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.
I want to move in time with you
I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to feel the deepest kiss
And I want to know you feel like this
This one time, one time
Let my body do what it feels
This one time one time
Let this fantasy become real
'Cause I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
I want to feel your hand in mine
I want to feel that rush in my spine
I want to wear the scent of you
And do all the things you want me to
So baby this one time, one time
Let my body do what it feels
This one time one time
Let this fantasy become real
'Cause I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
I feel the danger of separation
I want to take your invitation
Separation, it's all around
I need this side of me
I want to move in time with you
And I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to stage my glows in sin
And in the dark I want to find that golden glow within
For this one time, one time
Let my body do what it feels
This one time one time
Let this fantasy become real
'Cause I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
No I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to feel the deepest kiss
And I want to know you feel like this
This one time, one time
Let my body do what it feels
This one time one time
Let this fantasy become real
'Cause I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
I want to feel your hand in mine
I want to feel that rush in my spine
I want to wear the scent of you
And do all the things you want me to
So baby this one time, one time
Let my body do what it feels
This one time one time
Let this fantasy become real
'Cause I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
I feel the danger of separation
I want to take your invitation
Separation, it's all around
I need this side of me
I want to move in time with you
And I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to stage my glows in sin
And in the dark I want to find that golden glow within
For this one time, one time
Let my body do what it feels
This one time one time
Let this fantasy become real
'Cause I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
No I am not afraid to let you see this side of me
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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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've heard several interesting theories on the meaning of this song. One line in particular, "I want to stitch my clothes in sin and in the dark", has raised a lot of suspicion as to whether or not the song's about a secret extra-marital affair. (Stitch my clothes being a reference to a scarlet letter). Certainly other lines such as "Just one time, one time, let my body do what it feels", "I want to find that door and go within", and "Let this fantasy become real" back up that theory quite nicely.
Also, if I may be frank, one of the first things that came to mind when I heard this song is that it's likely about a very specific sexual act that the lyricist wants to fulfill that his lover refuses him. He's saying he's not afraid to let her see this side of him, a side which may be primal and kinky. He's sort of pleading with his lover in this song to let him fulfill this sexual fantasy of his, but his unspoken lover seems apprehensive and maybe too conservative to indulge him.
To me, the latter seems like the more likely. In the beginning, Darren is being sweet and loving, and then gradually he gets more and more frustrated and pleading, which makes me believe there's something deeply naughty he wants that he ain't getting!