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.
Let all things be as they should
Let my heart just drift like wood
And will I break and will I bow
If I cannot let it go?
Feel that sun just hold you right
Leave you burning down the night
Feel that wind lap up your soul
If you cannot let it go
If I cannot let it go
Born in with a reason
Blown out like a ghost
We came with our best lines
Told them like jokes
If I could have known then we were dying to get gone
I can't believe we get just one
And when your thirst can come to me
I am a river for the sea
When you can hold me in your sway
I give myself away
Will I give myself away?
Born in with a reason
Blown out like a ghost
We came with our best lines
Told them like jokes
If I could have known then we were dying to get gone
I can't believe we get just one
Let all things be as they will
Let my heart beat itself still
Let my heart just drift like wood
And will I break and will I bow
If I cannot let it go?
Feel that sun just hold you right
Leave you burning down the night
Feel that wind lap up your soul
If you cannot let it go
If I cannot let it go
Born in with a reason
Blown out like a ghost
We came with our best lines
Told them like jokes
If I could have known then we were dying to get gone
I can't believe we get just one
And when your thirst can come to me
I am a river for the sea
When you can hold me in your sway
I give myself away
Will I give myself away?
Born in with a reason
Blown out like a ghost
We came with our best lines
Told them like jokes
If I could have known then we were dying to get gone
I can't believe we get just one
Let all things be as they will
Let my heart beat itself still
Lyrics submitted by 200DiscChanger
Just One Lyrics as written by Aaron Nebeker
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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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.
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Wow, good stuff. Just saw BP live at this their album release show.
This is the first song that caught me from the new album. I got it at the cd release show and I got the lyrics from the insert. Excited to be able to type one in here and be sure it's accurate.
Pretty and simple in structure, but the words and delivery are really great. They're overtly sad and yet subtle. Because of that, effectively heart-breaking.
I think it could be interpreted a couple different ways, but it's most surely a love song. I almost think it owes a little of the sentiment to the classic "One" by U2, without being that literally a break-up song. It's about someone he finds beautiful for sure, but it's obvious they're not meant to be together.
The real question though, is what "I can't believe we get just one" refers to. He seems to lament the way things are, the way things worked out. My guess is, one fate, one chance, one choice, one life, and/or one love.
One fate, one chance, one choice, one LIFE, and/or one love.<br /> <br /> I think you nailed it. :) Beautiful song.
Thanks for posting these lyrics! Great song that I've just recently discovered. <br /> <br /> However, you honestly thought it was a love song? Read again carefully. <br /> It's obviously about death, or rather the acceptance of the fact that death is our ultimate fate. When his time comes, will he be ready and resigned? <br /> <br /> Feel the wind lap up your soul<br /> I am a river for the sea<br /> <br /> He can't believe that we get just one life.
@200DiscChanger @thrindle t think you're both right. Think about it this way. What if it's a love letter
@200DiscChanger @thrindle i think you're both right. Think about it this way. What if it's a love letter to life itself?
I definitely think it’s a breakup song, but what kind? Well that’s what sets this song apart for me.
“Let my heart just drift like wood.” This line seems to me that he’s trying to be willing to open up to people again. He wants to get out there. When he says the lines “and will I break and will I bow, if I cannot let it go?” And then later too when he says “will I give myself away?” I think he is lamenting the idea that he won’t be able to let it go, and what will happen to him if he can’t?
The most important line in the song, and the one for the author too because he chose it for the title, is “I can’t believe we get just one.” I’ve spent a long time thinking about this, and I think that it has double meaning, or I guess it just depends on my mood. On the one hand I think he is in astonishment, lamenting to god how unfair it is that we get one person, one soulmate. This negative outlook is reflected in the last lines of the song, “let my heart beat itself still” seems so sad and like he just wants to die. On the other hand he seems optimistic, indicating that he doesn’t believe we get just one person, that he thinks there are other proverbial fish in the sea. Lines like “feel that sun just hold you right, leave you burning down the night” and the previously mentioned ones about trying to get back out there seem like a positive outlook to me as well.
I think that’s what makes this song so interesting to me, the dichotomy of hope and hopelessness.
Sam Wolfe did a really nice job performing this on American Idol, BTW.