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 move-on drug, the effects were temporary 神奇的忘情水
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 down on the road
But I've seen this episode 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 your head, you fall asleep like a tattooed golden retriever
But you awaken with dread 恐惧
Pounding nails 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 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 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 now?
They'll say I'm nuts if I talk about the existence of you
[Bridge]
I loved your hostile takeovers
Encounters closer and closer
All your indecent exposures
How dare you say that it's—
I'll build you a fort on some planet
Where they can all understand it
How dare you think it's romantic
Leaving me safe and stranded
So Long, London
[Verse 1]
I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist
fairy 小仙女
I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift
Pulled him in tighter each time he was driftin' away
My spine split from carrying us up the hill
Wet through my clothes, weary bones caught the chill
I stopped tryna make him laugh, stopped tryna drill the safe
[Chorus]
Thinkin', "How much sad did you think I had, did you think I had, in me?"
Oh, the tragedy
So long, London
You'll find someone
[Verse 2]
I didn't opt in 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
I stoppеd CPR 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 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 dying grip
knuckle 指关节
Holding tight to your quiet resentment
And my friends said it isn't right to be scared
Every day of a love affair
Every breath feels like rarest 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?
'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 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
But Daddy I Love Him
I forget how the West was won
I forget if this was ever fun
I just learned these people only raise you to cage you
Sarahs and Hannahs in their Sunday best
Clutching their pearls, sighing "What a mess"
I just learned these people try and save you cause they hate you
Too high a horse
For a simple girl to rise above it
They slammed the door on my whole world
The one thing I wanted
Now I'm running with my dress unbuttoned
Screaming "But Daddy I love him!"
I'm having his baby
No, I'm not, but you should see your faces
I'm telling him to floor it through the fences
No, I'm not coming to my senses
I know he's crazy but he's the one I want
Dutiful daughter, all my plans were laid
Tendrils tucked into a woven braid
Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all
He was chaos, he was revelry
Bedroom eyes like a remedy
Soon enough the elders had convened down at the city hall
"Stay away from her"
The saboteurs protested too much
Lord knows the words we never heard
Just screeching tires and true love
I'll tell you something right now
I'd rather burn my whole life down
Than listen to one more second of all this griping and moaning
I'll tell you something about my good name
It's mine alone to disgrace
I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing
God save the most judgmental creeps
Who say they want what's best for me
Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see
Thinking it can change the beat of my heart when he touches me
And counteract the chemistry and undo the destiny
You ain't gotta pray for me
Me and my wild boy
And all this wild joy
If all you want is gray for me
Then it's just white noise
And it's just my choice
There's a lot of people in town that I
Bestow upon my fakest smiles
Scandal does funny things to pride
But brings lovers closer
We came back when the heat died down
Went to my parents and they came around
All the wine moms are still holding out
But it's over.
Time, doesn't it give some perspective
No, you can't come to the wedding
I know he's crazy but he's the one I want
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 or criticism
They said I was a cheat, I guess it must be true
And my friends all smell like weed 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?
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 in the bathroom with a bottle of wine
Well, me and my ghosts, wе had a hell of a time
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
All of the bodies that have ever been on my body and in my mind, they sink into the swamp
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, I'll bury them in Florida
Tell me I'm despicable, 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