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.
You're Leaving me here and I want you to Know that I
I wanted you there you were the best thing in my life
Somehow I know someone is on the other side
You're turning me over, I'm letting you look all deep inside
Cellophane girl, playing a part in a cellophane world
Cellophane girl, see through me
Hello there girl, you leave a sweet taste in my mouth
On the edge of the world
She'd rather jump than just look down
You're Taking me under, you're leaving me dry
We're coming up with lies and lies, and lies yeah
Cellophane girl, playing a part in a cellophane world
Cellophane girl,(do you) see through me, see through me
(All the lights flashing around)See through me,
(Stars shine above your head) See through me
(Don't you give up just yet)
Leaving me here, I want you to know that I
I still want you here, because you are the best thing in my life
Cellophane girl,(you are) playing a part in a cellophane world
Cellophane girl,(do you) see through me, see through me
See through me, see through me
I wanted you there you were the best thing in my life
Somehow I know someone is on the other side
You're turning me over, I'm letting you look all deep inside
Cellophane girl, playing a part in a cellophane world
Cellophane girl, see through me
Hello there girl, you leave a sweet taste in my mouth
On the edge of the world
She'd rather jump than just look down
You're Taking me under, you're leaving me dry
We're coming up with lies and lies, and lies yeah
Cellophane girl, playing a part in a cellophane world
Cellophane girl,(do you) see through me, see through me
(All the lights flashing around)See through me,
(Stars shine above your head) See through me
(Don't you give up just yet)
Leaving me here, I want you to know that I
I still want you here, because you are the best thing in my life
Cellophane girl,(you are) playing a part in a cellophane world
Cellophane girl,(do you) see through me, see through me
See through me, see through me
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
I dedicate this song to my G/f in Texas... Kristen i miss you so much i wish you just move back... when they sing "you were the best thing in my life" it always makes me think of you. this is an awsome song from an awsome group
awww thats sweet!! gosh i wish she would move back for you too!! trust me i know what its like to have your signifigant other to move away. i live in dallas and he moved to LA.. my story doesnt end there though. he died in a horribe car accedent but he was gone from me for a year before that. and it was horrible.. so the best of luck to yall getting close to each other again!.. btw.. this song is awesome!
I am sorry, but i think the last two comments are way off track. This song has more meaning than someone moving away. She is LEAVING him there. She left him, for someone else. somehow I know someone is on the other side she left him for someone else, and that is what happened to me, so i relate very well to this song. Not to mention it is great fun to play on the guitar!
this is the first song I heard by Graham Colton and I instantly fell in love. I cannot get enough of these guys!
I somewhat agree with Nixolas, about her leaving him because of someone else but I think that she may be leaving him because she (or someone else in her life) thinks that the other man is better for her, so she's playing the part of what others want her to do hence the name, "Cellophane Girl", not seeing through the crap that everyone is giving her and being with the person that she really loves.
that's all cute and everything neverenufrox.. and i hope you reunite with your girl. but this song is much deeper than missing someone. if you want shallow tunes like that.. listen to blink 182's "i miss you".. i agree with akelly to a degree.. i don't think it's so much that she isn't letting people decide what she should do so they CAN'T see through her.. i think it's about the guy who lost her because of another guy, and he sees through her lies and is the ONLY one who can really see who she REALLY is. cellophane is translucent.. meaning you can see through it.. as he can see through her.
ok so i met graham colton last summer at a show he did and i asked him what this song meant. he told me that he didn't know and that it didn't really have any special meaning, that it was just something he wrote when he was younger. so there you have it. from the artist himself this song has no specific meaning. still a good song though.
i think it's about a girl being fake around other people except her boyfriend. i'm probably way off, but whatever.
I sooooooooooo lurve this song! Listening to it right now.
I'm confused by the less than subtle similarities in lyrics between this song and Best Thing. Which came first?