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.
The strong belief
that keep on dragging him down
The voice of her religion,
the pain and the greed
is bringing him to his knees
He need no eyes
to see that she's bleeding on the inside
The maker of her mind
The shadow right behind
Salvation's so close
but too hard to find
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
Like the touch of rain
the tears fell from her eyes
The emotion within her
has taken him by surprise
He need no eyes
to see that she's bleeding on the inside
The maker of her mind
The shadow right behind
Salvation's so close
but too hard to find
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The rhythm of her heart
did not beat for a while
Who is he in the shadow
???
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
that keep on dragging him down
The voice of her religion,
the pain and the greed
is bringing him to his knees
He need no eyes
to see that she's bleeding on the inside
The maker of her mind
The shadow right behind
Salvation's so close
but too hard to find
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
Like the touch of rain
the tears fell from her eyes
The emotion within her
has taken him by surprise
He need no eyes
to see that she's bleeding on the inside
The maker of her mind
The shadow right behind
Salvation's so close
but too hard to find
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The rhythm of her heart
did not beat for a while
Who is he in the shadow
???
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
The next turn must reveal a lovely day
May Hell conceal love and delight, delight, delight!
Lyrics submitted by eyrian
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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