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.
It's genocide, can't you see?
A genocide in the first degree
You know it's a mad, a mad mad world
Don't give damn if you don't believe me!
I've seen the light, and I like what I've seen
These creaturs don't worry you
Let's go there, just you and me
Across The Universe, higher and higher
I'm feeling good, now know what I mean?
Don't you try to touch me!
Hey! People! Are you coming back, huh?!
Back? They've got to come in before
It's blown away, the raid; their in the air
It's crazy, it's out of hand
God O.D. is run through my head
There's nothing on Earth could move me
Hundred miles an hour, seven days a week
Don't you want to feel it breaking your back
'Cause the Word of The Lord makes me break out screaming:
"Storm the studio!"
It's genocide, can't you see?
A genocide in the second degree
No dignity, I'm walking on your face!
You're not moving!?
Take to take, no time to waist
Tearing it all, giving it all, giving it all away
You're feeling good
Picking it up, you're feeling good
Put it to the back of your mind, for the time's not right
I'm gonna make you scream!
Coming from the back of your mind
You can't forget all the times
That yo've been punched to get the grade in
Blown away by the force of the word
Woken up by the sound of siren
Yeah!
Yeah!
I said: "Yeah!" (I feel it coming on!)
It's genocide, can't you see?
A genocide means nothing to me!
Put it to the back of your mind for the time is right
it's time to scream!
Boy!
From time to time you're gonna get this feeling
Can't stand the pace
You've gotta give it a freak base
Time and again you'll be reeling!
A genocide in the first degree
You know it's a mad, a mad mad world
Don't give damn if you don't believe me!
I've seen the light, and I like what I've seen
These creaturs don't worry you
Let's go there, just you and me
Across The Universe, higher and higher
I'm feeling good, now know what I mean?
Don't you try to touch me!
Hey! People! Are you coming back, huh?!
Back? They've got to come in before
It's blown away, the raid; their in the air
It's crazy, it's out of hand
God O.D. is run through my head
There's nothing on Earth could move me
Hundred miles an hour, seven days a week
Don't you want to feel it breaking your back
'Cause the Word of The Lord makes me break out screaming:
"Storm the studio!"
It's genocide, can't you see?
A genocide in the second degree
No dignity, I'm walking on your face!
You're not moving!?
Take to take, no time to waist
Tearing it all, giving it all, giving it all away
You're feeling good
Picking it up, you're feeling good
Put it to the back of your mind, for the time's not right
I'm gonna make you scream!
Coming from the back of your mind
You can't forget all the times
That yo've been punched to get the grade in
Blown away by the force of the word
Woken up by the sound of siren
Yeah!
Yeah!
I said: "Yeah!" (I feel it coming on!)
It's genocide, can't you see?
A genocide means nothing to me!
Put it to the back of your mind for the time is right
it's time to scream!
Boy!
From time to time you're gonna get this feeling
Can't stand the pace
You've gotta give it a freak base
Time and again you'll be reeling!
Lyrics submitted by escottc
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
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Van Halen
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The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
The Night We Met
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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.
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Blink-182
Blink-182
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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/