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.
I could feel a hot one taking me down
For a moment, I could feel the force
Fainted to the point of tears
And you were holding on to make a point
What's the point?
I'm but a clean man, stable and alone man
Make it so I won't have to try
The faces always stay the same
So I face the fact that I'm just fine
I said that I'm just fine
I remember, head down
After you had found out
Manna is a hell of a drug
I need a little more, I think
Because enough is never quite enough
What's enough?
I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement
Hoping you would show your face
I haven't heard a thing you've said
In at least a couple hundred days
What'd you say?
I was in the front seat, shaking it out
And I was asking if you felt alright
I never want to hear the truth
I want to hear your voice, it sounded fine
My voice, it sounded fine
I could feel my heartbeat taking me down
And for the moment, I would sleep alright
I'm dealing with a selfish fear
To keep me up another restless night
Another restless night
The blood was dry, it was sober
The feeling of audible cracks
And I could tell it was over
From the curtains that hung from your neck
And I realized that then you were perfect
And my teeth ripping out of my head
And it looked like a painting I once knew
Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact
To pray for what I thought were angels
Ended up being ambulances
And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter
She was crying inside your stomach
And I felt love again
For a moment, I could feel the force
Fainted to the point of tears
And you were holding on to make a point
What's the point?
I'm but a clean man, stable and alone man
Make it so I won't have to try
The faces always stay the same
So I face the fact that I'm just fine
I said that I'm just fine
I remember, head down
After you had found out
Manna is a hell of a drug
I need a little more, I think
Because enough is never quite enough
What's enough?
I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement
Hoping you would show your face
I haven't heard a thing you've said
In at least a couple hundred days
What'd you say?
I was in the front seat, shaking it out
And I was asking if you felt alright
I never want to hear the truth
I want to hear your voice, it sounded fine
My voice, it sounded fine
I could feel my heartbeat taking me down
And for the moment, I would sleep alright
I'm dealing with a selfish fear
To keep me up another restless night
Another restless night
The blood was dry, it was sober
The feeling of audible cracks
And I could tell it was over
From the curtains that hung from your neck
And I realized that then you were perfect
And my teeth ripping out of my head
And it looked like a painting I once knew
Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact
To pray for what I thought were angels
Ended up being ambulances
And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter
She was crying inside your stomach
And I felt love again
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I Can Feel A Hot One Lyrics as written by John Andrew Hull
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Fortnight
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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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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
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/
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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.
LETS END THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL. All it took was a Google search:
"the standout "I Can Feel a Hot One," the singer recalls a dream involving a car crash that takes his wife's life.
"The way that song is written is, in the first half I'm basically just describing touring and kind of my relationship with God and my wife," he explains. "And the end is about this dream I had about us being in the van and getting sideswiped and hit by a huge truck. I dreamed my wife was pregnant at the time and I lost her. But this life was inside her, and in some weird way I was able to celebrate that there was some new life coming with one ending." "
THERE. It was ALLL a dream.
thank you soonstar, this is about how i felt about it, especially with the line at the end, when he says i saw the baby crying inside your stomach. and i felt love. he new the child was still alive. the suicide and drug theorys have run their course lol.
I think this song is about a car crash.
"I was in the front seat, shaking it out And I was asking if you felt alright I never want to hear the truth I want to hear your voice, it sounded fine My voice, it sounded fine"
That's after the crash. He's in the front seat shaking off what just happened. He wants to hear her voice, and the line "I never want to hear the truth" implies he knows something is wrong, he just refuses to accept it.
"I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement Hoping you would show your face But I haven't heard a thing you've said In at least a couple hundred days What'd you say?"
He's sitting on the pavement grieving her death longing to see her walk out of the car.
"To pray for what I thought were angels Ended up being ambulances And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter She was crying inside your stomach"
I'm guessing with that line he died as well. Now they're both together in "heaven" with god.
