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.
this hits too close to home for me
and I don't need to be reminded of this pain
in dwelled so long on the possible changes
every step forward was a fall towards your demise
(the secret lives of wives)
and you beg me
please don't go tonight
and I beg you
please just come back down
to earth to build this trust
in which we have learned
to recreate
(the secret lives of wives)
and you beg me
please don't go tonight
and I beg you
please just come back down
your pride won't let you ride
and you said
when will you give it up
I won't fail
I'm not leaving
you and me
and this will fall
how will we get it back up
(and I thought this candid smile was worn down)
(lying to suite the mood shop for ties to hang myself with)
and you say this ended in arrogance
caused by my vanity
oh where will you be
well maybe you just looked too hard
or maybe I don't look enough
who will decide our fate
how will you align this with love
how will you end this with glory
oh and don't let this go
and don't let me go
just let this down
(stricken close to the heat)
(and I'm biting a line burn in wheat fields)
(shop for ties to hang myself with)
and I don't need to be reminded of this pain
in dwelled so long on the possible changes
every step forward was a fall towards your demise
(the secret lives of wives)
and you beg me
please don't go tonight
and I beg you
please just come back down
to earth to build this trust
in which we have learned
to recreate
(the secret lives of wives)
and you beg me
please don't go tonight
and I beg you
please just come back down
your pride won't let you ride
and you said
when will you give it up
I won't fail
I'm not leaving
you and me
and this will fall
how will we get it back up
(and I thought this candid smile was worn down)
(lying to suite the mood shop for ties to hang myself with)
and you say this ended in arrogance
caused by my vanity
oh where will you be
well maybe you just looked too hard
or maybe I don't look enough
who will decide our fate
how will you align this with love
how will you end this with glory
oh and don't let this go
and don't let me go
just let this down
(stricken close to the heat)
(and I'm biting a line burn in wheat fields)
(shop for ties to hang myself with)
Lyrics submitted by Gfrins, edited by Mellow_Harsher
The Importance of Cocaine Lyrics as written by Jonny Craig Jonathan Mess
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I think the song is about being in love with an addict. He is leaving her because she won't give up her addiction. he not telling her to come down from a building, he telling her to come down from her high. the secret lives of wives- I think is hinting at her drug use,
pretty much the same thing i got from it. She has an addiction she wont give up. <br /> <br /> "this hits too clase to home for me<br /> i dont need to be reminded of this pain<br /> it dwelled so long on the possible changes<br /> every step forward was a FAULT towards your demise"<br /> <br />
AWESOME LYRICS
IT TALKS ABOUT THIS GUY LEAVING HER GIRL BUT THE GIRL WONT LET HER GO
I agree.
And I thought the chorus, when he said, "and I beg you, please just come back down", it might mean she was about to jump off a building. Hmm. My opinion.
Love this band already.
"how will you align this with love how will you FADE this with glory"
That's just what it sounds like to me..
The lyrics say
(the secret lives of wives) and you beg me please don't go tonight and I beg you please just come back down
but I clearly hear
And I beg you please dont go tonight And I beg you please just come back down.
idk..i could be wrong.
ahh. i am in total love with this song. I love this band. this song has so much meaning its crazy.
The lyrics say
(the secret lives of wives) and you beg me please don't go tonight and I beg you please just come back down
but I clearly hear
And I beg you please dont go tonight And I beg you please just come back down.
idk..i could be wrong.
ahh. i am in total love with this song. I love this band. this song has so much meaning its crazy.
this is what i hear in the lyrics ::
this hits too clase to home for me i dont need to be reminded of this pain it dwelled so long on the possible changes every step forward was a fall towards your demise
and i beg you please dont go tonight and i beg you please just come back down
too hard to build this trust in which we have learned to recreate
and i beg you please dont go tonight and i beg you please just come back down
and your pride wont let you ride and i said when will you give it up and you said im leaving you and this will fall when will it end
and you said this ended in arrogance caused by my vainity oh where will you be
well maybe you just looked too hard or maybe I don't look enough who will decide our fate
how will you align this with love how will you fade this with glory and oh don't let this go and oh don't let this go and oh don't let this go and just let this down
He VERY clearly says "and you beg me" THEN "and I beg you".
what street spirit said. ^ amazing band fo sho
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