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.
Just dive in let the good times roll
Nothing feels better than letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good when you dive in
You see a new day
But you can't get out of bed
You're heading nowhere
And got nowhere to put your head
And everything's spinning it's like you're not living
You can't even face the door
But the sky's not grey
Got to get out and play
The game is on
Just dive in let the good times roll
Nothing feels better then letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good when you dive in
Free your mind let the whole world know
Turn it up better, And take control
Yeah dive in
You know it feels good so go on and dive in
You got the power turn the whole world upside down
This is your hour
You gotta lift up off the ground
If you want to go far then there's no denying
What you've been searching for
I've been all through the towns and your not coming down
It's time to go
Just dive in let the good times roll
Nothing feels better then letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good when you dive in
Free your mind let the whole world know
Turn it up better and take control
Yeah dive in
You know it feels good when you dive in
(Come on in)
Oh yeah, the waters fine
(Wash away)
All the troubles on your mind
(Feel your skin)
Take a breath and come to life
Set it free
Lay it down
Let it out, oh,
Do, do, do, do do yeah
You always think safe
And you always think twice
And you look both ways when you roll the dice
Just dive in
You know it feels good when you dive in
I know that you can do it if you just believe
Nothing get you nothing gain
What's it gonna be
Just dive in
You know it feels good when you dive in
Just dive in let the good times roll
Nothing feels better than letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good if you dive in
Free your mind let the whole world know
Nothing feels better than letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good when you dive in
You see a new day
But you can't get out of bed
You're heading nowhere
And got nowhere to put your head
And everything's spinning it's like you're not living
You can't even face the door
But the sky's not grey
Got to get out and play
The game is on
Just dive in let the good times roll
Nothing feels better then letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good when you dive in
Free your mind let the whole world know
Turn it up better, And take control
Yeah dive in
You know it feels good so go on and dive in
You got the power turn the whole world upside down
This is your hour
You gotta lift up off the ground
If you want to go far then there's no denying
What you've been searching for
I've been all through the towns and your not coming down
It's time to go
Just dive in let the good times roll
Nothing feels better then letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good when you dive in
Free your mind let the whole world know
Turn it up better and take control
Yeah dive in
You know it feels good when you dive in
(Come on in)
Oh yeah, the waters fine
(Wash away)
All the troubles on your mind
(Feel your skin)
Take a breath and come to life
Set it free
Lay it down
Let it out, oh,
Do, do, do, do do yeah
You always think safe
And you always think twice
And you look both ways when you roll the dice
Just dive in
You know it feels good when you dive in
I know that you can do it if you just believe
Nothing get you nothing gain
What's it gonna be
Just dive in
You know it feels good when you dive in
Just dive in let the good times roll
Nothing feels better than letting go
Just dive in
You'll find it feels good if you dive in
Free your mind let the whole world know
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
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Lord Huron
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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Bee Gees
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
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This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
This song brings back so many memories!!