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.
Oregon girl I've been around the world, but I've never seen another Oregon girl.
Oregon girl (your lips!) (your curls!) I wanna taste of that Oregon girl
I watch you and I make plans.
Try to stop me
Try to stop me
Try to stop me
Try to stop me
Oregon girl (your lips!) (your curls!) I wanna taste of that Oregon girl
I watch you and I make plans.
Try to stop me
Try to stop me
Try to stop me
Try to stop me
Lyrics submitted by GirlsOnFilm
Oregon Girl Lyrics as written by Philip Abram Dickey John Robert Cardwell
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Correct Oregon Girl
Oregon girl ive been around the world but ive never seen another Oregon girl. Oregon girl with your lips and curls I want a taste of that Oregon girl
There’s a mountain There’s a time to They were put up there to keep us apart So I watch you making plans and I make plans You could kick a drum but You just try to stop me now from movin’ on with an Oregon girl HEY!
Wait for me another year or two I will graduate and marry you You roll the number and I’ll buy the lumber To build a house up on an Oregon hill
There’s a mountain There’s a time to They were put up there to keep us apart So I watch you making plans and I make plans You could grow a thumb But you just try to stop me now From movin’ on with an Oregon girl
roll a number is a way a saying roll a joint (gasp!) kick a drum and grow a thumb mean nothing. we had nothing to say there
Can I just say THANK GOD for SSLYBY?
Not only do they pronounce "Oregon" correctly, but as an Oregon girl I can attest to the accuracy of lines about rolling joints. That is a very Oregon thing to do (at least Willamette Valley. But that's where all the hills are anyway).
I'm not really sure, but these were the lyrics i could figure out, i don't think that they are all right, but at least i got some more Oregon girl ive been around the world but ive never seen another Oregon girl. Oregon girl with your lips and curls I want a taste of that Oregon girl
There’s a mountain There’s a time to They will a put a barrier to keep us apart So I’ll watch you and I’ll make plans We could go unknown Now just try to stop me now I’m movin’ on with an Oregon girl Oh yeah!
Wait for me another year or two I will graduate and marry you You are the number and I’ll ?buy? the lovebirds And we’ll build a house upon an Oregon hill
There’s a mountain There’s a time to They will a put a barrier to keep us apart So I’ll watch you and I’ll make plans We could go unknown Now just try to stop me now I’m movin’ on with an Oregon girl Yeah Ok Ok Ok
Yeah, I couldn't figure out ALL the lyrics either...but I am pretty sure about the following line after the "You are the number" line......
Wait for me another year or two I will graduate and marry you You are the number and I’ll buy the lumber (or all the lumber) And we’ll build a house upon an Oregon hill
Anyone know if these guys have a website or anything?
yeah, their site is morawk.com/boris/
Whatever the lyrics are, this is what they said about the song:
“Supposed to sound like a chase scene through an airport. Think of the McCallisters barely catching their plane to France in ‘Home Alone.’”
wow! SSLYBY commented here. i think thast cute. and um, this is def they're best song. i can't get enough of it.
Love this band, and This Song So OMG
listening to teh demo i type this
fucking amazing.
if you check this again, seriously.. fucking slap on hte back which i'm sure you'll appreciate from a 19 year old kid in CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.
that's right, stalk me. but first bring out more records.
does anyone have the lyrics for Anne Elephant?
p.s. anyone excited for pershing?