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.
We're so young and we're so dumb
We don't register calculations
And if you dare and should I care
I could destroy you and take you there
As the spitfires begin their descent
And tragic, romantic ascent
My love is 100 percent
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Mistake, it was all my mistake
So suck me through your saliva screws
I can't help myself if I don't know
The flaws in you that were equal to
The mysteries of almost new
I have said this so many, many times
I can't help you out of your mind
So don't judge me on time
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
And if you pretend
Please try to offend everyone
We share the same monkey diseased
So give me my grape of your peace
And do what you want as you please
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
We don't register calculations
And if you dare and should I care
I could destroy you and take you there
As the spitfires begin their descent
And tragic, romantic ascent
My love is 100 percent
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Mistake, it was all my mistake
So suck me through your saliva screws
I can't help myself if I don't know
The flaws in you that were equal to
The mysteries of almost new
I have said this so many, many times
I can't help you out of your mind
So don't judge me on time
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
And if you pretend
Please try to offend everyone
We share the same monkey diseased
So give me my grape of your peace
And do what you want as you please
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
Come back to me, my mistake
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Available on a rare bootleg called 'Adore Demos' and on 'Judas O', the B-sides CD that goes along with the SP Greatest Hits Rotten Apples.
I love this song .. and I don't understand it either why it never made it anywhere than a B-side ....
This song is so beautiful. I think it's about a couple breaking up and the guy/girl thinks about the mistake they've made
This song reminds me of my x boyfriend. I LOVE the lyrics they really represent how I feel about my x. I dont see why this song was not on one of his other cds either!
This song means so much to me. 1st time i heard it i realise so much about myself. everything i want now i cant have because a mistake i made earlier in life. i got totally attatched to the song and ended up cutting "my mistake" in my arm. i know i shouldn't of done that.
This song means so much to me. 1st time i heard it i realise so much about myself. everything i want now i cant have because a mistake i made earlier in life. i got totally attatched to the song and ended up cutting "my mistake" in my arm. i know i shouldn't of done that.
This song is about cheating, and winding up giving yourself and your partner AIDS in the process. "We share the same monkey disease" can't really mean much else. It's a weird situation he's trying to talk through. Obviously, the stakes are way higher than simply "I cheated and it was wrong."
this is such a beautiful song. i don't understand how it never got on Adore...