Yltfos os kaeps)
Something I could never say.
(Yltfos os kaeps.)
(Speak so softly and low.)
Something I could never say, speak so softly and low.
(Speak so softly.)
(Yltfos os kaeps.)
If you love me let me go.
(Stolen what you can't...)
Speak so softly.
(Speak so softly.)
(Stolen what you can't afford, what's that muffle beat...)
(Yltfos os kaeps.)
(Speak so softly.)
(Something I can never say. Speak so softly and low.)
(Speak so... softly.)
(Yltfos os kaeps. Yltfos os kaeps. Yltfos.)
Lyrics submitted by Cancerous Crow
House Of Leaves Lyrics as written by Saito Nagata
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I think that this is about the book. I believe that maybe Zampano was really Mr. Navidson and that the book isn't really about a real labrynth in a house but rather the labrynth inside himself. Remember, there were monster scratches on the floor next to his dead body @ the beginning. Maybe it's how other people's pain can sometimes suck you in. It says in the book that Navidson used photojournalism to busy himself to forget about his traumatic childhood. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe that's why his relationship suffered, because he never took care of the problem and then magically it became a twisted labrynth in his mind. Perhaps that's why it's best to do whatever you have to do to change yourself and get out of a bad situation before it get's too late. Maybe that's why people shouldn't repress things because in the end it comes back to haunt you?
you are fucking brilliant
thanks for putting these lyrics up. i love this song.
This song is amazing. 'nuff said.
This song is amazing. 'nuff said.
this is written from the point of view of traunt from house of leaves. or at least i think it is. if you want more insight you should read house of leaves.
House of Leaves.
It's pretty much the scenario of Truant in his room, with all the thoughts running around his head.
Really, really good book. Makes you think as well
GREAT BOOK.
i've never heard this song.
does anyone know how i can get it or where it's from? thanks.
its the hidden song on juturna
I'm in the midst of the book right now!