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.
Well, you got it so good
You live for the action
Used to be a has-been
Now you got yourself some satisfaction
A dog in a bag and a bone
But you're lost in the rain
Twenty-one million miles from home
You got brand new shoes
A healthy fixation
Atomic heart
And a two for one education
You're breaking my heart all the way
With your dog in a bag
I need your badness just to get through the day
Oh
It's a million o'clock, too hot to sleep
A rotten taste in my mouth and my eyes are deep
There's nothing much really goin' on up here
I'm holdin' on for dear life and one more beer
I guess you could say it's a sick little show
A bottle of troubles and a bed full of woe
It's easy to see without lookin' too far
You'd have to be a saint to be as sick as you are
Half the world's asleep
The rest of them are dreaming
God forbid you should forget to close the door as you're leavin'
I hate to see you in a bind
With your dog in a bag
Sleepin' next to your ridiculous mind
With a dog in a bag
Sleepin' next to your ridiculous mind
With a dog in a bag
Sleepin' next to your ridiculous mind
You live for the action
Used to be a has-been
Now you got yourself some satisfaction
A dog in a bag and a bone
But you're lost in the rain
Twenty-one million miles from home
You got brand new shoes
A healthy fixation
Atomic heart
And a two for one education
You're breaking my heart all the way
With your dog in a bag
I need your badness just to get through the day
Oh
It's a million o'clock, too hot to sleep
A rotten taste in my mouth and my eyes are deep
There's nothing much really goin' on up here
I'm holdin' on for dear life and one more beer
I guess you could say it's a sick little show
A bottle of troubles and a bed full of woe
It's easy to see without lookin' too far
You'd have to be a saint to be as sick as you are
Half the world's asleep
The rest of them are dreaming
God forbid you should forget to close the door as you're leavin'
I hate to see you in a bind
With your dog in a bag
Sleepin' next to your ridiculous mind
With a dog in a bag
Sleepin' next to your ridiculous mind
With a dog in a bag
Sleepin' next to your ridiculous mind
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
This isn't "my" interpretation. This is ChatGPT's interpretation...
It is difficult to say for certain what the meaning behind the song "Doginabag" by The Fratellis might be without additional context or explanation from the band themselves. However, some possible interpretations of the lyrics could include:
The narrator is observing someone who seems to have everything they want, but is still unfulfilled or lost in some way. The "dog in a bag" could symbolize this person's emptiness or unhappiness.
The song could be a commentary on the superficiality of modern life, where people are focused on material possessions and external validation rather than true happiness and fulfillment.
The lyrics could also be interpreted as a commentary on the idea of the "American dream", where people chase a certain lifestyle or status, but find it unfulfilling when they achieve it.
It should be noted that these are just some possible interpretations and the true meaning behind the song can only be confirmed by the band themselves.