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.
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
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Blink-182
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Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
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.
this is a very good beat especially the beginning em kills jay with the lyrics jay came off very very weak this was on the blueprint as well jays cd its a shame how bad marshall showed him up
Eminem took the two best black artists and combined them. That's not to say he hasn't been washed up, or that Jay Z hasn't put out good stuff. <br /> <br /> Hip hop is dead. God when this song came out it was the song for a while.
ironically not...Em's verses come from an old Bad Meets Evil song he did with Royce...and that was a time when he was a good lyricist with something to be pissed about, making him then something that even Hov would struggle topping.
However, don't think that the verses rip Jay apart so hastily, because I can't help but find Hov's to be a bit more thought provoking...not as lyrical as Em's stuff, but I always like it when he says "Motherf***ers say that I'm foolish, I only talk about jewels; do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?". Now that may not be the greatest rhyme in history or anything, but there is a lot of truth behind that statement because of the way hip-hop these days is disregarded so much simply because there's mainstream rappers writing songs about bling and riches. Like he says, they've only seen the (quite perverted) surface of what contains some of the greatest works concerning very real social and political issues ever made. So don't crap on Hov too much, he's a lot more real than people give him credit for.
Anyway, regardless of who slaughtered who on this track, it's still a good song ;)
I like this song. In a way it reminds me of myself. the reason for that is that i have never been afraid or scared to say anything or do anything. In a way i have never gave a f**k.
ahhh. this song is basically the person i wish i was. i wish i could just say what was on my mind at anytime without worrying about if it'll upset someone else. ugh! i'm too nice! but anyways, my two favorite rappers together! awesome. =)
superstarr said it all
I think Jigga and Em did a great song together. and they're right to say you should say what's on your mind without giving a fuck.
no need to say it 5 times, but yea Eminem tears Jay on his own song (as Nas skillfully points out). Definetly Em's best rhymes ever.
no need to say it 5 times, but yea Eminem tears Jay on his own song (as Nas skillfully points out). Definetly Em's best rhymes ever.
"Eminem murdered you on your own shit" - NaS Jay'z lyrics are just weak, sorry Hova.
love the beat too...