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.
I'm going to Colorado
To unload my head
I'm going to New York City
And that's in New York, friends
I'm going to Arizona
Sex on the rocks all warm and red
And we bled
And the writing in the stall said
"we write our maps in the stalls"
I'm going up to Alaska
I'm going to get off scot-fucking-free
And we all did
This truckers atlas roads the ways
The freeways and highways don't know
The buzz from the bird on my dash
Road locomotive phone
I don't feel and I feel great
I sold my atlas by the freight stairs
I do lines and I crossed roads
I crossed the lines of all the great state roads
I'm going up
Going over to Montana
You got yourself a trucker's atlas
You knew you were all hot
Maybe you'll go and blow a gasket
You start at the northwest corner
Go down through California
Beeline you might drive three days
Three nights to the tip of Florida
Do you speak the lingo?
Oh Oh No. No no
How far does your road go?
Oh no, you don't know
I'm going to Colorado
To unload my head
I'm going to New York City
And that's in New York, friends
I'm going up to Alaska
I'm going to get off scot-fucking-free
And we all did
And the writing in the salt says
We ride out to the stars
I'm going to Arizona
Sex on the rocks all warm and red
This truckers atlas roads the ways
The freeways and highways don't know
The buzz from the bird on my dash
Road locomotive phone
To unload my head
I'm going to New York City
And that's in New York, friends
I'm going to Arizona
Sex on the rocks all warm and red
And we bled
And the writing in the stall said
"we write our maps in the stalls"
I'm going up to Alaska
I'm going to get off scot-fucking-free
And we all did
This truckers atlas roads the ways
The freeways and highways don't know
The buzz from the bird on my dash
Road locomotive phone
I don't feel and I feel great
I sold my atlas by the freight stairs
I do lines and I crossed roads
I crossed the lines of all the great state roads
I'm going up
Going over to Montana
You got yourself a trucker's atlas
You knew you were all hot
Maybe you'll go and blow a gasket
You start at the northwest corner
Go down through California
Beeline you might drive three days
Three nights to the tip of Florida
Do you speak the lingo?
Oh Oh No. No no
How far does your road go?
Oh no, you don't know
I'm going to Colorado
To unload my head
I'm going to New York City
And that's in New York, friends
I'm going up to Alaska
I'm going to get off scot-fucking-free
And we all did
And the writing in the salt says
We ride out to the stars
I'm going to Arizona
Sex on the rocks all warm and red
This truckers atlas roads the ways
The freeways and highways don't know
The buzz from the bird on my dash
Road locomotive phone
Lyrics submitted by PLANES, edited by Prince Of Peace, QuiteRad, ApacheTomcat
Truckers Atlas Lyrics as written by Isaac Brock Eric Judy
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Haha, this is my favorite modest mouse song. I've tried to analyze it pretty well, but I guess here's my last shot.
It's not a simple conclusion. It's an obvious one. This song is filled with symbolism.
The main idea of this song is that Isaac is a trucker. He is riding around with, possibly, a friend. The thing is, truckers are notorious for being involved with speedy drugs. Isaac is most likely selling ice to other truckers along the way, or at stops that he needs to make.
The beginning drumming is very sporadic and speedy, reminiscent of muscle spasms or jittering your legs.
"..to unload my head" You do ice and you get the clearest, most sober head in the world.
"sex on the rocks all warm and red" That imagery is pure bliss, euphoria, passion, heat.
"and we bled" Most likely nosebleed
"and the writing in the stalls said 'we write our maps in the stalls'" the 'we' who wrote on the stalls signifies either Isaac and his roadbuddies or truckers in general. This song has one main element, using a map as a surface for snorting. When you >draw< out a line of crystal meth, it can be thought of as "writing" on the map.
Drivers are snorting meth in the stalls of truckstop/convenience store bathrooms to keep them awake.
"I'm going to get off scot-fucking-free and we all did" Isaac made profit from selling ice of course. What better to do with the remaining product than use it for yourself and a road buddy? He's going to 'get off' on ice without having to pay. A good play on words makes this line seem like they're not getting into any trouble also.
"The buzz from the bird on my dash road locomotive phone" This lyric breaks down, literally, into this: The buzz is the incessant calling he is getting from customers. The bird (slang for a kilo of tweak) is causing the dash phone to buzz (or ring). All the tweakers want their shit, so they constantly call him. They know he's got a kilo. He's carrying a shipment, hence the 'road locomotive' description.
"I don't feel and it feels great I sold my atlas by the freight stairs" This is pretty literal. The atlas described here is his meth.
"I do lines and I cross roads I crossed the lines of all the great state roads" He snorts and travels..
"You got yourself a trucker's atlas You knew you were all hot, well Maybe you'll go and blow a gasket .. beeline you might drive three days and three nights to the tip of Florida" The 'trucker's atlas', here, again, isn't meant to be taken as a literal atlas. It is some amount of meth that the subject bought off of Isaac. Whoever bought it is getting cocky, he thinks he can snort it easily. Isaac's shit is (apparently) good. 'Blow a gasket' and 'b-line...' refer to the insane tweak the customer is probably going to get after snorting.
"Do you speak the lingo? Oh no, you don't know" Isaac is asking someone if they tweak. Oops, they don't. Nevermind.
This song's highest point is the end. Notice one thing about this song and most of the other songs on LCW.. It's 11 minutes long. The ending is mainly instrumental and 6 minutes. This symbolizes the insane amount of time methamphetamine lasts.
And to really, further potentiate the methamphetamine interpretation, look at many of the other songs on LCW. They could easily be shown to be about meth too.
Convenient parking - distribution of rocks. Out of Gas - "You will come down soon, too." Long Distance Drunk - "Hang it up now or never" (addiction) Shit Luck - Not only is 'Shit' slang for meth, but this song symbolizes the downward spiral addiction brings. The title is almost an oxymoron, a very good play on words.
and the most obvious of all
"Styrofoam Boots/It's all nice on ICE alright"
So tell me isaac's tweaking habits didn't influence this song or much less this (wonderful) album :)