The Tortured Poets Department
Fortnight
[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]
I was supposed to be sent away
But they forgot to come and get me
I was a functioning alcoholic 功能性酗酒者
'Til nobody noticed my new aesthetic 美学的；美感的；
All of this to say I hope you're okay
But you're the reason
And no one here's to blame 这不能怪任何人
But what about your quiet treason 背叛；不忠 ?
[Chorus: Taylor Swift]
And for a fortnight there, we were forever
Run into you sometimes, ask about the weather
Now you're in my backyard, turned into good neighbors
Your wife waters flowers, I wanna kill her
[Verse 2: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift & Post Malone, Post Malone]
All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February
I took the miracle 奇迹；不可思议的事 move-on 前进 drug, the effects were temporary
And I love you, it's ruining my life
I touched you for only a fortnight
[Chorus: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift & Post Malone]
And for a fortnight there, we were together
Run into you sometimes, comment on my sweater 毛衣；针织衫
Now you're at the mailbox, turned into good neighbors
My husband is cheating, I wanna kill him
[Outro: Post Malone, Post Malone & Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift]
Thought of callin' ya, but you won't pick up
'Nother fortnight lost in America
Move to Florida, buy the car you want
But it won't start up 'til you touch, touch, touch me
The Tortured Poets Department
torture 折磨；使痛苦 tortured 受苦的；受难的
[Verse 1] You left your typewriter at my apartment straight from the tortured poets department
Go straight from here to the traffic light.
I think some things I never say like, "Who uses typewriters anyway?"
But you're in self-sabotage mode
sabotage 破坏 self-sabotage 自暴自弃
Throwing spikes 尖刺 down on the road
But I've seen this episode 电视剧里的一集 and still loved the show
Who else decodes you?
[Chorus]
And who's gonna hold you like me?
And who's gonna know you, if not me?
I laughed in your face and said "You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith. This ain't the Chelsea 切尔西 Hotel, we'rе modern idiots"
And who's gonna hold you like me?
[Verse 2]
You smokеd, then ate seven bars of chocolate
We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist
I scratch 抓伤；划破 your head, you fall asleep like a tattooed golden retriever 金毛猎犬
But you awaken with dread 恐惧
Pounding nails 敲钉子 in your head
But I've read this one where you come undone
I chose this cyclone 热带风暴 with you
[Bridge]
Sometimes, I wonder if you're gonna screw this up with me
But you told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave
And I had said that to Jack about you, so I felt seen
Everyone we know understands why it's meant to be 命中注定的
'Cause we're crazy
So tell me, who else is gonna know me?
At dinner, you take my ring off my middle finger
And put it on the one people put wedding rings on
And that's the closest I've come to my heart exploding
Down Bad
[Verse 1]
Did you really beam 传送 me up
In a cloud of sparkling dust
sparkle 闪耀；闪烁
sprinkle 洒；小雨
Just to do experiments on?
Tell me I was the chosen one
Showed me that this world is bigger than us
Then sent me back where I came from
[Pre-Chorus]
For a moment, I knew cosmic 宇宙的 love
[Chorus]
Now I'm down bad, cryin' at the gym
Everything comes out teenage petulance 易怒；性急
"What if I can't have him"
"I might just die, it would make no difference"
Down bad, wakin' up in blood
Starin' at the sky, come back and pick me up
What if I can't have us
I might just not get up, I might stay
[Verse 2]
Did you take all my old clothes
Just to leave me here, naked and alone
In a field in my same old town
That somehow seems so hollow 空洞的；空虚的 now?
