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.
The ocean is on fire, the sky turned dark again as the boats came in
And the beaches, stretched out with soldiers
With their arms and guns it has just begun
Believe
You want this
Believe
I want this too
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
And the houses laid out like targets
With the deafening sound
We watched them all go down
And the families now useless bodies
They lay still black and blue
A gift from us to you
Believe
You want this
Believe
I want this too
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
Believe
Believe
You want this too
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
And the beaches, stretched out with soldiers
With their arms and guns it has just begun
Believe
You want this
Believe
I want this too
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
And the houses laid out like targets
With the deafening sound
We watched them all go down
And the families now useless bodies
They lay still black and blue
A gift from us to you
Believe
You want this
Believe
I want this too
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
Believe
Believe
You want this too
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
Why won't you tell me that
It's almost over
Why must this tear my head
Inside out
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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You have to be a moron to think this song ISN'T ABOUT WAR, it just is, it represents the perfect way: rough and real, just the way it actually is.
It doesn't really matter what war it is, NO WAR makes sence and never will, you can't justify some wars or judge just some others, every war, everywhere is wrong. If a song is an anti-war song, it's going to be an "anti-2wars" song.
master_erk:"Also,i m sure im gonna get alot of crap about this...but i support the Iraq War. We're kickin ass over there now with the surge and what not. these is still war going on because if there wasnt we would all have to be god.War is infinite,it wont go away until the world does,so get used to it.If you want peace then get ready for war,and then the irony that is peace" If everyone just thought like you, and everyone just said that everything is infinitive and just put up with that, humanity would still be living in caves in the woods. SO Fuck You!
5 "And the houses laid out like targets, With the deafening sound, We watched them all go down. And the families now useless bodies, They lay still black and blue, A gift from us to you" to me, this is the most important part of the song, 'cause it admints how is America's fault, and how ridiculously stupid it realy is. The "Believe I want this" part, is about how they make you believe it is right, when you know not you or anyone sane don't want it.
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