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.
Never give up, never give up
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
I'm not that kinda girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh, no
Its not the things you do to try to hurt me so
But it's the way you do the things you do, for me
I'm not that kinda girl who gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Number one
Number one
Every girl wants you to be her boy
But I'll wait right here, 'til it's my turn
I'm not that kinda girl mwho gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Number one
Number one
Every time that I get the feelin'
You give me something to believe in
Every time that I got you near me
I know the way that I want it to be
But you know I'm gonna take my chance now
I'm gonna make it happen some how
And you know I can take the pressure
A moments pain for a life time's pleasure
Every girl wants you to be her boy
But I'll wait right here, 'til it's my turn
I'm not that kinda girl who gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
Every time that I get the feelin'
You give me something to believe in
Every time that I got you near me
I know the way that I want it to be
But you know I'm gonna take my chance now
I'm gonna make it happen some how
And you know I can take the pressure
A moments pain for a life time's pleasure
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
I'm not that kinda girl
Who gives up just like that
Oh, no
Its not the things you do to try to hurt me so
But it's the way you do the things you do, for me
I'm not that kinda girl who gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Number one
Number one
Every girl wants you to be her boy
But I'll wait right here, 'til it's my turn
I'm not that kinda girl mwho gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Number one
Number one
Every time that I get the feelin'
You give me something to believe in
Every time that I got you near me
I know the way that I want it to be
But you know I'm gonna take my chance now
I'm gonna make it happen some how
And you know I can take the pressure
A moments pain for a life time's pleasure
Every girl wants you to be her boy
But I'll wait right here, 'til it's my turn
I'm not that kinda girl who gives up just like that
Oh, no
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
Every time that I get the feelin'
You give me something to believe in
Every time that I got you near me
I know the way that I want it to be
But you know I'm gonna take my chance now
I'm gonna make it happen some how
And you know I can take the pressure
A moments pain for a life time's pleasure
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Page
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Yay for Lizzie McGuire