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.
They're all asleep
They'll never know
We'll escape through your window
When they're onto us
But this time is ours
There are reasons for what I did
It wasn't some vile attempt
Or accomplishment
It was innocent
You know
?
[Love by the door]
[Love you by the door]
[Loving by the door]
[Love]
?
A nurse
Something for the pain
And something
To make this guilt go away
You're forgetting us
You're forgetting everything
And I want to hate you
For my mistakes
I hate you for everything
This is good-bye
This is always
We're covering up
Our tracks
And living in secrets
We can learn to love life
Or learn to love pain
And if you still hear my voice
Give me a sign
Let me know
You're still here
Like it or not
But wait
What do we have here
Who's that dress for
Let's keep toasting to innocence
And drown our regrets
Let's have no recollection
Of any of this
Don't wait up for me
I'll be taking swings
At a ghost
While you're laying down
Playing dead right in front of me
We're covering up
Our tracks
And living in secrets
We can learn to love life
Or learn to love pain
And if you still hear my voice
Give me a sign
Let me know
You're still here
Like it or not
Like it or not
My heartbeat was louder than
The sound of my steps to your door
You're cold, but you're beautiful
You're a mess, but I like it that way
I'm a fool, but only a fool
Knows a miracle
And I won't ask for anything
No, I won't ask for anything ever again
Just give me this one thing
That's all I ask
Well that's all I ask
Don't wait up for me
I'll be taking swings
At a ghost
While you're laying down
Playing dead right in front of me
We're covering up
Our tracks
And living in secrets
We can learn to love life
Or learn to love pain
And if you still hear my voice
Give me a sign
Let me know
You're still here
Like it or not
Like it or not
They'll never know
We'll escape through your window
When they're onto us
But this time is ours
There are reasons for what I did
It wasn't some vile attempt
Or accomplishment
It was innocent
You know
?
[Love by the door]
[Love you by the door]
[Loving by the door]
[Love]
?
A nurse
Something for the pain
And something
To make this guilt go away
You're forgetting us
You're forgetting everything
And I want to hate you
For my mistakes
I hate you for everything
This is good-bye
This is always
We're covering up
Our tracks
And living in secrets
We can learn to love life
Or learn to love pain
And if you still hear my voice
Give me a sign
Let me know
You're still here
Like it or not
But wait
What do we have here
Who's that dress for
Let's keep toasting to innocence
And drown our regrets
Let's have no recollection
Of any of this
Don't wait up for me
I'll be taking swings
At a ghost
While you're laying down
Playing dead right in front of me
We're covering up
Our tracks
And living in secrets
We can learn to love life
Or learn to love pain
And if you still hear my voice
Give me a sign
Let me know
You're still here
Like it or not
Like it or not
My heartbeat was louder than
The sound of my steps to your door
You're cold, but you're beautiful
You're a mess, but I like it that way
I'm a fool, but only a fool
Knows a miracle
And I won't ask for anything
No, I won't ask for anything ever again
Just give me this one thing
That's all I ask
Well that's all I ask
Don't wait up for me
I'll be taking swings
At a ghost
While you're laying down
Playing dead right in front of me
We're covering up
Our tracks
And living in secrets
We can learn to love life
Or learn to love pain
And if you still hear my voice
Give me a sign
Let me know
You're still here
Like it or not
Like it or not
Lyrics submitted by GoochyLittlePig, edited by ale5875
Goody, Like Two Shoes Lyrics as written by Andrew Jordan Aaron Stern
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"They're all asleep They'll never know We'll escape through your window When they're onto us But this time is ours"
to me that first verse starts off the song by andrew saying that his girlfriend and him had no privacy in their relationship shit
"We'll escape through the window"
meaning that they'll talk/breakup when they finally get a chance to be alone and sort things out.
"We're covering up Our tracks And living in secrets We can learn to love life Or learn to love pain"
They had to act like they were the perfect couple so that no one would really know that they were having problems but they chose to stay together "loving pain" rather than breaking up "Loving life".
"But wait What do we have here Who’s that dress for Let’s keep toasting to innocence And drown our regrets Let’s have no recollection Of any of this"
I'm guessing that his girlfriend is cheating on him and he catches her when shes going out.
"Don't wait up for me I'll be taking swings At a ghost While you’re laying down Playing dead right in front of me"
He'll be pissed at the guy who shes cheating on him with while she lies in his face about.
"My heartbeat was louder than The sound of my steps to your door"
to me this could either be him going to her door finally having the guts to break up with her or him walking in on her and the other guy.
"You’re cold, but you’re beautiful You’re a mess, but I like it that way I'm a fool, but only a fool Knows a miracle "
after everything she did, he still loves her.
"And I won't ask for anything No, I won't ask for anything ever again Just give me this one thing That’s all I ask"
I'm guessing that he just really wants her to tell the truth if she cheated or not. Well that’s all I ask