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.
I heard this old story before
With the people keeping calling for the metaphors
But, don't leave much up to the imagination
So I want to give this imagery back
But I know it ain't just so easy like that
So, I turn the page and read the story again and again and again
Sure seems the same with a different name
We're breaking and rebuilding, and we're growing always guessin'
Never knowing shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments
We're clever but we're clueless
We're just human
Amusing and confusing
We're tryin' but where is this all leading
We'll never know
It all happens so much faster
Than you can say a disaster
Want to take a time lapse and look at it back
We found the last one but maybe that's just the answer
That we're after but after all
We're just a bubble in a boiling pot
Just one breath in a chain of thought
The moment's just combusting
Feels certain but we'll never never know
Sure seems the same give it a different name
We're begging, and we're needing and we're trying and we're breathing
Never knowing shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments
We're clever but clueless
We're just human
Amusing and confusing
We're helping rebuilding and we're growing
Never know
Never know
Never know
Never know
Knock knock on a door to door
Tell you that the metaphors is better than yours
And you can either sink or swim
Things are looking pretty grim
If you don't believe in what feedin'
It's got no feeling so we'll read it again and again and again
Sure seems the same, so many different names
Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak, we'll always be competing
Never know we're shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments
We're clever but clueless
We're just human
Amusing and confusing
But the truth is, all we got's question
We'll never know
We'll never know
We'll never know
We'll never know
With the people keeping calling for the metaphors
But, don't leave much up to the imagination
So I want to give this imagery back
But I know it ain't just so easy like that
So, I turn the page and read the story again and again and again
Sure seems the same with a different name
We're breaking and rebuilding, and we're growing always guessin'
Never knowing shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments
We're clever but we're clueless
We're just human
Amusing and confusing
We're tryin' but where is this all leading
We'll never know
It all happens so much faster
Than you can say a disaster
Want to take a time lapse and look at it back
We found the last one but maybe that's just the answer
That we're after but after all
We're just a bubble in a boiling pot
Just one breath in a chain of thought
The moment's just combusting
Feels certain but we'll never never know
Sure seems the same give it a different name
We're begging, and we're needing and we're trying and we're breathing
Never knowing shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments
We're clever but clueless
We're just human
Amusing and confusing
We're helping rebuilding and we're growing
Never know
Never know
Never know
Never know
Knock knock on a door to door
Tell you that the metaphors is better than yours
And you can either sink or swim
Things are looking pretty grim
If you don't believe in what feedin'
It's got no feeling so we'll read it again and again and again
Sure seems the same, so many different names
Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak, we'll always be competing
Never know we're shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments
We're clever but clueless
We're just human
Amusing and confusing
But the truth is, all we got's question
We'll never know
We'll never know
We'll never know
We'll never know
Lyrics submitted by AllStarMe, edited by hylianhero33
Never Know Lyrics as written by Jack Hody Johnson
Lyrics © Bubble Toes Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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Alot of people think this song is mainly about society, But its not. Its about religion. The first verse is all about how the religions are the same idea with different names. Hes saying we don't know but we are trying to act like we do. He talks about who we are as people and that we are becoming better but we will "never know" how things came to be, never know about a heaven or a hell. "knock-knock on the door to door, tell ya that the metaphor is better than yours" is talking about people selling their religion and people saying that my religion is better then yours, but you already know how he feels about that with the first verse. The next line is you can either sink or swim meaning be apart of our religion or you will sink. The entire song is filled from top to bottom go threw and look at it again. THis is not Jack Johnsons first song expressing these ideas. Check out these songs, It's all understood, Traffic in the Sky, imagine(cover) and many more. Jack Johnson has been miss represented and claimed by alot of christians, as a christian. But when he is asked he says he does not have one and he is surfing religions because he has not found one he thinks is true. Great song, jack johnson does not hate religious people he just is pointing out his opinion on religion.
I COMPLETELY agree with you JJ4life. As a matter of fact, had I read your comment earlier I wouldn't have posted mine lol
i really like the sound of this song, very classic style jack song. i think the chorus is great, once again... the futility of society, but what do we do about it? obviously there are people out there who realize that humans are pretty messed up, but then they have to struggle with the problem that they too are humans. but is that really an excuse? i think jack is basically commenting on how absolutely oblivious so many people are.
Spot on, I think.
BOMB song. chillin beat, nice melody, this cat likes it...as well as everythgn else on this new cd. good tunes.
Great song, it sounds like it would be the most obvious next single after sitting, waiting, wishing.
An insightful song, but a damn toe-tapping, head nodding song first. Love it. :)
i just got the album and i totally love it! especially this one and no other way.
this song is such a excellent mixture of lyrical and melodious perfection which fits right in with the great album!!! great great music
i love the sound of this song. i think its about society and religion in general. we seem to think we have the right answers and know everything but in fact we dont. we try to push our ideas on each other but it only ends in chaos. we need to be tolerant of each other and our beliefs.
I love artists who make great sounding music with meaning! This is why I love Jack Johnson!
in the first part of this song ....
"we're breaking every building"
thats not how the lyrics go. it's
"We're breaking and rebuilding"
hmmm. this song is great. its really catchy. personaly i think its just about life in general. some of the lyrics really make you think.