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 want to hear about the Savannah
The riverbeds and all of the legends
I want to feel the wind at my shoulders
Want to touch the face of a five foot boulder
I want to feel the warmth of the summer
I want to know just why I love her
I can just erase a whole number
Lay your head to sleep, breathe deeper while I
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Take your time, make it up after
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Burn it out, cause I'm not giving up
One rotation leads to another
Three trips round now, all for your mother
Make a five year window seem a little closer
Bring it on down, fly a little lower
Going six times now, and seven is getting closer
Ate my meals alone, I'm not over her
Nine comes round, and so does ten
You're my piece of heaven
I want to feel the warmth of the summer
Want to know just why I love her
I can just erase a whole number
Lay your head to sleep, breathe deeper while I
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Take your time, make it up after
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Burn it out, cause I'm not giving up
One rotation leads to another
Three trips round now, all for your mother
Make a five year window seem a little closer
Bring it on down, fly a little lower
Going six times now, and seven is getting closer
Ate my meals alone, I'm not over her
Nine comes round, and so does ten
You're my piece of heaven
Take it slow, head to a place I know
Let's reacquaint and show
That something's gotta give now
I don't know how long I've been alone
Let's reacquaint and show
That something's gotta give now
The riverbeds and all of the legends
I want to feel the wind at my shoulders
Want to touch the face of a five foot boulder
I want to feel the warmth of the summer
I want to know just why I love her
I can just erase a whole number
Lay your head to sleep, breathe deeper while I
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Take your time, make it up after
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Burn it out, cause I'm not giving up
One rotation leads to another
Three trips round now, all for your mother
Make a five year window seem a little closer
Bring it on down, fly a little lower
Going six times now, and seven is getting closer
Ate my meals alone, I'm not over her
Nine comes round, and so does ten
You're my piece of heaven
I want to feel the warmth of the summer
Want to know just why I love her
I can just erase a whole number
Lay your head to sleep, breathe deeper while I
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Take your time, make it up after
Burn it out, burn it out faster
Burn it out, cause I'm not giving up
One rotation leads to another
Three trips round now, all for your mother
Make a five year window seem a little closer
Bring it on down, fly a little lower
Going six times now, and seven is getting closer
Ate my meals alone, I'm not over her
Nine comes round, and so does ten
You're my piece of heaven
Take it slow, head to a place I know
Let's reacquaint and show
That something's gotta give now
I don't know how long I've been alone
Let's reacquaint and show
That something's gotta give now
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
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Magical
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
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One rotation leads to (two) another Three trips round now, all for (four) your mother Make a five year window seem a little closer Bring it on down, fly a little lower Going six times now, and seven is getting closer Ate (Eight) my meals alone, I'm not over her Nine comes round, so does ten You're my piece of heaven