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.
When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies"
I cried she was deaf
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes
And saying "What else you got left?"
It was then that I got up to leave
But she said, "Don't forget
Everybody must give something back
For something they get"
I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum
I asked her how come
And she buttoned her boot, and straightened her suit
And she said, "Don't be cute"
So I forced my hands in my pockets
And felt with my thumbs
And gallantly handed her my very last piece of gum
She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt
Where everyone walked
And, when finding out I'd forgotten my shirt
I went back and knocked
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it
And I tried to make sense
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
That leaned up against
Her Jamaican rum, and when she did come
I asked her for some
She said, "No, dear", I said, "Your words are not clear
You'd better spit out your gum"
She screamed till her face got so red
Then she fell on the floor
And, I covered her up and then went and looked through her drawer
And when I was through, I filled up my shoe
And brought it to you
And you, you took me in, you loved me then
You never wasted time
And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch
Now don't ask for mine
I cried she was deaf
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes
And saying "What else you got left?"
It was then that I got up to leave
But she said, "Don't forget
Everybody must give something back
For something they get"
I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum
I asked her how come
And she buttoned her boot, and straightened her suit
And she said, "Don't be cute"
So I forced my hands in my pockets
And felt with my thumbs
And gallantly handed her my very last piece of gum
She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt
Where everyone walked
And, when finding out I'd forgotten my shirt
I went back and knocked
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it
And I tried to make sense
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
That leaned up against
Her Jamaican rum, and when she did come
I asked her for some
She said, "No, dear", I said, "Your words are not clear
You'd better spit out your gum"
She screamed till her face got so red
Then she fell on the floor
And, I covered her up and then went and looked through her drawer
And when I was through, I filled up my shoe
And brought it to you
And you, you took me in, you loved me then
You never wasted time
And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch
Now don't ask for mine
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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"
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Great version of a great song,
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first off, i strongly believe that this about Edie Sedgwick and Bob Dylan. It has been said that Blonde on Blonde was mostly inspired by edie. I think maybe because she dyed her hair blonde so many times, repeatedly dying over the hair that was already dyed. The songs that are most said to be based off of her are "like a rolling stone" "leopard skin pill box hat" and "just like a woman." they all portray a poor little rich girl character living off of dad' pocket book. a very vulnerable, sensitive, confused girl. i beleive this song "4th time around" is about their 4th time sleeping together. dylan denies it, but it widely recognized that they did have a little love affair. little, but nonetheless intense. and inspiring to dylan as a poet. it's rumored that she ended up aborting a child by dylan. the clue might be that it says the picture of you in your wheelchair and i never asked for your crutch. very shortly after edie met dylan for the first time late december 1964, she got in a car accident leaving her with a broken leg and lacerated forehead. she was in a wheelchair and had crutches for awhile, like till february. so the affair with dylan came about spring 65' so she might of had a picture of herself in a wheel chair and some crutches. the main story is the "morning after" story. they've made love and this is how they interact in the morning. it seems that this guy is actually Dylan. he is not really serious about this relationship. the whole she put on her boots and straightened her suit. very edie. edie loved wearing tall leather boots. she worked on his face (slapping) before breaking his eyes (black eye). she asks whatelse you got left as in she sees this as a fight, dylan probably wasn't hitting but flinging his arms out to keep from getting hurt. when she says everyone must give something back for something they get, she was angry and saying like fine. if you're gonna treat me like a hooker, you got to give me something in return. and when he says why? it's a sly way of saying why do you have to get something in return in this relationship. isn't this enough? just having a good time. it's also him being smartass like he doesn't understand how prostitutes work, and she says don't be cute. and he being the smartass that he is gives her his freaking gum. she gets offended by the fact that she is only worth a stick of gum to him so she throws him out. and then he knocks on the door for his shirt. in the process the jamaican rum gets out, and being drunk edie forgives dylan for everything and takes his gum and basically compromises with that because she's sad and lonely and desperate for affection. the whole tantrum where she turns red and rolls on the floor definitely sounds like edie drunk and getting frustrated because she can't speak clearly to dylan because she's plastered and chewing gum. basically she ends up passing out on the floor and dylan decides to cover her up and look through her drawers. i mean, who doesn't look through their boyfriend's/girlfriend's drawers when their drunk? she took him in (sex) didn't waste time meaning she was very aggresive. and the whole crutch thing is i never asked for your help so don't ask me to be your aid. you're too needy. i can't take it anymore.
wow. where did you get all that information from? i understand the song so much better, i mean i got it, but not how it related to him and his life.<br /> <br /> two thumbs up. :)<br /> <br />
@me4th you left out the fact that the melody and lyrics were satirizing John Lennon’s ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)...