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.
Well, I've got a will but I want yours
I've got a growing heap of crosses and burdens
I've simply lost heart to shoulder
Simply no strength to lift
I've always been a man in need
'cause I keep stepping in and out of the shadow
Caught by the drift and pitch of whatever it is
That keeps me coming back
I want out
'Cause I'm getting sick
Sick from all this swerving
Driver, sick from turning on you
Someone show me a hole in this cycle
Show me the way away and I'm coming back
The way I came
No! I've seen this place before
Surely this is no place for the light of this world
Oh how sweet the sound
I know it saved but is it changing a wretch like me
Oh my God how sweet is the sound
I once was blind but now I just look away
My bride, I don't want to know what I'd be without
Forgiveness brushing these adulterous lips
I've got a growing heap of crosses and burdens
I've simply lost heart to shoulder
Simply no strength to lift
I've always been a man in need
'cause I keep stepping in and out of the shadow
Caught by the drift and pitch of whatever it is
That keeps me coming back
I want out
'Cause I'm getting sick
Sick from all this swerving
Driver, sick from turning on you
Someone show me a hole in this cycle
Show me the way away and I'm coming back
The way I came
No! I've seen this place before
Surely this is no place for the light of this world
Oh how sweet the sound
I know it saved but is it changing a wretch like me
Oh my God how sweet is the sound
I once was blind but now I just look away
My bride, I don't want to know what I'd be without
Forgiveness brushing these adulterous lips
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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"oh my God how sweet is the sound, I once was blind, but now I just look away."; need I say more?
Amazing!
the title is from romeo juliet its funny me and and friend were watching the one with leonardo decapaisraspor and i said the title to this song cause they were talking like that then two seconds later romeo says it
anybody know what this is about?
Its about his struggle with his obeidence to God. He wants to do what is right with God, however, he keeps falling back into his bad habits.
I agreee with Livethroughchrist. "caught by the drift and pitch of whatever it is that keeps me coming back i want out" I think that has to deal with his sturggle to get out of bad habits he has or as been dealing with.
"oh how sweet the sound i know it saved but is it changing a wretch like me"
I think that has to do with how Gods amazing grace saved us but we don't change any of our actions and continue to act as if we aren't Christ followers.
I agree with ChristisnotFASHION alot on this one. i personally think this song is about his struggle with lust/porn/sex. i know i can totally relate to how he's feeling here. powerful song; one you can really turn to when you're tempted....
"my bride, i don't want to know what i'd be without forgiveness brushing these adulterous lips" the meaning is said in a nutshell.
when i read the lyrics to this song i was getting teary and i felt like they were talking to me. Ii si not only about the preasure of sex it is also about strugglinfg witha relationship with God.
'cause i'm getting sick sick from all this swerving driver, sick from turning on you
he is sick of sining and making God sad. Driver, sick from turning on you. But i also agree with every one else.
this is one of the best songs ever!!!!