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.
I can tell by the way you feel
Something ain't going your way
Jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
We all get some of those days
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, you know it's gonna be okay
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I got an "uh oh" on my face
Wish I could press delete
We all got something we don't like
Even Angelina Jolie
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, don't be goin' M.I.A
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I can tell by the way you talk that talk
That somethin' ain't going your way
'Cause your jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
Well, we all get some of those days
Just take another deep breath
Try to reach your reset
You know that I can relate
Put your hands in the air
Now let me hear you shout out
Well, get outta my way
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Something ain't going your way
Jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
We all get some of those days
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, you know it's gonna be okay
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I got an "uh oh" on my face
Wish I could press delete
We all got something we don't like
Even Angelina Jolie
Oh, throw that mirror away
Oh, don't be goin' M.I.A
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
I can tell by the way you talk that talk
That somethin' ain't going your way
'Cause your jeans too tight, and your hair ain't right
Well, we all get some of those days
Just take another deep breath
Try to reach your reset
You know that I can relate
Put your hands in the air
Now let me hear you shout out
Well, get outta my way
Take it down
Shake it out on the floor
You'll get over it
Let it drop, make it stop, oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh
When you feel like nothin'
Everybody's somethin'
You and your friend
Everybody jump in
Look at us now
Everybody shout out
Oh, in the spotlight
No matter what you're outside
Get in with your inside
Open your eyes, you deserve a spotlight
Don't be from them, everybody's something
Oh oh, oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Oh oh, in the spotlight
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Spotlight Lyrics as written by Adam Einar Anders Nicole Ann Hassman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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"
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Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
She understands what your going through