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.
New day, new time
I’m a child of sunshine
New day, new time
I’m a child of sunshine
Every time the sun shines
New day, I’m about to get vibe
I’m a child of sunshine
New day, new vibe
The light of the world
Will rise once again
And again
Coming amongst the clouds
Look to the sky
That the life should strike thy face and give light!
(chorus 1)
New day, new light
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Get right, get right, hands high
Sun children, that’s my tribe
New day, that’s my vibe
New light, that’s my vibe
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Children of the sun is my tribe!
I’m ready for the weather if rain should come down
It changes one cloud and game to run wild
And watch my whole style
Work my flaws out
Just go the whole mile and run the whole route
Insane!
I bolt, the race out
Sprint to the finish, I dream without doubt
Scream like a dentist is working my mouth
When it’s time to release the truth to speak out
Out loud!
Telling the world where we doubt,
Belief in my power, increase the amount
I’m here to clean house
Roll the shades up, and let the sun in
It’s time to raise up!
(chorus 2)
New day, new light
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Get right, hands high
Sun children, that’s my tribe
New day, that’s my vibe
New light, that’s my vibe
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Sun children, that’s my tribe!
My mind is like a fine wine
It get better and better with more time
Get smarter, sharper, more wise
We find; I’m a child of sunshine
Yeah, and each day my mom rise
I gaze in her eyes, her rays give me light
It runs through my veins, she’s raising me right
I stay stronger, the longer more crime
Great minds think alike in great times
Bunch of different places along the grapevine
A good vibe implies a good tribe
Many of us think the line’s all tied
Up, and tight like my eye
Tops get pops get stop, I’m gun shy
Black tub, black tub, flame and burn right
Higher, higher; look at the sky!
(chorus 2)
Now it starts off in a line
We all of one mind
We on the same vibe
We are the same tribe
We bet the same side
Reject the same lies
We step the same time,
Yes the same tribe
(repeat x1)
(chorus 1)
Now true
We about to prove
When you forward reach
You can reach the moon
Every one of you
Yeah you and you
Step on the tomb
Raise your fingers too
That’s peace to you
And you and you
And him and her
The entire room
The entire world
We on the move
We on the rise
Like sunshine
‘Cause that’s the vibe
Tonight’s the night
And the time is right
The vibe is tight
Today’s the day
In a major way
Our favorite game
We came to play
Come, song and dance
And dance to sing
To the music like the universe is dancing bring
Cause we’re going after every it’s a tribal thing
Cause wherever after ever we’ll survival bring
(chorus 2)
Now the stars are on the lines
We all of one mind
We on the same vibe
We are the same tribe
We bet the same side
Reject the same lies
Step the same tribe
Yes the same tribe!
All the stars off the line
We all of one mind
We on the same vibe
We are the same tribe
We bet the same side
Reject the same lies
Step the same tribe
Yes the same tribe!
I’m a child of sunshine
New day, new time
I’m a child of sunshine
Every time the sun shines
New day, I’m about to get vibe
I’m a child of sunshine
New day, new vibe
The light of the world
Will rise once again
And again
Coming amongst the clouds
Look to the sky
That the life should strike thy face and give light!
(chorus 1)
New day, new light
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Get right, get right, hands high
Sun children, that’s my tribe
New day, that’s my vibe
New light, that’s my vibe
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Children of the sun is my tribe!
I’m ready for the weather if rain should come down
It changes one cloud and game to run wild
And watch my whole style
Work my flaws out
Just go the whole mile and run the whole route
Insane!
I bolt, the race out
Sprint to the finish, I dream without doubt
Scream like a dentist is working my mouth
When it’s time to release the truth to speak out
Out loud!
Telling the world where we doubt,
Belief in my power, increase the amount
I’m here to clean house
Roll the shades up, and let the sun in
It’s time to raise up!
(chorus 2)
New day, new light
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Get right, hands high
Sun children, that’s my tribe
New day, that’s my vibe
New light, that’s my vibe
Sunshine, that’s my vibe
Sun children, that’s my tribe!
My mind is like a fine wine
It get better and better with more time
Get smarter, sharper, more wise
We find; I’m a child of sunshine
Yeah, and each day my mom rise
I gaze in her eyes, her rays give me light
It runs through my veins, she’s raising me right
I stay stronger, the longer more crime
Great minds think alike in great times
Bunch of different places along the grapevine
A good vibe implies a good tribe
Many of us think the line’s all tied
Up, and tight like my eye
Tops get pops get stop, I’m gun shy
Black tub, black tub, flame and burn right
Higher, higher; look at the sky!
(chorus 2)
Now it starts off in a line
We all of one mind
We on the same vibe
We are the same tribe
We bet the same side
Reject the same lies
We step the same time,
Yes the same tribe
(repeat x1)
(chorus 1)
Now true
We about to prove
When you forward reach
You can reach the moon
Every one of you
Yeah you and you
Step on the tomb
Raise your fingers too
That’s peace to you
And you and you
And him and her
The entire room
The entire world
We on the move
We on the rise
Like sunshine
‘Cause that’s the vibe
Tonight’s the night
And the time is right
The vibe is tight
Today’s the day
In a major way
Our favorite game
We came to play
Come, song and dance
And dance to sing
To the music like the universe is dancing bring
Cause we’re going after every it’s a tribal thing
Cause wherever after ever we’ll survival bring
(chorus 2)
Now the stars are on the lines
We all of one mind
We on the same vibe
We are the same tribe
We bet the same side
Reject the same lies
Step the same tribe
Yes the same tribe!
All the stars off the line
We all of one mind
We on the same vibe
We are the same tribe
We bet the same side
Reject the same lies
Step the same tribe
Yes the same tribe!
Lyrics submitted by weirdalex
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Well that's annoying.
I made quite a few errors anyway, but still. -_-
lyricsmania.com/sun_children_lyrics_nickodemus.html
That's better. I made a few mistakes..."my mind is like a barb wire" should be "my mind is like a fine wine." My hearing is so screwed up. :P
At any rate, I love this song. The message is pretty much...yeah, nothing's going right at the moment. But we are strong, we can do better, and we can get through this together.
It's a message of hope.
And it's freaking copyrighted. >_<
All right. Edited it again, many years later haha. Changed "barbwire" to "fine wine"; I don't know how I messed that up. I realized I don't know 100% all the lyrics to the song, so if anyone has anything that they think it incorrect please correct it.
Basically - be happy; be confident. We are humans are meant to not give up and keep pushing forward; to have hope. This song lifted me up through a lot of rough patches. :)