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.
Dear Heart,
So black and I know that you're broken.
From words that she has never spoken.
So now our lives are laced with a tragedy.
We're drifting, dreamlessly, sleeping forever.
I won't fall for pretty girls any more.
I won't fall for pretty girls any more.
I won't fall for pretty girls.
I can't breathe when she speaks.
She tells me I'm not special.
She promised lines full of lies and a thousand roses.
Dear love,
My love I... I never knew eyes could cut like knives.
What a tragedy.
The blood on your dirty sleeve is drying and can't be washed away.
I’ve fallen on my knees too often.
If the only peace I can have is crying over your shattered picture.
I'll pick it up off the ground and sleep with the broken glass.
I can't breathe when she speaks.
She tells me I'm not special.
She promised lines full of lies and a thousand roses.
Our lives are laced with tragedy, a tragedy.
Her eyes are filled with lies.
(Heart) prepare to shatter. (I) am too forgiving...
(Heart) prepare to shatter. (I) always fall so hard...
I can't breathe when she speaks.
She tells me I'm not special.
She promised lines full of lies and a thousand roses.
Our lives are laced with tragedy, a tragedy.
Her eyes are filled with lies.
She never knew… She was my only one, my only one. The only one I ever loved.
So black and I know that you're broken.
From words that she has never spoken.
So now our lives are laced with a tragedy.
We're drifting, dreamlessly, sleeping forever.
I won't fall for pretty girls any more.
I won't fall for pretty girls any more.
I won't fall for pretty girls.
I can't breathe when she speaks.
She tells me I'm not special.
She promised lines full of lies and a thousand roses.
Dear love,
My love I... I never knew eyes could cut like knives.
What a tragedy.
The blood on your dirty sleeve is drying and can't be washed away.
I’ve fallen on my knees too often.
If the only peace I can have is crying over your shattered picture.
I'll pick it up off the ground and sleep with the broken glass.
I can't breathe when she speaks.
She tells me I'm not special.
She promised lines full of lies and a thousand roses.
Our lives are laced with tragedy, a tragedy.
Her eyes are filled with lies.
(Heart) prepare to shatter. (I) am too forgiving...
(Heart) prepare to shatter. (I) always fall so hard...
I can't breathe when she speaks.
She tells me I'm not special.
She promised lines full of lies and a thousand roses.
Our lives are laced with tragedy, a tragedy.
Her eyes are filled with lies.
She never knew… She was my only one, my only one. The only one I ever loved.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
I am in love with this song.
~yay someone commented.
~yah i love this song too.
~i cant wait till it has a buyable version
this song fuckin rocks! i can't find anymore songs by them, whats up with that? i have a feeling these guys are gonna be a great band that i will enjoy alot. "If the only peace I can have is crying over your shattered picture. I'll pick it up off the ground and sleep with the broken glass." that part is so powerful and so well delivered in this song, thats the best part of the song!
~Well since this band is quite new...They are still working on new material
~there hoping to get there album out also , but they stilll have to record thier stuff i guess
~more info at myspace.com/BlessedBeYou