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.
Time goes by
Where does it go and why?
Why does it feel so right
With you by my side?
'Cause baby,
You put the color into my life
And lately I'm going crazy
Watching the days go by
Watching the sun fall out of the sky
Watching the time go by
Watching the world change in front of your eyes
I've seen it before
I know it for sure
This is exactly what I'm looking for
Watching the days go by with you
I feel nights turn into years
When your voice fills my ears
And if your hair turns into grey
I promise I will love you the same
I'll give you the world along with my heart
Baby, we'll make it through when the times get hard
And lately I'm going crazy
Watching the days go by
Watching the sun fall out of the sky
Watching the time go by
Watching the world change in front of your eyes
I've seen it before
I know it for sure
This is exactly what I'm looking for
Watching the days go by with you
Times are unchanging
The music is playing
The world goes round and round
The wind doesn't stop
Will you save me a spot
When the days go by
Where do they go?
Still don't know why
Watching the time go by
Watching the world change in front of your eyes
I've seen it before
I know it for sure
This is exactly what I'm looking for
Watching the days go by with you
(Days go by with you)
Where does it go and why?
Why does it feel so right
With you by my side?
'Cause baby,
You put the color into my life
And lately I'm going crazy
Watching the days go by
Watching the sun fall out of the sky
Watching the time go by
Watching the world change in front of your eyes
I've seen it before
I know it for sure
This is exactly what I'm looking for
Watching the days go by with you
I feel nights turn into years
When your voice fills my ears
And if your hair turns into grey
I promise I will love you the same
I'll give you the world along with my heart
Baby, we'll make it through when the times get hard
And lately I'm going crazy
Watching the days go by
Watching the sun fall out of the sky
Watching the time go by
Watching the world change in front of your eyes
I've seen it before
I know it for sure
This is exactly what I'm looking for
Watching the days go by with you
Times are unchanging
The music is playing
The world goes round and round
The wind doesn't stop
Will you save me a spot
When the days go by
Where do they go?
Still don't know why
Watching the time go by
Watching the world change in front of your eyes
I've seen it before
I know it for sure
This is exactly what I'm looking for
Watching the days go by with you
(Days go by with you)
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
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Fortnight
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"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.
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Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
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Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
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