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.
Beat me up
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap in your crown
Yo yo yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
'cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's mostly pure
So everything's splended, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead in the back
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Beat me up
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap hit the ground
Yo yo yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
'cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's mostly pure
So everything's splended, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead of the pack
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Hey, someone to stab in the back
Hey, someone to fall through the crack
Hey, someone to punch in the face
Hey, someone to fall through the crack
Written all over my face
Written all over my face
Yo yo yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
'Cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's mostly pure
So everything's splended, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead in the back
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap in your crown
Yo yo yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
'cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's mostly pure
So everything's splended, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead in the back
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Beat me up
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap hit the ground
Yo yo yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
'cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's mostly pure
So everything's splended, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead of the pack
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Hey, someone to stab in the back
Hey, someone to fall through the crack
Hey, someone to punch in the face
Hey, someone to fall through the crack
Written all over my face
Written all over my face
Yo yo yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
'Cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's mostly pure
So everything's splended, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead in the back
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Lyrics submitted by Pogo-The-Clown
What Do They Know? Lyrics as written by Steve Mac Jimmy Mccarthy
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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i think it's bout a guy who's had a homosexual experience, probably been persecuted for it, yet he's still sayin "I'd do it again". It's basically a fuck you to all the ppl who've mistreated him.