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.
Blinded by a bright beam
Shattered by the windscreen
Stunned by the whiplash
I'm a victim of a bad crash
I can do nothing right
I never sleep at night
Can't even start a fight
Oh, my feet have left the ground
Spinnin' 'round and 'round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Bleedin' by a blind bend
Wrong way up a dead end
Screaming through a speed trap
As I tear into a tailback
You know, I can do nothing right
No, I, I never sleep at night
And I can't even start a fight
Well, my feet have left the ground
Spinnin' 'round and 'round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Yeah, keeps a tumbling down
Come on, slide
I'm slipping down
I got my hands in the fire
Ooh, I'm sliding on an oil slick
Blinded on a bad trip
Yes, and nothing's going to change it
No, I can do nothing right
Can't even sleep at night
My feet have left the ground
I'm spinnin' 'round and 'round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Ah, spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Down, down, ah, spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down, down
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Shattered by the windscreen
Stunned by the whiplash
I'm a victim of a bad crash
I can do nothing right
I never sleep at night
Can't even start a fight
Oh, my feet have left the ground
Spinnin' 'round and 'round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Bleedin' by a blind bend
Wrong way up a dead end
Screaming through a speed trap
As I tear into a tailback
You know, I can do nothing right
No, I, I never sleep at night
And I can't even start a fight
Well, my feet have left the ground
Spinnin' 'round and 'round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Yeah, keeps a tumbling down
Come on, slide
I'm slipping down
I got my hands in the fire
Ooh, I'm sliding on an oil slick
Blinded on a bad trip
Yes, and nothing's going to change it
No, I can do nothing right
Can't even sleep at night
My feet have left the ground
I'm spinnin' 'round and 'round
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Ah, spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Down, down, ah, spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down, down
Spellbound, my world keeps a tumbling down
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by MelanieSmith
Spellbound Lyrics as written by Angus Mckinnon Young Brian Johnson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Fortnight
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"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Its about a person who feels they can do nothing right so possibly causes a car crash or is the victim to one because of their careless attitude. A testement to us all the wake-up when driving. I'm talking to you slow boy!!!!
As I tear into a tail back
favorite line. reminds me of football. This song rocks
I was in a crash today. Bad for the cars, their fucked bad, but all the people are ok. I can see how this song works, you know, if the crash was worse... you'd be kicking yourself like that.