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.
You have the power
You wear the crown
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
You wield the scepter
You wear the gown
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
In your empire
They stare and frown
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You will wear your independence like a crown
Cruciger globus
You stand your ground
The orb disfigured
What's flat looks round
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You will wear your independence like a crown
You wear the crown
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
You wield the scepter
You wear the gown
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
In your empire
They stare and frown
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You will wear your independence like a crown
Cruciger globus
You stand your ground
The orb disfigured
What's flat looks round
From the pinnacle to the pit
It is a long way down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You are cast out from the heavens to the ground
Blackened feathers falling down
You will wear your independence like a crown
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This a political and spiritual message.
For we only know what what written in the bible by man that has been manipulated by the catholic churches.
Reminds me of the story of the tower of babel. When man kind came together as one to prove to god they didnt need him by building a tower that could reach the heavens but god intervened and confused everyones languages to where they could not continue.
Lucifer was cast from the heavens because he somehow got past not being able to have free will along with 1/3 of the angels.
Its rather irony that lucifer was cast put because he refused to bow to man kind by gods order. But then again it also proved this god is indeed imperfect for the fact all the angels have no free will but somehow lucifer with a 1/3 of the angels managed to gain free will.
@xzantronos part of the problem I have with the Bible ... how much of it was edited to benefit those writing it??
@sokorny a lot of it plus the missing books no one is allowed to see kept by the vatican. <br /> Members of of the sub level of the elite structure have tried to get me to join. I was fortunate enough to have had my eyes opened before i was pulled in.<br /> My grandfather was a mason as well as a few other relatives with my ancestry linking back to the merovingians.<br /> Sometimes to get a message out is to masquerade as something dark and sinister and hope people are able to interperate correctly.<br /> <br /> I love this song because in a way i can relate as im not the normal person of society that society has tried to make me comform and drug me to fix my mental illness that they think i have.<br /> At 17 years of age i was getting ready to commit suicide and perhaps i did but not literally because something happened to me that night and it wasnt god nor the devil that came to me and after the experience i was changed to someone who was no longer weak with eyes open and able to fight to my very core for my own independence to prevent anyone to change who i am to suit their wants and desires.