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.
Where do we go nobody knows?
I've gotta say I'm on my way down
God give me style and give me grace
God put a smile upon my face
Where do we go to draw the line?
I've gotta say
I wasted all your time, honey honey
Where do I go to fall from grace?
God put a smile upon your face
Yeah
Now when you work it out I'm worse than you
Yeah when you work it out I wanted to
Now when you work out where to draw the line
Your guess is as good as mine
Where do we go nobody knows?
Don't ever say you're on your way down when
God gave you style and gave you grace
And put a smile upon your face
Ah yeah
Now when you work it out I'm worse than you
Yeah when you work it out I wanted to
Now when you work out where to draw the line
Your guess is as good as mine
It's as good as mine
It's as good as mine
It's as good as mine
As good as mine
As good as mine
As good as mine
As good as mine
Where do we go nobody knows?
Don't ever say you're on your way down when
God gave you style and gave you grace
And put a smile upon your face
I've gotta say I'm on my way down
God give me style and give me grace
God put a smile upon my face
Where do we go to draw the line?
I've gotta say
I wasted all your time, honey honey
Where do I go to fall from grace?
God put a smile upon your face
Yeah
Now when you work it out I'm worse than you
Yeah when you work it out I wanted to
Now when you work out where to draw the line
Your guess is as good as mine
Where do we go nobody knows?
Don't ever say you're on your way down when
God gave you style and gave you grace
And put a smile upon your face
Ah yeah
Now when you work it out I'm worse than you
Yeah when you work it out I wanted to
Now when you work out where to draw the line
Your guess is as good as mine
It's as good as mine
It's as good as mine
It's as good as mine
As good as mine
As good as mine
As good as mine
As good as mine
Where do we go nobody knows?
Don't ever say you're on your way down when
God gave you style and gave you grace
And put a smile upon your face
Lyrics submitted by zygoticmynci, edited by Mellow_Harsher, thecriclover99
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face Lyrics as written by Guy Rupert Berryman Christopher Anthony John Martin
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You'll find the meaing of this song in the Bible.
9What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. 10As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; 11there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. 12All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one." Romans 3:9
You've got to say that you're on your way down, because no-one is righteous, not even one. So, the answer to the question where do we go? Heaven or Hell? must be Hell. Where do we draw the line? Good or Bad? We're bad. Who is good enough to enter into Heaven? No-one, everyone has sinned.
BUT
God gave us grace. Grace means giving something that has not been earned.
Where do we go to fall from grace? You can't! God's grace is all encompassing. It includes everyone. There is no-one who is bad enough to be rejected by God.
So, don't ever say you're on your way down! God won't reject you, but you can reject God. That's free will.
Just Believe, and God will put a smile upon your face!
There’s nothing to do with the Bible, or anything. It’s about this thing called “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”<br /> The first article says: Everyone is born free and remains equal in rights. Is that right? NO!<br /> This song is only telling you that if your boss is a pain or if your car broke down today, or if your playstation doesn’t play X-Box cds, don’t complain, you are blessed to have a job, a car and a playstation. Some don’t even have food and shelter and were born like this. <br /> Are we really born free and do we remain equal in rights? NO! So for what you have, smile because it’s all grace given to you. By God, or just by life … luck … call it whatever you want … <br />
@belteshazzar amen to your interpretation. It’s spot on. If people haven’t been in search for God
@belteshazzar GOD bless you @belteshazzar for your description of this song. When GOD is mentioned all of us who believe in HIM must seek HIS Word (The Bible) what is it accordingly? You send a message to gain souls. While others could have said that salvation through JESUS CHRIST is for a few whom GOD elected, is for all the world who accept JESUS as Lord and Savior. The Gospel of John 3:16. GOD did it all but the decision to accept Him or reject His gift (grace) is on us.
I really don't think the main theme is religion, I think it's more about the line between right and wrong. In the first stanza, the speaker made some sort of mistake. Maybe he lost his job or something... And he's asking for the strength to keep his head up on his "way down". He wants to have style and grace about it instead of being a sore loser. His situation gets him thinking about his life/opinions.
In the second stanza I get the feeling he's having a discussion with someone, and admitting that he was wrong. That his lectures about the right way to do things were a waste of time. He's realising that things aren't black and white. That sometimes there isn't a clear line between the correct way to lead your life and the incorrect one.
3rd stanza: He used to think he was better than others, perhaps because he's richer, a harder worker or more successful then them, but now he realises he might be worse off. He's fallen from grace and no longer has everything figured out. "now when we work out where to draw the line" it seems they worked it out before, and he was sure of himself, but now this confusion is a new thing.
At the end he starts to regain hope. Maybe, just like his friend, he doesn't have to have his life's plan ready. Even though sometimes you feel all is lost, you never actually know where life and God will take you.
@Natique I agree with your interpretion 100%
I feel like this song is about two people having an affair. Its a sin. He feels guilty about it. He doesn't know where to draw the line. He is trying to come to terms with it spiritually (and in the end I think he does).
@decius yeah it wouldn't surprise me if Chris had an affair. "Yes" on Viva La Vida? That's a cheatin' song.
... luuuuuuuuuv it :)
As opposed to the spiritual The Scientist, GPASOYF is an agnostic song. See the reverse psychology of the Coldplay titles...TS being 'believing' is contradictory to the traditional Science/Religion wars/debates.
'...now when we work out where to draw the line your guess is as good as mine...' This is the essence of the song, as it's sung many times. In the end, all the atheists, deists, nihilist, anarchists, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Evangelicals etc et al have something of value to say, as it all tries to find the answer to the Time Immemorial (a glorious mission to find The Invisible One?/Crowded House/Neil Finn) question of whether there is a God. So in the end nobody really knows, & we all are AGNOSTIC: undecided/sitting on the fence to some degree.
The opening verse is about uncertainty, there are too many choices, human beings don't know which road to take, there's too much clutter in today's rat race capitalist society. The third verse is stating the infallible human insecurity/inferiority complex/loneliness, we always put ourselves down, we devalue our opinions for fear of rejection...so when one of us works it out, finds all the questions to life problems/mysteries/puzzles...we all want to know that answer...so please share it: long live bi-polar Ambivalent Agnosticism (ala John Lennon's Imagine)...sometimes believer, sometimes skeptic.
You make agnosticism sound so...well...simple and sweet. When you think about it, they have no home...not on the side of faith (in) or lack of faith. They roam the earth in constant doubt. When a person has faith in something (anything really) s/he is more apt to find and be at peace. Not sure what the song means, though.
You think its horrible? Well whatever, your opinion, I like it a lot. The guitar is awesome in this song but it is pretty different from the songs on Parachutes. It's a great album though. This really isnt going anywhere else so thats it I guess..
this song is absolutely lovely.
Love song comes to mind when I hear this played. The relationship and the collapse of it has him on his way down and he is trying to save face and asking God for style and grace. He is looking for help.
so, you did't tell us hat this song about Mr.Smart?
The video is nice. Loose Tongue went off the hook.