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.
Now I know how Merle Haggard felt when he sang the words "Mama Tried"
And I lived those teenage Friday nights with "a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight"
And that summer Becky broke my heart, Alabama sang "Old Flame Burning"
Well, I've danced with George Strait, drank with George Jones
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's all about falling down and getting back up
Yeah, good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raisin' cane on Friday nights
Sunday church to set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
Now I know how Paycheck felt when told his boss to take his job and shove it
And I've had the girl that made me say "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it"
And I'll always remember just where I was "when the world stopped turning"
Through the good and the bad, the right and the wrong
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's been the words when I couldn't find 'em, a friend when I've been alone
It's been a toast to the things remembered, the strength for moving on
[Chorus]
Oh, my life's been a country song
And I lived those teenage Friday nights with "a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight"
And that summer Becky broke my heart, Alabama sang "Old Flame Burning"
Well, I've danced with George Strait, drank with George Jones
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's all about falling down and getting back up
Yeah, good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raisin' cane on Friday nights
Sunday church to set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
Now I know how Paycheck felt when told his boss to take his job and shove it
And I've had the girl that made me say "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it"
And I'll always remember just where I was "when the world stopped turning"
Through the good and the bad, the right and the wrong
My life's been a country song
[Chorus]
It's been the words when I couldn't find 'em, a friend when I've been alone
It's been a toast to the things remembered, the strength for moving on
[Chorus]
Oh, my life's been a country song
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My Life's Been a Country Song Lyrics as written by John Wiggins Clay Mills
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Fortnight
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"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[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.
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
I absolutely adore this song!! And here's all the songs I heard referenced in it:
"Mama Tried" by Merl Haggard "Chattahoochie" by Alan Jackson "Old Flame" by Alabama -George Strait's four songs about dancing "He Stopped Loving Her" or "Yesterday's Wine" by George Jones "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck "I Like It, I Love It" by Tim McGraw "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" by Alan Jackson
The Becky one, though, I don't recognize. Does anybody know that one?
I'm only 18 and I've only been listening to country for about five, but my short life has been a country song. I've fallen down only to get back up, I've had a lot of good times and bad, and I've had my heartbroken and thought I've found love. It's about the simple things in life everyone wants, and you feel a better connection if you're from the south or are into country.