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.
Yo give it up cause I know what you've got
You can ride to the top, but you can't ride on my cock
So give it up yo come on come on
When the lights off, I'm gonna show you how Bruce LeRoy glows
I'm the last man standin' yeah
And I ain't never scared
Smash it up smash it up
I'm gonna kick it down
Be cool tonight
Don't wanna start a fight
Smash it up smash it up
Tonight we kickin' it down
Ah one two three go!
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
So what? You got a crew?
I got a crew too
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
I've crashed up joints in Tokyo
And I may not be loved,
But they
Always recall my name
I'm the last man standin' yeah
And I ain't never scared
Smash it up smash it up
I'm gonna kick it down
Be cool tonight
Don't wanna start a fight
Smash it up smash it up
Tonight we kickin' it down
Ah one two three go
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
So what? you got a crew?
I got a crew too
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
Come on everybody
My brothers and my sisters now
You know that
We don't need no money
Tonight we're gonna kick it down
Come on everybody
While they sleep we rule the streets
And you're not alone
Cause when we roll we roll deep yeah
Come on everybody
Tonight there's gonna be no beef
Oh oh oh
Smash it up smash it up
I'm gonna kick it down
Be cool tonight
Don't wanna start a fight
Smash it up smash it up
Tonight we kickin' it down
Ah one two three go
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
So what? you got a crew?
I got a crew too
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
You can ride to the top, but you can't ride on my cock
So give it up yo come on come on
When the lights off, I'm gonna show you how Bruce LeRoy glows
I'm the last man standin' yeah
And I ain't never scared
Smash it up smash it up
I'm gonna kick it down
Be cool tonight
Don't wanna start a fight
Smash it up smash it up
Tonight we kickin' it down
Ah one two three go!
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
So what? You got a crew?
I got a crew too
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
I've crashed up joints in Tokyo
And I may not be loved,
But they
Always recall my name
I'm the last man standin' yeah
And I ain't never scared
Smash it up smash it up
I'm gonna kick it down
Be cool tonight
Don't wanna start a fight
Smash it up smash it up
Tonight we kickin' it down
Ah one two three go
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
So what? you got a crew?
I got a crew too
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
Come on everybody
My brothers and my sisters now
You know that
We don't need no money
Tonight we're gonna kick it down
Come on everybody
While they sleep we rule the streets
And you're not alone
Cause when we roll we roll deep yeah
Come on everybody
Tonight there's gonna be no beef
Oh oh oh
Smash it up smash it up
I'm gonna kick it down
Be cool tonight
Don't wanna start a fight
Smash it up smash it up
Tonight we kickin' it down
Ah one two three go
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
So what? you got a crew?
I got a crew too
I'm not street but I do what I gotta do
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
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"
Mental Istid
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.
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
new album is gonna be awesome!