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.
Trying to make a difference
But where the fuck did you go wrong?
Lying to all the names and faces
That have been there all along
How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?
Deny the promises you've made
The things you said
That you hold dear
Behind your empty words
You hide and wait
Until that day you fall in the clear
How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?
Just don't ask me to just forget
But where the fuck did you go wrong?
Lying to all the names and faces
That have been there all along
How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?
Deny the promises you've made
The things you said
That you hold dear
Behind your empty words
You hide and wait
Until that day you fall in the clear
How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?
Just don't ask me to just forget
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Sometimes Selling Out Is Giving Up Lyrics as written by Dan Wleklinski Brandon Barnes
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You talked to Tim? You lucky bastard. And yea, I've understood they are a sXe band... but I don't know if all the members are...
I'm not sure if any of the members of Rise Against claim edge but this song sounds like a Straight Edge song.
Edgers call breaking edge giving up, and even selling out. (something i never understood).
I think thats what this song is about. A friend disgusted that another friend broke their edge.
yah so i talked to tim. and he said that it is a straight edge song
yeah but not in the straight edge sense.
If you think Rise Against "sold out" with Appeal To Reason, you haven't listened to Self Titled. Only two songs on it, but they sound just like their old stuff in both of them. I was surprised that it was released after ATR. Also, ATR isn't even that bad. Sure its really mainstream, but you can't deny that its a decent album. Bleh.
For the people saying they sold out with Appeal to Reason, has it ever occurred to you that they're trying to get their message to a wider audience?
exactly.. I'm really starting to get annoyed by the whole sold out bullshit, just because someone change their music style does not mean they sell out, just means that perhaps they've matured into something they like better - I also do like the old stuff best, but I also like the new stuff - and as d3bates said - they are getting their message out to a wider audience - if you would sit down and watch another station another mile that just came out, you would see this Tim actually says "becoming ever larger we're still a thorn in the establishment" or something like that.. also if you look at the lyrics on the new album - they're still as political and strong as ever. <br /> <br /> So take that sold out bullshit to some other band that deserves it.
They sold long ago...right when Siren Song came out. They haven't been "true" since Revolutions. Also, Tim is a dick in real life. Really soured my opinion of these guys. Mr. Precision is awesome though, check out his current band Zero To Sixty.
Ironic now they sold out with Appeal To Radio
Sorry, Reason.