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.
Who cries for the lonely?
Left behind to nurse their emotional wounds
Who sings for the broken?
Dressed in rags while the king on his throne dons his crown
Who speaks for the children?
Cast aside like driftwood that washes ashore
Who saves the downtrodden?
And welcomes them home while we're closing our doors
And the Sun will shine no more as darkness falls
And the blood of the innocents will flow
Has time been re-written or is time running out?
The end of the ages weighs heavy with doubt
What consequence do we bring upon ourselves?
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh...
While some have forgotten
Can we walk mile for mile in their shoes?
Or will we stumble
And let all the scaremongers dictate our views?
All that's been shattered
Blood seeping into the cracks in the ground
Not that it matters
As long as you have your ideals you can turn down the sound
And the Sun will shine no more as darkness falls
And the blood of the innocents will flow
Has time been re-written or is time running out?
The end of the ages weighs heavy with doubt
What consequence do we bring upon ourselves?
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh...
When the fall starts will the faithless fall away?
As the sun hides behind the moon for another day
Foretold in prophecy, the time has come again
Strange light, burn bright in every son of man
They dance among the embers of the city laid to waste
With conquest in their sights, words and images erased
It's the quick or the dead while the leaders bend their knee
Full of shame, all the same in every world they flee
The shameful kiss of the Black Rider
(The picture's looking back at me)
Caught in the web of the black spider
(No escape from the tyranny)
As the children play among the ruins there
We lament our fate and play at solitaire
No water flows and the cold wind blows
Fight or flight, black or white, soon they'll reap what they sow
I've seen many friends not make it through the pain
The place I lived is a desert now
And I've been witness to the worthlessness again
I prayed that fear would not set in
Sometimes I dream I'm being carried by the dead
While there's thunderous roaring overhead
A barren wasteland as far as eye can see
Even to the horizon
And I feel as though my heart is lost
Forever now... and cannot be revived
Can time been re-written or our is time running out?
The end of the ages weighs heavy with self doubt
What consequences have we brought upon ourselves?
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh... If I ask the question again
Left behind to nurse their emotional wounds
Who sings for the broken?
Dressed in rags while the king on his throne dons his crown
Who speaks for the children?
Cast aside like driftwood that washes ashore
Who saves the downtrodden?
And welcomes them home while we're closing our doors
And the Sun will shine no more as darkness falls
And the blood of the innocents will flow
Has time been re-written or is time running out?
The end of the ages weighs heavy with doubt
What consequence do we bring upon ourselves?
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh...
While some have forgotten
Can we walk mile for mile in their shoes?
Or will we stumble
And let all the scaremongers dictate our views?
All that's been shattered
Blood seeping into the cracks in the ground
Not that it matters
As long as you have your ideals you can turn down the sound
And the Sun will shine no more as darkness falls
And the blood of the innocents will flow
Has time been re-written or is time running out?
The end of the ages weighs heavy with doubt
What consequence do we bring upon ourselves?
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh...
When the fall starts will the faithless fall away?
As the sun hides behind the moon for another day
Foretold in prophecy, the time has come again
Strange light, burn bright in every son of man
They dance among the embers of the city laid to waste
With conquest in their sights, words and images erased
It's the quick or the dead while the leaders bend their knee
Full of shame, all the same in every world they flee
The shameful kiss of the Black Rider
(The picture's looking back at me)
Caught in the web of the black spider
(No escape from the tyranny)
As the children play among the ruins there
We lament our fate and play at solitaire
No water flows and the cold wind blows
Fight or flight, black or white, soon they'll reap what they sow
I've seen many friends not make it through the pain
The place I lived is a desert now
And I've been witness to the worthlessness again
I prayed that fear would not set in
Sometimes I dream I'm being carried by the dead
While there's thunderous roaring overhead
A barren wasteland as far as eye can see
Even to the horizon
And I feel as though my heart is lost
Forever now... and cannot be revived
Can time been re-written or our is time running out?
The end of the ages weighs heavy with self doubt
What consequences have we brought upon ourselves?
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh... If I ask the question again
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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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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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'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."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."