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.
Elf Power, New Mexico, Elf Power, New Mexico..
Thank god you're still angry at me.
I've got a better chance to see you dead, in the rain. Yeah
Thank you for this one last big mistake.
It's your turn, come shoot for it.
If you win one round you can lead the way, yeah.
Mid-day subway, get into New Jersey.
Did you think maybe I was doing quite well without you? In the frame, stay.
I Killed in defense, caught with a cold, tear up to her.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Till then pretend, you've touched me for you last.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Dear Nikki,
What, what if I could've found a better half here in you?
I merely came here and elf power.
New Mexico, Elf Tower, New Mexico..
Stay here in our last standing hourglass circumstance.
Devoted here through the midst of the weary eyes.
Lost and buried here in your big surprise, my dime.
Will your fingers find my back?
Familiar fit in the questions that I had to ask.
Did you think maybe I was doing quite well without you? In the frame, stay.
Killed in defense, caught with a cold, tear up to her.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Till then pretend, you've touched me for you last. Woah
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Dear Nikki,
What, what if I could've found a better half here in you?
I merely came here and elf power.
Smile, tonight you are run out. I'll give my words one way sent.
Dear god before I heard this is your intention, before I
I could've figured out, over and over.
There was Coheed and Cambria in innocent merger,
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Thank God they recovered your body in New Mexico.
Three days it's spoiled.
I miss you in every way, you could've been dear, wish you were here,
Still in the frame, stay.
Killed in defense, caught with a cold, cheer up to her.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Till then pretend, you've touched me for you last.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Dear Nikki,
What, what if I could've found a better half here in you?
I merely came here and elf power, New Mexico.
Thank god you're still angry at me.
I've got a better chance to see you dead, in the rain. Yeah
Thank you for this one last big mistake.
It's your turn, come shoot for it.
If you win one round you can lead the way, yeah.
Mid-day subway, get into New Jersey.
Did you think maybe I was doing quite well without you? In the frame, stay.
I Killed in defense, caught with a cold, tear up to her.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Till then pretend, you've touched me for you last.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Dear Nikki,
What, what if I could've found a better half here in you?
I merely came here and elf power.
New Mexico, Elf Tower, New Mexico..
Stay here in our last standing hourglass circumstance.
Devoted here through the midst of the weary eyes.
Lost and buried here in your big surprise, my dime.
Will your fingers find my back?
Familiar fit in the questions that I had to ask.
Did you think maybe I was doing quite well without you? In the frame, stay.
Killed in defense, caught with a cold, tear up to her.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Till then pretend, you've touched me for you last. Woah
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Dear Nikki,
What, what if I could've found a better half here in you?
I merely came here and elf power.
Smile, tonight you are run out. I'll give my words one way sent.
Dear god before I heard this is your intention, before I
I could've figured out, over and over.
There was Coheed and Cambria in innocent merger,
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Thank God they recovered your body in New Mexico.
Three days it's spoiled.
I miss you in every way, you could've been dear, wish you were here,
Still in the frame, stay.
Killed in defense, caught with a cold, cheer up to her.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Till then pretend, you've touched me for you last.
I'm giving you up go out find someone new.
Dear Nikki,
What, what if I could've found a better half here in you?
I merely came here and elf power, New Mexico.
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