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.
Voice 1: "What happened to your shine?"
Voice 2: "I used to have a shine, huh."
Voice 1: "And what happened to it?"
Voice 2: "Well, what kind of shine was it?"
Beneath you drips my type
I'll keep tabs on her wardrobe especially
if the negligent neglige slips ever so gently
off the slip of her ass
A letter picked, jaundiced and paved
your cheap spurs are only swelling with age
I won't get Tourette's if you don't get Tourette's
I won't get Tourette's if you don't get to rest
Voice 1: "So what happened to your shine?"
Voice 2: "I guess it disappeared... uh, thanks to you."
Voice 1: "Why me?"
Voice 2: "I dont know, 'cause you're the one that only mentions it."
I haven't heard a groan like that
since jailbait bars came blessed with rugs
I'll wrap this lightpost round your devoted staff
I haven't heard a groan like that
since jailbait bars came blessed with rugs
came their sighs of twisting cables
To have deflected their charms
I am unable to be listed in your regards
if you hurry home I might prevent those scars
A stretch of nothingness on stationary mangled when
the sleepy wheels rolled 6am so early in the morning
Voice 2: "I used to have a shine, huh."
Voice 1: "And what happened to it?"
Voice 2: "Well, what kind of shine was it?"
Beneath you drips my type
I'll keep tabs on her wardrobe especially
if the negligent neglige slips ever so gently
off the slip of her ass
A letter picked, jaundiced and paved
your cheap spurs are only swelling with age
I won't get Tourette's if you don't get Tourette's
I won't get Tourette's if you don't get to rest
Voice 1: "So what happened to your shine?"
Voice 2: "I guess it disappeared... uh, thanks to you."
Voice 1: "Why me?"
Voice 2: "I dont know, 'cause you're the one that only mentions it."
I haven't heard a groan like that
since jailbait bars came blessed with rugs
I'll wrap this lightpost round your devoted staff
I haven't heard a groan like that
since jailbait bars came blessed with rugs
came their sighs of twisting cables
To have deflected their charms
I am unable to be listed in your regards
if you hurry home I might prevent those scars
A stretch of nothingness on stationary mangled when
the sleepy wheels rolled 6am so early in the morning
Lyrics submitted by relaxeder
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I think this song is about the children messing up their youth because they don't know what they're capable of.
The title refers to shake(a type of marijuana) being for eighth graders.
"Voice 1: "What happened to your shine?" Voice 2: "I used to have a shine, huh." Voice 1: "And what happened to it?" Voice 2: "Well, what kind of shine was it?"" The boy doesn't know he has a shine, and he's lost whatever shine he didn't know he had.
"Beneath you drips my type I'll keep tabs on her wardrobe especially if the negligent neglige slips ever so gently off the slip of her ass" Refers to lack of modesty in women's clothing.
"A letter picked, jaundiced and paved your cheap spurs are only swelling with age" A letter was taken, covered in bile(jaundice is an increased amount of bile in the skin and eyes), and made concrete, or permanent. I have no idea what spurs refers to, could mean violence or swearing?
"I won't get Tourette's if you don't get Tourette's I won't get Tourette's if you don't get to rest" This one's an enigma for me. I have no idea what it has to do with anything in the song. Maybe it means people won't swear if other people don't swear? Some sort of monkey-see-monkey-do argument?
"Voice 1: "So what happened to your shine?" Voice 2: "I guess it disappeared... uh, thanks to you." Voice 1: "Why me?" Voice 2: "I dont know, 'cause you're the one that only mentions it."" This other boy KNEW about the potential he had, but he didn't do anything about it. It did disappear because of him. Could refer to a friend's responsibility to take care of their other friend.
"I haven't heard a groan like that since jailbait bars came blessed with rugs I'll wrap this lightpost round your devoted staff came their sighs of twisting cables" I have no idea. xD
"To have deflected their charms I am unable to be listed in your regards if you hurry home I might prevent those scars" The child didn't care about the parents, who tried as hard as they could to stop his actions.
"A stretch of nothingness on stationary mangled when the sleepy wheels rolled 6am so early in the morning " I have no idea. The beginning of Noir(the next song) has snoring noises, so I think this lyric has to do with the next song.
jailbait bars blessed with rugs is funny b/c jailcells used to have rugs on the floors for comfort. butt now there are so many people...<br /> <br /> 'devoted staff'. funny. money. fuck work. my boss has tourette's. every time i cuss somebody out or drop a case of glass shit i start to think they think i do too. fuck em.<br /> fuck work.<br /> <br /> money.<br /> <br /> i always thought this dude was singing the captchas he was being forced to enter. told to type. funny stuff.