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.
Are you cryin' tonight, are you
Feelin' alright
I'll tell the world that you are,
Down on your luck, you were
One of the kind
One who'd never give in
Even when they put a price on your head
Has anyone heard the tales you tell
Or seen the scars you wear
Did anyone speak up when you fell
Does anybody care
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
And you were one with a cause,
And a reason to be
You were a fighter for peace
On this earth
And you were never afraid
You put your life on the line
And you were always alone
Out on the sea
Without a weapon in your hand
You came to fight a war
They took your life, but didn't know
That you would never die
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
Are you feelin' alright
'Cause I care
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
Feelin' alright
I'll tell the world that you are,
Down on your luck, you were
One of the kind
One who'd never give in
Even when they put a price on your head
Has anyone heard the tales you tell
Or seen the scars you wear
Did anyone speak up when you fell
Does anybody care
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
And you were one with a cause,
And a reason to be
You were a fighter for peace
On this earth
And you were never afraid
You put your life on the line
And you were always alone
Out on the sea
Without a weapon in your hand
You came to fight a war
They took your life, but didn't know
That you would never die
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
Are you feelin' alright
'Cause I care
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
Rise again little fighter
And let the world know the reason why
Shine again little fighter
And don't let 'em end the things you do
Lyrics submitted by CrappyBassist
Little Fighter Lyrics as written by Mike Tramp Vito Bratta
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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Actually RainMaker, this song is written about a Greenpeace ship by the name of "Rainbow Warrior" which was sunk in 1985. During a mission to Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia to protest French nuclear testing on the island, Greenpeace had planned to moniter the effects of the testing on the environment by placing protesters on the island, against French law of course. The French government infiltrated Greenpeace and discovered these plans. While moored in the port of Auckland, New Zealand, six French agents placed two explosive devices on the 40 meter crafts hull and detonated them. Of the twelve on board, only one was killed, a photographer named Fernando Pereira, when he tried to retrieve his equipment. This caused a massive uproar and resulted in the arrest and incarceration of two of the six bombers. Many of White Lions songs have obvious (and not-so-obvious) political under-pinnings, and none of the groups members were ever shy about revealing political views or affilliations.
Crappy Bassist is correct and anyone that was a fan of White Lion andgrew up around the time of the headbangers ball on MTV knows the meaning of this song. It was about the ship and not Jesus or police officers.
The song is about a Greenpeace boat named "Rainbow Warrior" which was destroyed by the French. Inside the Big Game album booklet where the Little Fighter lyrics are located it says "In Memory of Rainbow Warrior" in brackets next to the name.
Seems like a song about Jesus' ressurection. This has an incredible guitar solo and is a great song!
...So why am I first to comment? :S
I also believe its about Jesus "they took your life but didnt know that you would never die" that would imply that someone was killed, "they" coldnt mean the sea. However you seem to be very well informed Crappy basist so I would love to know your source, because i could be wrong
yeah I think rainmaker was right "has anyone heard the tales you tell or seen the scars you wear did anyone speak up when you fell does anybody care"
but then again "you were always so long out at sea" you could have something there but Jesus travelled the sea quite a bit as well
I interpret this song as a song focused on police officers."And you were one with a cause, And a reason to be You were a fighter for peace on this earth.
And you were never afraid You put your life on the line" Police officers do these things everyday! I'm not saying Crappy Bassist is incorrect, just adding my opinion!
IT'S NOT ABOUT JESUS FFS.
Why does a song need to be limited to one meaning? To me music is inspiring. Depending on my mood and circumstances a song can mean one thing one day and something completely different the next.
One person can see one message in a song and someone else can see something else - as demonstrated in the above posts. One person interpretted it to mean a song about Jesus, another about a ship, and one more about police officers.
The song was originally written about a ship, but why does it have to be limited to just that in its interpretation? It sounds to me like the author intentionally left some vagueness to leave it open to interpretation.