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.
Hey men - yes
Do you think we'll ever get back home?
Well I - guess
We choose our battles one by one
How I need - rest
One more day of travel on the road
How we've been - blessed
Some times it don't feel that way
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine
Brother - yes
I know I'm up and down please
Try to accept
Apologies for the sadness that I've found
The years we've - spent
Nothing short of grateful for our trip
And those we've - met
Nothing short of thankful.
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine
Boss man said work can wait
Put it off for another day
I'm not listening
Tomorrow may not come
Lazy man find an easy way
Easy work for easy pay
I'm not listening
There ain't no such a thing
Boss man said work can wait
Put if off for another day
I'm not listening
Tomorrow may not come
Lazy man find an easy way
Easy work for easy pay
I'm not listening
There ain't no such a thing as that
Hey man - yo!
Do you think they're listening to
A thing - no no no
I wonder what's on their minds
We all should - go
Break down the walls being built up around us
We'll make the - show
Make it for our sons and our daughters
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine
Do you think we'll ever get back home?
Well I - guess
We choose our battles one by one
How I need - rest
One more day of travel on the road
How we've been - blessed
Some times it don't feel that way
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine
Brother - yes
I know I'm up and down please
Try to accept
Apologies for the sadness that I've found
The years we've - spent
Nothing short of grateful for our trip
And those we've - met
Nothing short of thankful.
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine
Boss man said work can wait
Put it off for another day
I'm not listening
Tomorrow may not come
Lazy man find an easy way
Easy work for easy pay
I'm not listening
There ain't no such a thing
Boss man said work can wait
Put if off for another day
I'm not listening
Tomorrow may not come
Lazy man find an easy way
Easy work for easy pay
I'm not listening
There ain't no such a thing as that
Hey man - yo!
Do you think they're listening to
A thing - no no no
I wonder what's on their minds
We all should - go
Break down the walls being built up around us
We'll make the - show
Make it for our sons and our daughters
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm walking a different highway
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'm traveling a different line, oh
Nothing gonna change my mind
You'll find what you need if you want it
Nothing gonna change my mind
I'll find mine
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
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.
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
I love this song.
I think it's about how they have complaints sometimes, but they've worked hard to make their own path and not go the easy way, because "there ain't no such thing as that". I love the part when Scott asks Seth if he thinks anyone's even listening, like they just went on this rant and nobody's listening to their complaining.
I think they're just saying they're going to keep on going no matter what.
& I love it<3