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.
Growing in numbers
Growing in speed
Can't fight the future
Can't fight what I see
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
Efforts of lovers
Left in my mind
I sing in the reaches
We'll see what we find
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
Slow slow slow, come come
Someone come come come
Even love is goin' 'round
You can't ignore what is goin' 'round
Slowly rebuilding
I feel it in me
Growing in numbers
Growing in peace
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
(People they come together)
People they fall apart
(People they fall apart)
No one can stop us now
(No one can stop us now)
'Cause we are all made of stars
(We are all made of stars)
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
'Cause we are all made of stars
(People they fall apart)
'Cause we are all made of stars
(No one can stop us now)
'Cause we are all made of stars
(We are all made of stars)
Growing in speed
Can't fight the future
Can't fight what I see
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
Efforts of lovers
Left in my mind
I sing in the reaches
We'll see what we find
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
Slow slow slow, come come
Someone come come come
Even love is goin' 'round
You can't ignore what is goin' 'round
Slowly rebuilding
I feel it in me
Growing in numbers
Growing in peace
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
(People they come together)
People they fall apart
(People they fall apart)
No one can stop us now
(No one can stop us now)
'Cause we are all made of stars
(We are all made of stars)
'Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
'Cause we are all made of stars
(People they fall apart)
'Cause we are all made of stars
(No one can stop us now)
'Cause we are all made of stars
(We are all made of stars)
We Are All Made of Stars Lyrics as written by Richard Melville Hall
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Page
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Away with everyone saying how good or bad everything is. Besides, how are the unique Moby and mainstream Eminem related in any way? Appreciate the fact that this is an astonishing song, and if you thin, one of the most meaningful. Moby is showing various subjects in the lyrics to this song. The main message is how we should perceive our world. The music video shows him as an outsider amongst celeb culture, where the message that we can achieve anything from minds like the "stars" is wrongly implied. What he is actually saying is that we are here because of stars in the sky; which is scientifically valid. Every chemical element heavier than helium was created by fusion within stars, which went onto later stellar generations, including our solar system. Therefore, we are all made of stars. Moby has also contrasted the science with patterns we follow in our lives; supposedly a reminder of our origins. Humans, like stars, are growing in numbers without disturbance or any way to be stopped, but no matter what humans or stars do, past or fate cannot be changed. Humans and stars are both born and both die no matter what, and although we know how both came to be, there are still uncertainties, and we know both will come to an end as one, but do not know how or when. This is all implied by what I consider the most philosophical lyrics I know, which are simple but to a great effect. So anyone who does not like this song has not understood it. If you don't, you should look at this in a mindful way and not criticise.
@deadmoby5 You can feel that in the song as soon as you hear it, it speaks (or sings) to you. I'd also like to add that physics proves that reality is but a projection and that we are one collective consciousness. Our thoughts and actions manifest and shape our reality. Moby's lyrics are always so in depth, he is one of the most lyrically gifted artists of our time.