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.
There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the King's horses and all the King's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise
For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
If you gimme
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, now
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one minute more, gimme one more, gimme one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one marker more
Then I'll walk right through that door
Gimme one more, don't let me down
It's gonna be alright, alright, alright
Nothing's good, the news is bad
The heat goes on, and it drives you mad
Scornful thoughts that fly your way
You should turn away, 'cause there's nothing more to say
You gave the best you had to give
You only have one life to live
You fought so hard, you were a slave
After all you gave, there was nothing left to save
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
You read the book, you turn the page
You change your life in a thousand ways
The dawn of reason lights your eyes
With the key, you realize, to the kingdom of the wise
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
No more lingering doubt remained
Nothing sacred or profane
Everything to gain 'cause you've nothing left
There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the King's horses and all the King's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise
For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
If you gimme
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, now
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one minute more, gimme one more, gimme one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one marker more
Then I'll walk right through that door
Gimme one more, don't let me down
It's gonna be alright, alright, alright
Nothing's good, the news is bad
The heat goes on, and it drives you mad
Scornful thoughts that fly your way
You should turn away, 'cause there's nothing more to say
You gave the best you had to give
You only have one life to live
You fought so hard, you were a slave
After all you gave, there was nothing left to save
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
You read the book, you turn the page
You change your life in a thousand ways
The dawn of reason lights your eyes
With the key, you realize, to the kingdom of the wise
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
No more lingering doubt remained
Nothing sacred or profane
Everything to gain 'cause you've nothing left
There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
Lyrics submitted by justdig, edited by saul101740
The Turn of a Friendly Card Lyrics as written by Alan Parsons Eric Woolfson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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