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.
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No control of destiny
Wake me up to reality
I can just see anarchy
And there ain't no telling
Who's in charge here
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
Dead men they tell no tales
Satan finally broke out of hell
And everybody's got
Something to sell
Cause there ain't no good
That I can see here
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
People going crazy
Situation code red
And the whole worlds
Out of control
The walls and the fences
Are being torn down
And the bodies of the murdered
Are getting cold
Wild dogs gone mad
Smell the blood of their own kill
The weakest of the pack
Nothing is the way
That it seems around here
Very clear its a very deadly trap
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No control of destiny
Wake me up to reality
I can just see anarchy
And there ain't no telling
Who's in charge here
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
Dead men they tell no tales
Satan finally broke out of hell
And everybody's got
Something to sell
Cause there ain't no good
That I can see here
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
People going crazy
Situation code red
And the whole worlds
Out of control
The walls and the fences
Are being torn down
And the bodies of the murdered
Are getting cold
Wild dogs gone mad
Smell the blood of their own kill
The weakest of the pack
Nothing is the way
That it seems around here
Very clear its a very deadly trap
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Na, na, na, nah I aint got control
Lyrics submitted by acidmaniac
Dominoes Fall Lyrics as written by Lars Frederiksen Timothy (usa) Armstrong
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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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
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
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“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
Correct lyrics straight from the booklet:
Hey ho, let the bombs blow Let the dominoes fall, I ain't got control
No control of destiny Wake me up to reality I can just see anarchy And there ain't no tellin' who's in charge here
Dead men they tell no tales Satan finally broke out of hell And everybody's got something to sell 'Cause there ain't no good that I can see there
People goin' crazy situation code red And the whole world's out of control The walls and the fences are being torn down And the bodies of the murdered are getting cold Wild dogs going mad smell the blood of their own kill The weakest of the pack Nothing to the way that it seems around here Very clear it's a very deadly trap