They'll say I'm nuts 发疯的；精神失常的 if I talk about the existence of you
[Bridge]
I loved your hostile 敌对的；敌意的 takeovers 收购；接管
Encounters 邂逅；对峙；交锋 closer and closer
All your indecent 猥亵的；下流的 exposures
How dare you say that it's—
I'll build you a fort 堡垒；要塞 on some planet
Where they can all understand it
How dare you think it's romantic
Leaving me safe and stranded 搁浅的；困于某地的
So Long, London
[Verse 1]
I saw in my mind fairy lights 小彩灯 through the mist 薄雾
fairy 小仙女
I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift 裂痕；裂缝
Pulled him in tighter each time he was driftin' 漂流；飘移 away
My spine 脊柱 split from carrying us up the hill
Wet through 湿透了 my clothes, weary 疲倦的 bones caught the chill 寒冷；着凉
I stopped tryna make him laugh, stopped tryna drill 钻 the safe
[Chorus]
Thinkin', "How much sad did you think I had, did you think I had, in me?"
Oh, the tragedy 悲剧
So long, London
You'll find someone
[Verse 2]
I didn't opt in 选择加入；同意参与 to be your odd man out
I founded the club she's heard great things about
I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the Heath 荒地；荒野
I stoppеd CPR 心肺复苏术, after all, it's no use
The spirit was gonе, we would never come to
And I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free
[Chorus]
For so long, London
Stitches 缝线 undone
Two graves, one gun
I'll find someone
[Bridge]
And you say I abandoned the ship
But I was going down with it
My white-knuckle 惊险的；令人胆战心惊的 dying grip 握紧；抓牢
knuckle 指关节
Holding tight to your quiet resentment 怨恨；不满
And my friends said it isn't right to be scared
Every day of a love affair
Every breath feels like rarest 半熟半生的；罕见的 air
When you're not sure if he wants to be there
[Chorus]
Oh, the tragedy
Just how low did you
Think I'd go 'fore I'd self-implode 内爆?
'Fore I'd have to go be free?
[Verse 3]
You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues?
I died on the altar 祭坛 waitin' for the proof
You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days
And I'm just getting color back into my face
I'm just mad as hell 'cause I loved this place for
Florida!!!
[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]
You can beat the heat if you beat the charges too
There’s a pun on the word "heat":
- trying to cool down in hot weather, in places such as Florida.
- increased police attention
- abuse (虐待；辱骂；滥用) or criticism
They said I was a cheat, I guess it must be true
And my friends all smell like weed 杂草；烟草；大麻 or little babies
alluding to the feeling of all her friends being in different life stages
And this city reeks of driving myself crazy
The room reeks of smoke.
And this city reeks of things (that driving) myself crazy
[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift]
Little did you know your home's really only a town you're just a guest in
So you work your life away just to pay for a time-share down in Destin
We're working away. 努力工作
Destin is a city in Florida that serves as a popular tourist destination.
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Florence Welch, Taylor Swift]
Florida is one hell of a drug. Florida Can I use you up? 用完；耗尽
Your boys took one hell of a beating! 你的孩子们被狠狠暴揍了一顿！
[Verse 2: Florence Welch, Taylor Swift & Florence Welch]
The hurricane with my name when it came
I got drunk and I dared it to wash me away 冲走
Barricaded 封锁；路障 in the bathroom with a bottle of wine
Well, me and my ghosts, wе had a hell of a time 糟糕的/痛苦的时光
Yes, I'm hauntеd, but I'm feeling just fine
All my girls got their lace and their crimes
And your cheating husband disappeared, well
No one asks any questions here
So I did my best to lay to rest 入土为安；安息吧
All of the bodies that have ever been on my body and in my mind, they sink into the swamp 沼泽；湿地
Is that a bad thing to say in a song?
[Pre-Chorus: Florence Welch]
Little did you know your home's really only the town you'll get arrested
So you pack your life away just to wait out the firestorm back in Texas
You gotta pack all your cares away 把你的忧虑收拾起来扔掉
[Bridge: Taylor Swift, Florence Welch, Taylor Swift & Florence Welch]
I need to forget, so take me to Florida
I've got some regrets 后悔；遗憾, I'll bury them in Florida
Tell me I'm despicable 卑鄙的；下流的, say it's unforgivable
At least the dolls are beautiful, fuck me up, Florida
What a crash, what a rush, fuck me up, Florida
It's one hell of a drug
Love left me like this and I don't want to exist
So take me to Florida