And some more lines that fit in with the crash:
"The blood was dry, it was sober"
"For a moment, I could feel the force Fainted to the point of tears"
"Manna is a hell of a drug And I need a little more, I think Because enough is never quite enough"
i think you're right with this one.<br /> <br /> but the only verse i do not understand is this one, can anyone help me?:<br /> <br /> "The blood was dry, it was sober<br /> The feeling of audible cracks<br /> And I could tell it was over<br /> From the curtains that hung from your neck"<br /> <br /> oh, and i also agree with whoever thinks that the correct lyrics is<br /> "a baby with a selfish fear, to keep me up another restless night"
I like this idea of it being a car crash. However, I think this entire song is about a man (singer) contemplating "A HOT ONE" which means, a big problem. That big problem is the fact that his gf/wife is pregnant and he dosnt know how to deal with it.<br /> <br /> "I could feel a hot one taking me down<br /> For a moment, I could feel the force<br /> Fainted to the point of tears<br /> And you were holding on to make a point<br /> What's the point?"<br /> <br /> -here, he is talking about whenever she tell him she is expecting. " You were holding on to make a point" refering to how maybe she tries to make him look on the bright side of the situation. He odviously dosnt find it important("whats the point?")<br /> <br /> <br /> "The faces always stay the same<br /> So I face the fact that I'm just fine<br /> I said that I'm just fine"<br /> <br /> "the faces always stay the same" refers to how things dont change.the problem is still there no matter how much time it goes by.<br /> <br /> <br /> "I remember, head down,<br /> After you had found out<br /> Manna is a hell of a drug<br /> And I need a little more, I think<br /> Because enough is never quite enough<br /> What's enough?"<br /> <br /> this verse is pretty clear: After she find out she's pregnant, he deals with it by taking drugs, MANY drugs. because nothing is enough to make the problem (the fact that he is going to be a father, go away)<br /> <br /> <br /> "I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement<br /> Hoping you would show your face<br /> But I haven't heard a thing you've said<br /> In at least a couple hundred days<br /> What'd you say?"<br /> <br /> He takes the problem like a grown up, he pretend, infront of her that everything is going to be fine. But in reality he has been so caught up on his own mind about this that he hasnt heard anything she has said in "couple hundred days" (200 days= 6 moths 20 days of her pregnancy)<br /> <br /> "I was in the front seat, shaking it out<br /> And I was asking if you felt alright<br /> I never want to hear the truth<br /> I want to hear your voice, it sounded fine<br /> My voice, it sounded fine"<br /> <br /> this verse refers to when shes going into labor, and he is driving her to the hospital trying to keep her calmmed even though he is freaking out too.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "I could feel my heartbeat taking me down<br /> And for the moment, I would sleep alright<br /> Invading with a selfish fear<br /> To keep me up another restless night<br /> Another restless night"<br /> <br /> I woul b able to sleep now that the moment is almost over.the selfish fear could easy be refering to the fact that he had been wanting her to loose the baby. That fear, has keeped him up many nights.<br /> <br /> "The blood was dry, it was sober<br /> The feeling of audible cracks<br /> And I could tell it was over<br /> From the curtains that hung from your neck"<br /> <br /> "the curtains that hung from your neck" refer to those ugly looking robes they give u at the hospital whenever you are a patient. Once he saw her wearing that, he realized that the anticipation was over. Everything he was worried about was over because she was going to give birth.<br /> <br /> "And I realized that then you were perfect<br /> And my teeth ripping out of my head<br /> And it looked like a painting I once knew<br /> Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact"<br /> <br /> it was at that moment, that all of his bad thoughts were gone and he was happy again, " back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact" meaning when he wasnt to pre-ocupied being careful about what he thought( wanting her to loose the baby)<br /> <br /> "To pray for what I thought were angels<br /> Ended up being ambulances<br /> And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter<br /> She was crying inside your stomach"<br /> <br /> as he waits at the hospital, he falls asleep and dreams of his daughter!<br /> <br /> "and I felt love, Again"<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
Talk this song over with a friend, and came to the conclusion that "the curtains that hung from your neck" could refer to the partition used when preforming a C-section.
I bought the CD, at a store, I know it's crazy, and it came with a lyric book. I checked over the lyrics and these were thee only three lines that were wrong. Manna was a hell of a drug is actually in huge print compared to everything else.
your blood was dry, it was sober
And I realized it then you were perfect
Back when my thoughts were not Tire leak intact
"And I realized it then, you were perfect"*
alot of machester orchestra songs have allusions to god and what i see as their relationship to him. manna is symbolic of a gift from god. he lost his gift from god, and is suffering(going through withdrawl) because of it.
