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.
Her mama named her Daisy, got it from a magazine
Through the mountains in her white dress, she'd run chasin' me
Thought she was faster 'cause I told her so, even though it wasn't quite the truth
Well I know she's an angel even though she ain't got wings
'Cause my sweet Daisy loved the hell outta me
There in the back pew of a Sunday morning church
The preacher preachin' Gospel, well, that's when I gave her her first kiss
She told me so even though it wasn't quite the truth
Well I know she's an angel even though she ain't got wings
'Cause my sweet Daisy loved the hell outta me
She gave me her body, she gave me her soul, didn't ask for nothin'
She led me down to the river, said you need to be baptized
Held me under the moon light; Lord, I don't know why
She loved the hell outta me
Eight years later we got married, and the day her water broke
The doctor said there's complications, but I still had hope
She was gonna make it 'cause she told me so, even thought it wasn't quite the truth
Well I know she's an angel, and now she's got her wings
Yeah, my sweet Daisy loves the hell outta me
She gave me her body, she gave me her soul, didn't ask for nothin'
She led me down to the river, said you need to be baptized
Held me under the moon light; Lord, I don't know why
She loved the hell outta me, yeah
I thought I'd name her Daisy, in her mama's memory
Through the mountains in her white dress, she runs chasin' me
Thinks she is faster 'cause I tell her so, even though it isn't quite the truth
Through the mountains in her white dress, she'd run chasin' me
Thought she was faster 'cause I told her so, even though it wasn't quite the truth
Well I know she's an angel even though she ain't got wings
'Cause my sweet Daisy loved the hell outta me
There in the back pew of a Sunday morning church
The preacher preachin' Gospel, well, that's when I gave her her first kiss
She told me so even though it wasn't quite the truth
Well I know she's an angel even though she ain't got wings
'Cause my sweet Daisy loved the hell outta me
She gave me her body, she gave me her soul, didn't ask for nothin'
She led me down to the river, said you need to be baptized
Held me under the moon light; Lord, I don't know why
She loved the hell outta me
Eight years later we got married, and the day her water broke
The doctor said there's complications, but I still had hope
She was gonna make it 'cause she told me so, even thought it wasn't quite the truth
Well I know she's an angel, and now she's got her wings
Yeah, my sweet Daisy loves the hell outta me
She gave me her body, she gave me her soul, didn't ask for nothin'
She led me down to the river, said you need to be baptized
Held me under the moon light; Lord, I don't know why
She loved the hell outta me, yeah
I thought I'd name her Daisy, in her mama's memory
Through the mountains in her white dress, she runs chasin' me
Thinks she is faster 'cause I tell her so, even though it isn't quite the truth
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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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@[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.
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