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.
Did you see who just pushed that shopping cart?
It kinda looked like it moved all by itself
I think I just saw someone pull in; thought you should know
Maybe we should go
Who's that, who's that blowing up your cell phone?
Do you want me to take you home?
Who's that, who's that blowing up your cell phone?
Do you want me to take you home?
(Tell me that there's no place that you'd rather be)
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
(Baby, come on)
Who's that, who's that walking in the shadows?
Do you want me to take you home?
Who's that, who's that looking through the windows?
Do you want me to take you home?
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
(Baby, come on)
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
You and me in the back of a parking lot
(Baby, come on)
It kinda looked like it moved all by itself
I think I just saw someone pull in; thought you should know
Maybe we should go
Who's that, who's that blowing up your cell phone?
Do you want me to take you home?
Who's that, who's that blowing up your cell phone?
Do you want me to take you home?
(Tell me that there's no place that you'd rather be)
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
(Baby, come on)
Who's that, who's that walking in the shadows?
Do you want me to take you home?
Who's that, who's that looking through the windows?
Do you want me to take you home?
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
(Baby, come on)
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
With a couple of drinks to keep our bodies hot
Dance, dance with me, me
Under the street, street lights
Street, street lights
Baby, come on
You and me in the back of a parking lot
You and me in the back of a parking lot
(Baby, come on)
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This is my favorite GLAC song so far. It's just fun and a bit dirty, and very playful.
It sounds like someone has a girlfriend/boyfriend or an ex (Who's that, who's that blowing up your cell phone?) and getting drunk and having sex with someone else. (Dancing being a metaphor for sex.)
Or, I suppose, for someone younger, it could be someone's parents trying to figure out where they are, they keep calling, the cops are looking around for people having sex in a parking lot....
The first day that it was released that Ben had started his new band I rushed over to their site and listened to every song. This one ended up being my favorite. It is just so happy, and seems rather carefree. I understand that I'm probably seeing this wrong, and differently than everyone else though. The lines "Did you see who just pushed that shopping cart? It kinda looked like it moved all by itself I think I just saw someone pull in; thought you should know Maybe we should go" seem to convey a sort of just teenage fun, where you are just hanging around in the parking lot, pushing carts around and trying to avoid getting thrown out by the mall cops. Later it talks about blowing up your cellphone, which again, just just stupid teenage antics, in my opinion.
Next, the chorus, to me, is just what is says, and I take it for face value: a couple of teenagers drinking and making out in some empty parking lot, and dancing around.
Well, even if you guys see this song much differently, the upbeat sound makes everyone want to go and dance under the street lights themselves!
The first day that it was released that Ben had started his new band I rushed over to their site and listened to every song. This one ended up being my favorite. It is just so happy, and seems rather carefree. I understand that I'm probably seeing this wrong, and differently than everyone else though. The lines "Did you see who just pushed that shopping cart? It kinda looked like it moved all by itself I think I just saw someone pull in; thought you should know Maybe we should go" seem to convey a sort of just teenage fun, where you are just hanging around in the parking lot, pushing carts around and trying to avoid getting thrown out by the mall cops. Later it talks about blowing up your cellphone, which again, just just stupid teenage antics, in my opinion.
Next, the chorus, to me, is just what is says, and I take it for face value: a couple of teenagers drinking and making out in some empty parking lot, and dancing around.
Well, even if you guys see this song much differently, the upbeat sound makes everyone want to go and dance under the street lights themselves!
The first day that it was released that Ben had started his new band I rushed over to their site and listened to every song. This one ended up being my favorite. It is just so happy, and seems rather carefree. I understand that I'm probably seeing this wrong, and differently than everyone else though. The lines "Did you see who just pushed that shopping cart? It kinda looked like it moved all by itself I think I just saw someone pull in; thought you should know Maybe we should go" seem to convey a sort of just teenage fun, where you are just hanging around in the parking lot, pushing carts around and trying to avoid getting thrown out by the mall cops. Later it talks about blowing up your cellphone, which again, just just stupid teenage antics, in my opinion.
Next, the chorus, to me, is just what is says, and I take it for face value: a couple of teenagers drinking and making out in some empty parking lot, and dancing around.
Well, even if you guys see this song much differently, the upbeat sound makes everyone want to go and dance under the street lights themselves!
Sorry my computer went crazy, I didn't mean to post that three times!