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.
Love...
was never enough...
Throughout time,
There is some given up.
Will,
kept me standing alone...
If only I could have one dance,
I would move on my own...
In tattered daydreams,
that slip through the night...
I'm a prince, king, warrior...
and I'm doing things right...
But every dayream,
leaves me awake lonely nights,
If I was a bird, just spread my wings...
and take off and fly.
Yea, yea yea yea
I had this swirlin ache from
Sprays of honeysuckle
That when they are gathered break
Will do on the knuckle
I had small sweets, but those seemed small when I was young
The pedal of the rose was stung.
Yea, nyah nyah nyah nyah
So in this dream I walk
With my head held high
Cause here I'll live forever
And never die
I see my soul stright ahead
With his eyes locked on mine
If I should wake, right now..
I'd rather be blind
And in these dreams with love
Together we'd stand
I'm slippin fallin to earthward,
and I can't reach her hand
Yea, yea, yea, yea
I had this swirlin ache from
Sprays of honeysuckle
That when they are gathered break
Will do on the knuckle
I had small sweets, but those seemed small when I was young
The pedal of the rose was stung.
Yea, nyah nyah nyah nyah
My eyes opened wide
And I lost myself
I'm layin here in my bed,
there's no body else
Surrounded by questions, hate, and blood soaked war
I clasp my hands together... and pray,
Ask what it's all for
It's easy for me to slip away
And live on the air
If we'd all just let love live...
We could all meet there
But time has it's way of saying,
It's time to move on
So off to my kingdom I go
Where I feel at home
Yea, yea, yea, yea
I had this swirlin ache from
Sprays of honeysuckle
That when they are gathered break
Will do on the knuckle
I had small sweets, but those seemed small when I was young
The pedal of the rose was stung.
Yea, nyah nyah nyah nyah
was never enough...
Throughout time,
There is some given up.
Will,
kept me standing alone...
If only I could have one dance,
I would move on my own...
In tattered daydreams,
that slip through the night...
I'm a prince, king, warrior...
and I'm doing things right...
But every dayream,
leaves me awake lonely nights,
If I was a bird, just spread my wings...
and take off and fly.
Yea, yea yea yea
I had this swirlin ache from
Sprays of honeysuckle
That when they are gathered break
Will do on the knuckle
I had small sweets, but those seemed small when I was young
The pedal of the rose was stung.
Yea, nyah nyah nyah nyah
So in this dream I walk
With my head held high
Cause here I'll live forever
And never die
I see my soul stright ahead
With his eyes locked on mine
If I should wake, right now..
I'd rather be blind
And in these dreams with love
Together we'd stand
I'm slippin fallin to earthward,
and I can't reach her hand
Yea, yea, yea, yea
I had this swirlin ache from
Sprays of honeysuckle
That when they are gathered break
Will do on the knuckle
I had small sweets, but those seemed small when I was young
The pedal of the rose was stung.
Yea, nyah nyah nyah nyah
My eyes opened wide
And I lost myself
I'm layin here in my bed,
there's no body else
Surrounded by questions, hate, and blood soaked war
I clasp my hands together... and pray,
Ask what it's all for
It's easy for me to slip away
And live on the air
If we'd all just let love live...
We could all meet there
But time has it's way of saying,
It's time to move on
So off to my kingdom I go
Where I feel at home
Yea, yea, yea, yea
I had this swirlin ache from
Sprays of honeysuckle
That when they are gathered break
Will do on the knuckle
I had small sweets, but those seemed small when I was young
The pedal of the rose was stung.
Yea, nyah nyah nyah nyah
Lyrics submitted by osubuckeye4
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