I'm not sure, but I have a strange feeling it means this:
It's about a guy who found something or someone and doesn't exactly know what to think what to feel. She stayed a little long 'to make a point' yet he never found out if it could be real or she was hesitant to let him know for sure. He has this feeling of always being alone, he's bummed yet pretends to hide behind an illusion of being fine...he's not
The drug reference is only as important as saying that what is going through his head is heavy to deal with a little something could help take the edge off, because after that I see little reference to drugs anywhere else.
He is caught with the burning restlessness of what this girl is doing, he wants her she wants him, but it's like shes leaving, or he is and he can't take it.
"I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement Hoping you would show your face" right there explains it easily. Honestly think of a girl you met or a guy whatever your fancy and remember finding someone and feeling something special but having it have to end? He got attached, he fell in love and maybe he is finding it is not mutual or it is but half has to go and he will probably never have what he has with her or had with her again.
The next part was talking about their last night...on the way home is she okay...like a guy always asks. Yet all he wanted to do is just hear her voice. That is a sign of fear of loss, like he may never hear it again. A girls voice...just conversation affects a man greater than anyone would ever admit. He can't sleep, he wants her, that selfishness he refers to is real. Think about how you act when you are about to loose something or never find out if you never had it...you want it even more...his heart is really heavy he is hurt. He is sober because of the feeling. Now it is over, the curtains I feel resemble the expression on her face more than clothes. It's like the last meeting is awkward, she needs to leave he wants her to stay she wishes she could but if they get caught up...it becomes even worse for both emotionally. "Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact" He longs for feeling like he did. thoughts are never intact when you find love or affection.
The end is tough one to prove it is more than a death of someone...again the whole song can be about a woman he was in love with and suddenly she dies, but I think that is the metaphor for what I've been saying. I think here is where he talks about wanting this relationship, instead he is given that but in a different manor. Angels are fine but to have one someone has got to die. Same Idea, to have love he has to realize that that what he has or had may be just what it was...there was the love and he may never have it again. The baby crying in the stomach is like the realizing that the fantasy of a more serious relationship is gone, she would not be the mother of his child.
"And I felt love again" I think the last line is resolve, finally being able to deal with that space or it is the final kiss.
So that is the way I see it, but I am only giving a interpretation of the song because that is how I read it.
His father is religious. He was a preacher. I think it's evident by the reveling nature of both Manchester's songs and Right Away, Great Captain's songs that Andy is on some kind of fence with his faith. So drugs, sex and rock n' roll aren't exactly ruled out by religion. "<br /> <br /> "I'm the only son of a pastor who does the things i do..." - ANDY HULL
I totally get what you're saying here. I agree with your interpretation most. I think the first few versus are about how he finds out she has cheated, then she stays to try to fix things which only makes it worse. Like she is taunting him. He isn't going to forget, even though times were good in the past. Which explains the "manna" reference. <br /> <br /> He knows it is going to end and he is realizing how he ignored all the signs because he became complacent. He didn't want to ackowledge what was happening because he would be forced to deal with it. Later looking back on the relationship he realizes that even though everything they had fell apart, he still loves her.
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Clearly what he means by Manna.
lulz<br /> <br /> <br /> i think he either means that gifts from god are never enough, even when you are getting something so amazing and so divine as food from heaven when you don't have anything, really talking about the selfish nature of man... or evelin manna... probably the latter.
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Well I'm but a Captain Sailing on an old ship making the best of my time so i sing a little here and there but i can hardly rhyme, rhyme
Seems to have little to do with a car crash, drugs, and other meanings we have found, sang before a live crowd might be just a little bonus who knows , its andy it could be anything
I believe this song is from the point of view of a father-to-be whose partner/ wife couldn't handle the thought of motherhood, or suffered pre-natal depression leading her to kill herself - "And I could tell it was over From the curtains that hung from your neck"
The end of the song is somewhat hopeful, perhaps although the wife is dead, the paramedics saved the baby?
"To pray for what I thought were angels Ended up being ambulances And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter She was crying inside your stomach And I felt love again"
im not sure, there could be so many meanings to this song, either way, it's beautiful.
oh yeah, just to let you know, the comment i made below is just how i like to interpret the song, the song is actually about a breakdown lead singer Andy Hull had whilst on tour, as he explains in numerous interviews. The song is not actually about abortion.. or a car crash as some people think.