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.
And so, you built, a life, on trust
Though, it starts, with love and lust
And when, your house, begins, to rust
Oh it's just, metal and dust
We argue, we don't fight
We argue, we don't fight
And all, foundation, that, we made
Built, to last, they disintegrate
And when, your house, begins to rust
Oh it's just, metal and dust
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night (We don't argue)
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night (We don't argue)
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
We don't argue
We don't argue
We don't argue
Though, it starts, with love and lust
And when, your house, begins, to rust
Oh it's just, metal and dust
We argue, we don't fight
We argue, we don't fight
And all, foundation, that, we made
Built, to last, they disintegrate
And when, your house, begins to rust
Oh it's just, metal and dust
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night (We don't argue)
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night (We don't argue)
We argue, we don't fight
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
Stay awake 'til the middle of the night
We don't argue
We don't argue
We don't argue
Lyrics submitted by xKissxHerxBruisesx, edited by Alnervik
Metal & Dust Lyrics as written by Dominic Ashley Ronald Major Daniel Harry Joseph Rothman
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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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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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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I think this song is about a relationship that started off all lovey-dovey because they were in a honeymoon stage and really lusted after on another. However, Hannah is saying that in order for them to build their trust, they need that beginning "love and lust" to begin building that foundation. But, comparing the foundation of a relationship to the literal foundation of a house, ("And when your house begins to rust, all is just metal and dust"), she means that once the house begins to pick at itself, and begins to disintegrate, that their relationship is resolved to two insoluble solids that can no longer mix or mesh together as one.
Then, I believe the chorus is more of a conversation between the two people in the relationship. "We argue, we don't fight" -- It's like she's trying to downsize the argument/fight they're having, that it isn't classified to be so bad as a "fight," but rather an "argument". Then, "stay awake til the middle of the night" just straight forward implies that they're up until the middle of the night "arguing."
Then, the second person comes in to say "We don't argue" as to protest and say "this isn't an argument-- this is a fight. And it is a big stress on the relationship."
@bastkaklg insoluble solids, creative +1
A home is a state of mind, a house is a building. They both crumble to dust without the proper care and maintenance.