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.
Hearts aren't really our guides
We are truly alone
'Cause God ain't up in the sky
Holding together our bones
Remember we used to speak
Now I'm starting to think
That Your voice was really my own
Bouncing off the ceiling back to me
God, this can't be
God, this can't be
God, could it be that all we see is it?
Is this it? Is this it?
Won't you come down, Heaven?
Won't you come down?
Won't you cut through the clouds?
Won't you come down?
Won't you come down, Heaven?
Won't you come down?
Won't you cut through the clouds?
Won't you come down?
Come down, come down, come down
Oh, my Heaven, why
Do you have doors to close?
Do you have clouds to stop his voice?
Oh, my Heaven, why
Do you have doors to close?
Do you have clouds to stop his voice
(On the way down?)
And, God, this can't be
And, God, this can't be
And, God, can it be that all we see is it?
Is this it?
And, God, does grace reach
To this side of madness?
'Cause I know this can't be
The great peace we all seek
Won't you come down, Heaven?
Won't you come down?
Won't you cut through the clouds?
Won't you come down?
Did your clouds to stop his voice?
And, brother, have you found
The great peace that we all seek
You say take a look around
If there's a God, then he must be asleep
God must be asleep
God must be asleep
God must be asleep
God must be asleep
We are truly alone
'Cause God ain't up in the sky
Holding together our bones
Remember we used to speak
Now I'm starting to think
That Your voice was really my own
Bouncing off the ceiling back to me
God, this can't be
God, this can't be
God, could it be that all we see is it?
Is this it? Is this it?
Won't you come down, Heaven?
Won't you come down?
Won't you cut through the clouds?
Won't you come down?
Won't you come down, Heaven?
Won't you come down?
Won't you cut through the clouds?
Won't you come down?
Come down, come down, come down
Oh, my Heaven, why
Do you have doors to close?
Do you have clouds to stop his voice?
Oh, my Heaven, why
Do you have doors to close?
Do you have clouds to stop his voice
(On the way down?)
And, God, this can't be
And, God, this can't be
And, God, can it be that all we see is it?
Is this it?
And, God, does grace reach
To this side of madness?
'Cause I know this can't be
The great peace we all seek
Won't you come down, Heaven?
Won't you come down?
Won't you cut through the clouds?
Won't you come down?
Did your clouds to stop his voice?
And, brother, have you found
The great peace that we all seek
You say take a look around
If there's a God, then he must be asleep
God must be asleep
God must be asleep
God must be asleep
God must be asleep
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
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"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
As Cities Burn's songs are all extremely personal. That is why you can hear the passion in their songs. I believe that every song in the album, Cody wrote the lyrics from his perspective. He is not losing his faith or at the beginning of his walk with God. He is being real and saying things that most Christians just don't talk about. He is talking about his doubts and questions. He is writing about how he actually feels, not how the bible tells him to feel. This isn't contemporary Christian music.
EXACTLY!
For those of you that don't know, this song coincides with timothy in a huge way. This isn't exactly cody's thoughts on God and soforth, but it was Timothy's thoughts on God. He was losing a lot of faith and he took his own life later on down the road..in which the song timothy is more directed to. But just think about the contrast between how Cody talks about faith in Contact, and then in Timothy..
It seems that this whole song, someone is feeling distant from God; a way that we all admittedly feel sometimes. In the last stanza, it says "Did YOUR clouds stop his voice?" I believe this is asking the person if the clouds and the "doors" he has set up inside himself out of angst to God is keeping him from hearing clearly from him, making it seem that God's voice is just "bouncing off the ceiling" and back at him.
"Hearts are really our Gods we are truly alone 'cause God ain't up in the sky holding together our bones"
These lines are really sad because they seem to reflect the viewpoints of so many people these days... The feeling of so much lonesomeness that there "Can't be possibly a God above that doesn't answer or perform miracles anymore".
This is what I love about ACB so much though. They can write the words that touch you so much that its hard to explain.
i thought i heard
Hearts aren't really our guides. We are truly alone. 'Cause God ain't up in the sky, Holding together our bones.
I agree with what has been said thus far. I think when he says "Did your clouds stop his voice?" the "your" is heaven and it's just a metaphor comparing clouds to some barrier blocking the voice of God.
I don't think everything expressed is literally Cody's religious belief but rather, as was mentioned before, what people say about God. Also, as mentioned above, I think these lyrics attempt to capture what it feels like to be far from God and in doubt.
Brooke is also correct. The liner notes say "Hearts aren't really our guides"
yeah, the guy that posted this totally ruined it, lrn 2 lyric
yeah, the guy that posted this totally ruined it, lrn 2 lyric
this is amazing amazing. just goes to show you even they question and doubt things when it comes to God and his existance. but no matter what they still believe in God.
this is such a beautiful song.