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.
Bathroom floor.
So far.
Hard.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Are you there at all?
Do you care at all?
Are you there at all?
Want me for?
So far.
Hard.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
So far.
Hard.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Waaaaaaaay dooooown.
So far.
Hard.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Don't do it
Are you there at all?
Do you care at all?
Are you there at all?
Want me for?
So far.
Hard.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
So far.
Hard.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Way down.
Waaaaaaaay dooooown.
Lyrics submitted by punk_rock14, edited by reeblite
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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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I just found this a few weeks ago, because my headphones weren't plugged in, and it's pretty much the best thing ever :D Hiding anti-suicide statements ina song about suicide... Gerard, you clever mofo, you.
gerard way's the best lyricist of the 21st century, to date. but, don't see what you're doing here.<br /> <br /> the song's about a girl he misses, he reminisces their drunken, sexually charged escapades. his double use of words is brilliant. WAY" down, to me is her telling him to go down on her. way down, marked the grave, they're having sex on it. the collision of your kiss that made it so hard, can be taken in a sexual context, or not. just like the sharpest lives is about life on the road and the bennies of a bj.
Oh, wait that's the background singing! Sorry
Hidden message?
How do you get to this?
I LOVE MCR YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg!!! Never knew this existed! I mean the "bathroom floor" and "so far" and "hard" parts are kinda obvious on a first kisten, I knew it was just background vocals accentuating what Gerard was saying, but I never heard the other parts especially "don't do it" 0.0 BTW if anyones listening to this with headphones, I found that if you pull the connector of the headphones out of the jack just a little bit, enough where it's like halfway out but still plugged in, then it cuts out the lead singers voice on every song and only let's you hear the music and background singing. That's how I was able to hear this better :)
^^^dude, not to be rude or anything, but his name is gerard. just thought i'd let you know.
Haha, seriously. Get the singer's name straight first, *before you start obsessing and putting his name in your username and tacking his last name to yours. :]
ha ha..shit. thats funny.
I once photoshopped a cover for a binder with all the band members on it, because was (and still am) all obsessive. A year later I'm looking back at it and I realize I spelled it Gerald, too :)
yeah it's all on immortalityproject
I know...it's like...I'm hearing things...and then. Oh snap, It wasn't in my head. Time to fire the psychiatrist.
Well, what would you think if you were depressed and heard "Don't do it" behind a song. Loony bins, am I right?
hey ButNeverOutgunned thanks for that but my 14 year old sister created the account and she probably forgot how to spell it
Ps- don't let your sister do your work
mmmmm the lyrics sound a bit like me... damn it.
oh well u get that huh?