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.
Hello my name is Ishmael
Forget the one about the whale
I'll tell you of a broken hearted sailor
Maggie took my loyalty
I treated her like royalty
What starts out with such promise ends in failure
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
I been drinkin' too much I better go home
And I think here I'm better off alone
But I been thinkin' too much I better go home
All hail the queen of cruelty
She has duly been anointed
These final words her majesty had to say
He who expects nothing never will be disappointed
Nothings what she left me so I guess I'm okay
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
I been drinkin' too much I better go home
And I think here we all stand alone
But I been thinkin' too much I better go home
La la, la la, la
La la, la la, la
A promise made to a tab unpaid
Is home my way to a bed unmade
A fool to think that I could ever change her
A king upon my bar stool throne
A vow to never drink alone
I only drink with friends or total strangers
We're all broken hearted here
We're all broken hearted here
We're all broken hearted here
We're all broken
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
And I been drinkin' too much I better go home
And I think here we all stand alone
But I been thinkin' too much I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
Forget the one about the whale
I'll tell you of a broken hearted sailor
Maggie took my loyalty
I treated her like royalty
What starts out with such promise ends in failure
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
I been drinkin' too much I better go home
And I think here I'm better off alone
But I been thinkin' too much I better go home
All hail the queen of cruelty
She has duly been anointed
These final words her majesty had to say
He who expects nothing never will be disappointed
Nothings what she left me so I guess I'm okay
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
I been drinkin' too much I better go home
And I think here we all stand alone
But I been thinkin' too much I better go home
La la, la la, la
La la, la la, la
A promise made to a tab unpaid
Is home my way to a bed unmade
A fool to think that I could ever change her
A king upon my bar stool throne
A vow to never drink alone
I only drink with friends or total strangers
We're all broken hearted here
We're all broken hearted here
We're all broken hearted here
We're all broken
Oh my love I can't stand to be alone
And I been drinkin' too much I better go home
And I think here we all stand alone
But I been thinkin' too much I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
I better go home
Lyrics submitted by hardcor_toonz
Ishmael & Maggie Lyrics as written by Colin Macdonald Gordie Edmond
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Colin said that this is a love song. I know, I know, not a real surprise, but it's true. I love this song