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.
Oh, ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh, ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh, ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Pray God you can cope
I stand outside this woman's work
This woman's world
Ooh, it's hard on the man
Now his part is over
Now starts the craft of the father
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I should be crying but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping but I can't stop thinking
Of all the things I should've said
That I never said
All the things we should've done
Though we never did
All the things I should've given
But I didn't
Oh, darling, make it go
Make it go away
Give me these moments back
Give them back to me
Give me that little kiss
Give me your
I know you have a little (hand) life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I should be crying but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping but I can't stop thinking
Of all the things we should've said
That we never said
All the things we should've done
Though we never did
All the things that you needed from me
All the things that you wanted for me
All the things that I should've given
But I didn't
Oh, darling, make it go away
Just make it go away now
Oh, ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh, ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Pray God you can cope
I stand outside this woman's work
This woman's world
Ooh, it's hard on the man
Now his part is over
Now starts the craft of the father
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I should be crying but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping but I can't stop thinking
Of all the things I should've said
That I never said
All the things we should've done
Though we never did
All the things I should've given
But I didn't
Oh, darling, make it go
Make it go away
Give me these moments back
Give them back to me
Give me that little kiss
Give me your
I know you have a little (hand) life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I should be crying but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping but I can't stop thinking
Of all the things we should've said
That we never said
All the things we should've done
Though we never did
All the things that you needed from me
All the things that you wanted for me
All the things that I should've given
But I didn't
Oh, darling, make it go away
Just make it go away now
Lyrics submitted by Rosiega1218
This Woman's Work Lyrics as written by Kate Bush
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I have a somewhat different comprehension of this oh-so-beautiful song. To me, this song deals with the difficulty of watching your kids grow up and eventually become independent individuals as well as hoping you gave your kids all they needed to become fully fonctional as adults in Life. All of this through the eyes (voice?) of the mother of an expecting woman.
"I stand outside this woman's work" "This woman's world" (I have to know and accept my role as a grandmother and not intervene inappropriately in my grandchild's life because it's not MY kid)
"Ooh, it's hard on the man" "Now his part is over" "Now starts the craft of the father" (Any father as sensible as I am agrees that it's hard for a man to accept that men have such a little contribution in the "creation" process that it almost makes us feel obsolete)
"I know you have a little life in you yet" "I know you have a lot of strength left" (I know how you feel now that you're expecting but I also know how strong you are)
"I should be crying, but I just can't let it show" "I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking" "Of all the things I should've said" "That I never said" "All the things we should've done" "That we never did" "All the things I should've given" "But I didn't" (Ultimately, parents are worried that they may have made the wrong choices concerning their beloved kids throughout their life as parents and ultimately, wrong choices will have been made. It's just so hard to accept that!)
"Oh, darling, make it go" "Make it go away" (Please, tell me you understand that everything I did for you I did with your well-being in mind, whatever the results were)
"Give me these moments back" "Give them back to me" "Give me that little kiss" "Give me your hand" (I remember when you were my little girl. I so miss those precious moments we had)
This song just rips my heart out. Being a parent is really the most beautiful and most terrible thing that a human being can live.