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.
hello james, hi, i'm calling and interested in seeing if, um, i don't know, if you book this band, um, that band, um, mindless, um, was it mind... senseless... mindless... - uh whatever, you know what i'm talking about
me like to go down to the church and drink some holy water
but i don't like it... the priest don't like it
but me can't seem to help it
sail away - oh - away - oh
you live me life free like a birdie
cause me like to sing
me likes what me do
and me can't seem to help it
i went to the zoo and saw some monkeys
i went to the zoo and saw some monkeys today
i saw the giraffe but he didn't make any sound
sometimes me bad... oh, i forgot the words... um...
oh - we all going on a field trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field t-trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field trip
Mr. Lonie is gonna be the true
Mr. Harry, he drives the van
sometimes me bad... eat me dental floss
pull him... pulling Jesus from the cross - touch me thing
sing somebody stole my Amy Grant records today
me think me turn 22 today
will somebody get me a present cause I turn 22 today
but they're not as pretty as Barbara Mandrel
then the milkman came - the milkman came and he took them fish
he took them fish now me crying - me crying
the milkman make me cry... then the mailman came
drag me pee-pee on the floor
hide me sandwich in me drawer
the... hit my head against the door
this is some kind of dream
me likes to go down to the park
and take them nuts from them squirrels
and... you know what?
time is... it's the closet for me - the closet for me
it's so dark me cannot see
it's the closet for me - the closet for me
Mr. Harry said that will teach me
No, I don't want to do the special olympics one
my friend's the seat on my toilet
and he always seem to shout at me
oh, mister, don't you pee on me
when I'm sitting it's a totally different story
then he doesn't seem to play me mind
he's not afraid of my fat behind
and on the unfortunate occasion
when I miss the bowl and pee on him
lets me off with a smile and a warning
don't do it again...
me like to go down to the church and drink some holy water
but i don't like it... the priest don't like it
but me can't seem to help it
sail away - oh - away - oh
you live me life free like a birdie
cause me like to sing
me likes what me do
and me can't seem to help it
i went to the zoo and saw some monkeys
i went to the zoo and saw some monkeys today
i saw the giraffe but he didn't make any sound
sometimes me bad... oh, i forgot the words... um...
oh - we all going on a field trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field t-trip - a field trip - a field trip - a field trip
Mr. Lonie is gonna be the true
Mr. Harry, he drives the van
sometimes me bad... eat me dental floss
pull him... pulling Jesus from the cross - touch me thing
sing somebody stole my Amy Grant records today
me think me turn 22 today
will somebody get me a present cause I turn 22 today
but they're not as pretty as Barbara Mandrel
then the milkman came - the milkman came and he took them fish
he took them fish now me crying - me crying
the milkman make me cry... then the mailman came
drag me pee-pee on the floor
hide me sandwich in me drawer
the... hit my head against the door
this is some kind of dream
me likes to go down to the park
and take them nuts from them squirrels
and... you know what?
time is... it's the closet for me - the closet for me
it's so dark me cannot see
it's the closet for me - the closet for me
Mr. Harry said that will teach me
No, I don't want to do the special olympics one
my friend's the seat on my toilet
and he always seem to shout at me
oh, mister, don't you pee on me
when I'm sitting it's a totally different story
then he doesn't seem to play me mind
he's not afraid of my fat behind
and on the unfortunate occasion
when I miss the bowl and pee on him
lets me off with a smile and a warning
don't do it again...
Lyrics submitted by Stardust29
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Ifxcking_turtle, I thought it was poking fun at rednecks. My girlfriend reckoned it was making fun of people with special needs generally (autism, Down's or anything vaguely similar)....
I'm ashamed to admit that the 'Zoo Song' part of this is stuck in my head rather a lot.