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.
She says, "I'm dying everyday, would you save me?"
"Would you pick me up and out of this pain?"
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my chest insists to rise and fall."
And as he's watching her eyelids close in the T.V. glow,
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
So put your arms down honey. This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you.
She says, "I'm praying everyday, but no one hears me"
"No one gives a fuck about me and my pain."
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my heart wants to beat at all."
And as he's watching her eyelids close in the T.V. glow,
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
So put your arms down honey.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you...sleep.
I was just watching you... sleep
I was just watching you wave me goodbye.
So put your arms down honey.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep... I was just watching you.
"Would you pick me up and out of this pain?"
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my chest insists to rise and fall."
And as he's watching her eyelids close in the T.V. glow,
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
So put your arms down honey. This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you.
She says, "I'm praying everyday, but no one hears me"
"No one gives a fuck about me and my pain."
She says, "Darling I can't recall why my heart wants to beat at all."
And as he's watching her eyelids close in the T.V. glow,
He can't help thinking that...
She's a tightrope walker... and he's the streets below.
So put your arms down honey.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep...
I was just watching you...sleep.
I was just watching you... sleep
I was just watching you wave me goodbye.
So put your arms down honey.
This ain't no execution.
I was just watching you sleep.
So put that crown down sugar.
This ain't no crucifixion.
I was just watching you sleep... I was just watching you.
Lyrics submitted by sammytu
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absolutely divine.. i think it is about him caring for her but her being so defensive and accusing and not letting him in - from the chorus especially.. she is clearly really down and feels she needs to be saved and that no one cares about her and her life is pointless.. she keeps letting him go because maybe she doesn' believe her really loves her or doesn't have enough faith in herself, doesn't think she is good enough etc.. gorgeous song, wow!
i could not agree more with Amz and djskein. Well said.
It is such a damn beautiful song. It brings me to tears. I miss you, damn i miss you.
At first I thought this song was about a severly troubled girl, perhaps depressed. "She's a tightrope walker" because she's on the edge of life, the tightrope, I imagined, was a metaphor for life. The guy was telling her to relax and help her through it. Only problem is he's the streets below, which would put him in death according to that. However, that does work if he is already dead and this is about her struggling through his passing? That would explain why she waved him goodbye. He's watching over her in death? And the third and final is the one Amz was saying. Sorry to write an essay on it :P
you should go to the epicure homepage sometime, they had the clip to tightrope walker there a while ago. anyway, i love epicure to death, they would have to be my favourite band and it is a shame that they are not well known enough but i think this song is about careing for someone dearly and being locked out no matter what you do. i love this song. if you want a good epicure song try last dance
i personally love that epicure hasnt been turned into a big circus parade. it means you can appreciate it without it being made into a huge public thing, u kno?
neway wat i LOVE about this song is that there is no interpretation. i think everyone is right, its about depression, love, pain, heartache, death.....its brilliant either way
what if by saying that he's the streets below he's inferring that he wants to help her as she falls, that will try to save her, but if she falls really he wont be able to save her. at the end of the day, its a beautiful song with such a sad and touching meaning. love it!
oh so agreeing with u all this song is amazing
it sends shivers down my spine: 'Darling I can't recall why my chest insists to rise and fall.' deeeeeep
I feel this song is about anorexia and the struggle to deal with the torture of it...it means alot to me..
amazing