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.
Hold out for the day, you beg me to stay
How common of me
Not to rise above, and I try to deny
This gauzy reverie
Baby get lost
Don't trust to forget, the love that is misled
I can't rely, perhaps I can't decide
For this train never arrives and all of my lines have been stolen
Baby get lost
We're more than you could ever imagine
Baby get lost
We'll force the earth and laugh as we crash in
How gravid the moon, on the cusp of the sea
Buttering me up for all that isn't mine
And how it petrifies
Baby get lost
We are more than you could ever imagine
Baby get lost
We'll force the earth and laugh as we crash in
How common of me
Not to rise above, and I try to deny
This gauzy reverie
Baby get lost
Don't trust to forget, the love that is misled
I can't rely, perhaps I can't decide
For this train never arrives and all of my lines have been stolen
Baby get lost
We're more than you could ever imagine
Baby get lost
We'll force the earth and laugh as we crash in
How gravid the moon, on the cusp of the sea
Buttering me up for all that isn't mine
And how it petrifies
Baby get lost
We are more than you could ever imagine
Baby get lost
We'll force the earth and laugh as we crash in
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During her first trimester, the narrator wasn\'t actually ready to keep the baby\nHow common of me not to rise above\nAnd I try to deny this gauzy reverie\nThis train never arrives\n\nshe couldn\'t get an abortion since she either does not want to, or realises she has past the number of weeks to get one, so that\'s one week after.\nAll of my lines have been stolen\n\nAnd her man didn\'t care enough for her in the meantime.\nDon\'t trust to forget the love that\'s mislaid\nI can\'t rely, perhaps I can\'t decide\n\nSo both of them forced themselves to accept the situation\nHold out for the day, you beg me to stay\nWe\'re more than you could ever imagine\n\nshe had nausea\nHow gravid the moon on the cusp of the sea, buttering me up\n\nbut her belly didn\'t show much\nHow it petrifies\n\nand wished to lose the baby.\nFor all that isn\'t mine\nLaugh as we crash in