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.
You have loved
You were not alone
You have braved the weather
When the storm cut you to the bone
There was always shelter
My secred friend
I'll take you to the river
My secred friend
We can swim forever
In your skin
To die a little death
This time there's no code word
When everyday frays in hollow ends
Dream sweet love submersive
You were not alone
You have braved the weather
When the storm cut you to the bone
There was always shelter
My secred friend
I'll take you to the river
My secred friend
We can swim forever
In your skin
To die a little death
This time there's no code word
When everyday frays in hollow ends
Dream sweet love submersive
Lyrics submitted by thirstyone, edited by stereoparty, chalkie
My Secret Friend Lyrics as written by Christopher Anthony Corner Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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There's definitely an element of sex and control in this one. Uninhibited.
Maybe they're having sex in/by the river. Or it's all metaphorical. They're "submersing" themselves in a very secret liaison, suspended in time where they can sin ["swim"] forever [die a little death in your skin = 'petit mort' slang for orgasm in French]; "there's no code word" = S&M kinkiness. Well.
Love the slight eerie quality in this one... If you're submerged in water in the dark, with your lover it would be like going back to the womb. I think in some cultural tale/myth/belief [Japanese maybe?] that if two star-crossed lovers cannot bear to be apart and commit suicide, they will reincarnate as twins in their next life together.
You have loved You were not alone (He reciprocates this feeling) You have braved the weather (His lover has braved all what people will say about their relationship) When the storm cut you to the bone ('Storm' being maybe the shunning of people, the disapproval) There was always shelter (Chris is her/his shelter)
My secred friend I'll take you to the river My secred friend We can swim forever (Will take him/her away from the scrutiny and they shall love)
etc
So basically, a relationship that would be deemed as unacceptable (Chris immagined an insestuous relationship).
I feel that im catching a hint of psychopathic love affair in this song... like Imogen heap is his "secret friend" aka... "imaginary friend" and she is asking him in his head to take them to the river and go "swimming" but forever.. Imogen does say "in your skin.. to die a little death" like dying together would be nothing compared to dying alone... the part where she says this time theres no code word it seems like a reference to being at a psychologists when they do the hypnotize thing.. maybe?<br /> Or are we all just super dark here? haha anyways its a dark beautiful song... i love them.
It's sooo beautiful and soft and oohhh I have no words... take me to the river....
It's a very beautiful song, that kinda takes you away, and brings you into this musical koma.
I think it's about two people, who are very lonely, and unhappy, but then they find each other. I think the Take me to the river part is maybe about them wanting to commit suicide, so they can be forever united in death. They've gone insane of their loneliness.
Or maybe there is just one person, who has an imaginary friend. But I'm pretty sure there's some suicide involved.
I absolutely love this song, and though its open to multiple meanings, i believe that this is about an unconditional love for someone who perhaps has grown cold over time.<br /> <br /> The chorus with the line 'I'll take you to the river' might suggest one halfs longing for the other to give in to their emotion/feelings. (the water element representing this emotion)<br /> <br /> 'We can swim forever' can perhaps back my idea of this unconditional love.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
"When I wrote it, I imagined some kind of psychotic brother/sister relationship, perhaps romantic, dependent, incestuous. I imagine her as the boy and me as the girl." -Chris Corner
hardrockchick.com/2009/05/14/interview-with-chris-corner-of-iamx/
The funniest part was when he talked about how he wanted to make the film clip with Imogen, dress her up as a guy and make her do some weird things. <br /> <br /> He has interesting ideas.
Oh wait, that's a different interview. Boy, do I look REALLY WEIRD now!
Ok, HERE is the interview I read where he talks about dressing up Imogen as a guy and doing weird things with her. That is so horribly strange out of context that I had to track it down. blurt-online.com/features/view/398/
And this song is so eerie, I love it.
to me, the song seems almost to be about gender dysphoria; mostly because of how the music video looked: you have a man, who is feeling confusion and wants to be with this female figure whom he only has contact with through desperate touches and whispers through a barrier.
'You have loved/You were not alone/You have braved the weather/When the storm cut you to the bone/There was always shelter'- this person has faced scorn for their secret, but still hold strong and find comfort in the thought of what could be.
'My secret friend I'll take you to the river My secret friend We can swim forever' - someday, they will be able to turn into this person that they wants so badly to be, and be able to do it without scorn.
'In your skin To die a little death This time there's no code word When everyday frays in hollow ends Dream sweet love submersive' -everyday that they have to live in a body that feels wrong to them, they die a little, and they can't escape it as it slowly eats away at them.
i dunno, this is just my take on the song.
@LucaIsACat Yeah, there's an element of "Running Up that Hill" going on. If not outright gender dysphoria (which is what I subjectively get out of that song), then I can buy envying one's partner's body, or role-reversal.
The meaning of the song to me is that maybe he has a 'secret friend' as an imaginary friend, that he/she has to kep secret, and that the secret friend wants to take him/her to the river to drown them so they can swim forever as to be together forever in death.
Maybe, also, that the secret friend is already dead and is a ghost who is friends with the other, and is also why the secret friend wants to 'swim forever, as in death.
But I'm not sure, it could be about two people who want to take care of each other but it's hard since they are far apart.
I'm not sure, I really like this song and it is one of my favorite music videos by IAMX