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.
Tell me how do we begin this tragic tale
When centuries of fear and hate have left a bloody trail
And will there come a time we'll live to see
When the sins of our fathers and mothers will cease to be
Est-ce possible d'oublier, pourrons-nous nous pardonner ?
Nos fils pourront-ils vivre de la mémoire des livres et du sang sous nos pieds ?
Après les hécatombes, le cœur comme une bombe
Au millieu des décombres, qui voudra venir au monde ?
Priez debout, plus jamais à genoux
Y a sûrement un homme assez fou
Pour tuer les dieux qui nous déchirent depuis la nuit des temps
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Who among us will speak the truth
So our children's children will live in peace somehow
One hundred years from now
Comment pourront nos yeux, rongés par la honte, trouver de la lumière,
Pendant que la nuit tombe sur la fin d'un monde ?
And can we really feel another's pain
While the killing continues from Adam and Abel to Cain
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Who among us will speak the truth
So our children's children will live in peace somehow
One hundred years from now
Priez mes frères, condamnez la guerre
Qui brûle aux quatres coins de la Terre
Priez pour tous ceux qui veulent venger leurs enfants
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Who among us will speak the truth
So our children's children will live in peace somehow
One hundred years from now,
One hundred years from now.
When centuries of fear and hate have left a bloody trail
And will there come a time we'll live to see
When the sins of our fathers and mothers will cease to be
Est-ce possible d'oublier, pourrons-nous nous pardonner ?
Nos fils pourront-ils vivre de la mémoire des livres et du sang sous nos pieds ?
Après les hécatombes, le cœur comme une bombe
Au millieu des décombres, qui voudra venir au monde ?
Priez debout, plus jamais à genoux
Y a sûrement un homme assez fou
Pour tuer les dieux qui nous déchirent depuis la nuit des temps
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Who among us will speak the truth
So our children's children will live in peace somehow
One hundred years from now
Comment pourront nos yeux, rongés par la honte, trouver de la lumière,
Pendant que la nuit tombe sur la fin d'un monde ?
And can we really feel another's pain
While the killing continues from Adam and Abel to Cain
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Who among us will speak the truth
So our children's children will live in peace somehow
One hundred years from now
Priez mes frères, condamnez la guerre
Qui brûle aux quatres coins de la Terre
Priez pour tous ceux qui veulent venger leurs enfants
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Who among us will speak the truth
So our children's children will live in peace somehow
One hundred years from now,
One hundred years from now.
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One Hundred Years from Now Lyrics as written by Eric Lapointe Dennis De Young
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), Universal Music Publishing Group
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