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.
Plastic scars
The pig dictifies who you are
The wrong addiction in the silent scenes
You run easy in the skin you change
You couldn't last so long
There's no soul to claim
You never been, not a single thing
You're talking on the dirt that drives you on
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
Constant threats
You dig deeper in the filthy broil
The door shuts and then the angel sleeps
We all know that that's a damn wrong raid
You're talking on the book that drives you on
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
The pig dictifies who you are
The wrong addiction in the silent scenes
You run easy in the skin you change
You couldn't last so long
There's no soul to claim
You never been, not a single thing
You're talking on the dirt that drives you on
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
Constant threats
You dig deeper in the filthy broil
The door shuts and then the angel sleeps
We all know that that's a damn wrong raid
You're talking on the book that drives you on
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
So reach down far below
And see yourself explode
Let's destroy this common threat
You better believe I'm gonna dance with the dead
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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I think this is about destroying the hate that tears us apart now (and has so in the past) & instead coming together as one.