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 basement scene is dark and dusty
The musty smell of stale air
Cobwebs dangle overhead
People stumble down the stairs
Let's get this party started, yo
The band are in the corner of the floor
Their songs are pretty kick-ass
We're dancing like we've never danced before
The music is loud
The kids are so young
All over the world
They want to have fun
The music is so loud
It drowns out the talk
All over the world
Just give us more rock
The music is loud
The night is so young
All over the world
We want to have fun
The music gets louder
Please don't call the cops
All over the world
We just want to rock
The kitchen scene is damp and sticky
They're lined up at the keg of PBR
We're yelling conversations
Through the floor you hear the keyboards and guitar
I'm getting kind of antsy
I just came up here to get some air
This isn't where the music's at
I guess I'm going back down there
The music is loud
The kids are so young
All over the world
They want to have fun
The music is so loud
It drowns out the talk
All over the world
Just give us more rock
The music is loud
The night is so young
All over the world
We want to have fun
The music gets louder
Please don't call the cops
All over the world
We just want to rock
The basement scene is hot and sweaty
Bodies packed from wall to wall
The band are tearing through their set
The encore is the best of all
Let's keep this party going, yo
We've got nowhere else to be
Someone yells, "less talk more rock"
Mostly un-ironically
The music is loud
The kids are so young
All over the world
They want to have fun
The music is so loud
It drowns out the talk
All over the world
Just give us more rock
The music is loud
The night is so young
All over the world
We want to have fun
The music gets louder
Please don't call the cops
All over the world
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
The musty smell of stale air
Cobwebs dangle overhead
People stumble down the stairs
Let's get this party started, yo
The band are in the corner of the floor
Their songs are pretty kick-ass
We're dancing like we've never danced before
The music is loud
The kids are so young
All over the world
They want to have fun
The music is so loud
It drowns out the talk
All over the world
Just give us more rock
The music is loud
The night is so young
All over the world
We want to have fun
The music gets louder
Please don't call the cops
All over the world
We just want to rock
The kitchen scene is damp and sticky
They're lined up at the keg of PBR
We're yelling conversations
Through the floor you hear the keyboards and guitar
I'm getting kind of antsy
I just came up here to get some air
This isn't where the music's at
I guess I'm going back down there
The music is loud
The kids are so young
All over the world
They want to have fun
The music is so loud
It drowns out the talk
All over the world
Just give us more rock
The music is loud
The night is so young
All over the world
We want to have fun
The music gets louder
Please don't call the cops
All over the world
We just want to rock
The basement scene is hot and sweaty
Bodies packed from wall to wall
The band are tearing through their set
The encore is the best of all
Let's keep this party going, yo
We've got nowhere else to be
Someone yells, "less talk more rock"
Mostly un-ironically
The music is loud
The kids are so young
All over the world
They want to have fun
The music is so loud
It drowns out the talk
All over the world
Just give us more rock
The music is loud
The night is so young
All over the world
We want to have fun
The music gets louder
Please don't call the cops
All over the world
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
We just want to rock
Lyrics submitted by MeThinX
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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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,
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
i really don't like this song. a real disappointment, when you look at their other stuff. it just seems like bands have huge trouble holding onto their sparkle...