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.
Worlds on end
Seen through
A rocket window screen
Millions left to roam
Engines burn
Beautiful and bright
Always bring me home
If galaxies
Are places you've
Never been too far
Suns will fade
Both blind and lead the way
Home where you are
Away away
Away away
The receiver
In my rocket ship
Always stays in tune
To the right waveband
In galaxies unknown
Further suns in bloom
Away away...
Seen through
A rocket window screen
Millions left to roam
Engines burn
Beautiful and bright
Always bring me home
If galaxies
Are places you've
Never been too far
Suns will fade
Both blind and lead the way
Home where you are
Away away
Away away
The receiver
In my rocket ship
Always stays in tune
To the right waveband
In galaxies unknown
Further suns in bloom
Away away...
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Fortnight
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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This song is "On My Way." Whoever submitted these had the titles all mixed up.
actually, timothyreal you are partially right. these are the lyrics to "on my way" on the fun of watching fireworks. this is also known as "gone to earth" on the through the 90s. there are two different names for this song... and two "on my way"s.
The lyrics as of this posting are the correct ones for Gone to Earth. I first heard American Analog Set when I heard this song on somafm.com's Indie Pop Rocks station.
just picture this......you get into a rocket ship while the world is about to end (Apocolypse) you jet off towards the milky way while your home planet is about to be ruined...gone....
These lyrics are actually for the song "On My Way", and are not quite right for the "Gone To Earth" song heard on the CD Know By Heart. The Know By Heart version omits the second verse here and the "Away, away" bits.
Both are great.
The lyrics certainly don't match the "On My Way" that is on The Fun of Watching Fireworks. The clip of the Know By Heart version of "Gone To Earth" on iTunes seems to match these lyrics, but I can't tell if it is missing the parts you mention.
Actually yeah you're right. "Gone To Earth" on Fun of Watching Fireworks uses these lyrics, has an extended instrumental intro, and is softer sounding, with distinct harmonies sung on the closing phrases like "Millions left to roam" and "Always bring me home" Also has a unique percussion for an AmAnSet song, with what sounds like a conga drum or bongos, and a vibraphone or something similar only appearing between verses. The Know By Heart version is a little heavier, the vocals don't feature the same harmonies but rather sound double tracked, the vibraphone is used throughout, with a keyboard bit coming in between verses.<br /> <br /> The lyrics take me to another place. Amazing songs, both of them.
I am completely obsessed with this song at the moment. It is just so perfect.
I-Man. Present and aware. A true clear channel of rhythm and information. Radio-head. Dialed in.