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.
There's a place I dream about
Where the sun never goes out.
And the sky is deep and blue.
Won't you take me there with you.
Oh, we can begin again.
Shed our skin, let the sun shine in.
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again.
Shaa lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Shaa lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
There's a world I've always known
Somewhere far away from home
When I close my eyes I see
All the space and mystery
Ohhh, we can begin again
Shed our skin, let the sun shine in
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Oh, we can begin again
Shed our skin, let the sun shine in
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Where the sun never goes out.
And the sky is deep and blue.
Won't you take me there with you.
Oh, we can begin again.
Shed our skin, let the sun shine in.
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again.
Shaa lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Shaa lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
There's a world I've always known
Somewhere far away from home
When I close my eyes I see
All the space and mystery
Ohhh, we can begin again
Shed our skin, let the sun shine in
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Oh, we can begin again
Shed our skin, let the sun shine in
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again
At the edge of the ocean
We can start over again
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah lah lah lah lah
Sha lah lah
Sha lah lah
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The Night We Met
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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Page
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this is an amazing song. i first heard it on greys anatomy then later on veronica mars on the episode where logan watches the tapes of Lilly. it was well suited for that particular scene. Ivy is a great artist.
It's about starting over with someone, and leaving past transgressions behind and just moving forward.
Ivy is the BEST band ever. It's very relaxing to listen to. It's one of those kinda music where you don't know where to place it. It's kind of like Norah Jones... Just bring in the beats, add in a few guitars... And some other stuff... You got Ivy. This is a cool song to listen to when you're in nature. Yep. That may sound corny, but, download the song or listen to it. :)
We play this song at my job all the time & I love it. Very relaxing, that's for sure.
just to add, i can't believe this song hardly has any comments. seriously, even "my humps" have like 80 entries? this is such a deep song. Can someone interpret it? My literal reading is about the wonders of nature which alludes to relaxation etc etc Could there be another meaning?
"Hold on to the center and make up your mind to rejoice in this paradise called life." --Lao-Tzu
amazing song.
these lyrics remind me of william yeats
I love songs with the theme of "come back and let's make a fresh start." this song encompasses that fully. about meeting up with someone she loves and beginning again, in a place she's dreamt about. I think it's just saying that if they have a second chance, a dream can come true.<p><b><i>Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 06:30AM</i></b></p>
I love this song I first heard it on Roswell. and Ivy is awesome. Such great chillout music.