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.
Golden lights displaying your name
Golden lights it's a terrible shame
But oh my darling
Why did you change?
Boy in a million, idol, a big star
I didn't tell you how great you were
I didn't grovel and scream
And rip your brand new jacket at the seams
You made a record, they liked your singing
All of a sudden the phone stops ringing
Ah ... I never thought that you would let
The glory make you forget
Golden lights displaying your name
Golden lights it's a terrible shame
But oh my darling
Why did you change?
Top ten idol, king of your age
Who do you turn to when you're backstage?
Don't you remember you once knew a girl
You loved her more than the world
Is life always like this, brother?
Good for one side but bad for another
I must put you behind me tonight
'Cause you belong to the lights
Those golden lights displaying your name
Golden lights it's a terrible shame
But oh my darling
Why did you change?
Oh, oh my darling
Why?
Why did you change?
Oh...
Golden lights it's a terrible shame
But oh my darling
Why did you change?
Boy in a million, idol, a big star
I didn't tell you how great you were
I didn't grovel and scream
And rip your brand new jacket at the seams
You made a record, they liked your singing
All of a sudden the phone stops ringing
Ah ... I never thought that you would let
The glory make you forget
Golden lights displaying your name
Golden lights it's a terrible shame
But oh my darling
Why did you change?
Top ten idol, king of your age
Who do you turn to when you're backstage?
Don't you remember you once knew a girl
You loved her more than the world
Is life always like this, brother?
Good for one side but bad for another
I must put you behind me tonight
'Cause you belong to the lights
Those golden lights displaying your name
Golden lights it's a terrible shame
But oh my darling
Why did you change?
Oh, oh my darling
Why?
Why did you change?
Oh...
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Golden Lights Lyrics as written by Lynn Ripley Twinkle
Lyrics © CARLIN AMERICA INC
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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No Surprises
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Head > Heels
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why do all smiths fans hate this song?! i know it doesn't sound like anything else they do, but its still a good song.
lyrically, its what u would expect from the morrissey, just simpler... and forgive me if i'm wrong, but this is a cover of a female artists 60's song.... Morrissey's idols were women like Sandy Shaw etc... most bands have an album, of which u lyk to listen to about half the songs.... to see people calling this song shit just because it isn't smith lyk is pathetic,
besides, s'not to bad a song anyway; rounds off 'the world won't listen' rather nicely and with a lovely ironic twist to the whole album
It's a cover of a song by Twinkle. Its about how people change when they become famous.
this song is absolute wank. i despise it.
Yeah, so many fans hate this song...I kinda love it, but i love cheesy/dreamy bubblegum shit anyway.
I always pictured this song being about Elvis, as I'm sure Morrissey has a huge Elvis attraction. That is until I learned it was a cover.
In any case it seems more to me not how people change when they become famous, but how they change AFTER they become famous, and start sucking (<i>All of a sudden the phone stops ringing</i>).
Case in point: Elvis.
This sucks, disappointed in The Smiths
I think Morrissey recorded this song to piss off smiths fans that think he should be serious all the time. It's a bad song, but kind of fun. I think that's the point.
gold lights blue lights pink lights red lights christms tree lights wooohoooo
I fucking loathe this piece of shit track with a passion. Judging by this terrible song, it's clear why The Smiths were never really a covers band.
I kno Morrissey and Marr said that this was the Smiths worst song, but I think they produced it to show that their human too, they can fuck up, their not perfect, thou some might think so.....