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'll pretend I'm deep asleep
Before she burns the skin beneath my sleeves, my sleeves
She's not convinced, she's not convinced
That I try to keep a straight face when we kiss, when we kiss
"And no one comes to bed to sleep,"
You said, you said when you talk in your sleep, oh
I want to run, I want to run
But you've got the gun pointed right at me
Won't you believe me, oh
Believe me tonight, oh oh oh
You've got control but I don't mind
Call us out on our mistakes
Call them all just fun and games
We have to, we have to over again
But it's all the same
And if you ever find yourself a mile
or two away from my place
won't you stop awhile
And kill me while I'm sleeping now
I'm not afraid to make the same mistakes that you made, oh
Come on, come on, don't keep me waiting
I know, I know where this is going
We fall apart without intentions
But I can't deny that I didn't think of you, oh
You'd never mean to, you'd never mean to
But you've got me tied so tightly to your wrists
Call us out on our mistakes
Call them all just fun and games
We have to, we have to over again
But it's all the same
And if you ever find yourself a mile
or two away from my place
won't you stop awhile
And kill me while I'm sleeping now
If you ever want some trouble
But cant afford the alcohol
I'll be here, I'll be waiting
I'll be here, waiting for you
Call us out on our mistakes
Call them all just fun and games
We have to, we have to over again
But it's all the same
And if you ever find yourself a mile
or two away from my place
won't you stop a while
And kill me while I'm sleeping now
Before she burns the skin beneath my sleeves, my sleeves
She's not convinced, she's not convinced
That I try to keep a straight face when we kiss, when we kiss
"And no one comes to bed to sleep,"
You said, you said when you talk in your sleep, oh
I want to run, I want to run
But you've got the gun pointed right at me
Won't you believe me, oh
Believe me tonight, oh oh oh
You've got control but I don't mind
Call us out on our mistakes
Call them all just fun and games
We have to, we have to over again
But it's all the same
And if you ever find yourself a mile
or two away from my place
won't you stop awhile
And kill me while I'm sleeping now
I'm not afraid to make the same mistakes that you made, oh
Come on, come on, don't keep me waiting
I know, I know where this is going
We fall apart without intentions
But I can't deny that I didn't think of you, oh
You'd never mean to, you'd never mean to
But you've got me tied so tightly to your wrists
Call us out on our mistakes
Call them all just fun and games
We have to, we have to over again
But it's all the same
And if you ever find yourself a mile
or two away from my place
won't you stop awhile
And kill me while I'm sleeping now
If you ever want some trouble
But cant afford the alcohol
I'll be here, I'll be waiting
I'll be here, waiting for you
Call us out on our mistakes
Call them all just fun and games
We have to, we have to over again
But it's all the same
And if you ever find yourself a mile
or two away from my place
won't you stop a while
And kill me while I'm sleeping now
Lyrics submitted by remembermaine
Iron in the Backseat Lyrics as written by Jason David Call Spencer Earl Abbott
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think it's about a guy who is in a relationship with a girl he doesn't like but stays anyways because he can't get over how physically attractive she is. Thus the "gun" is her sex appeal and he knows just being with her for the physical aspect is not good but he is too addicted.
"no one comes to bed to sleep" is also a reference to sex.
he says "kill me while I'm sleeping because he knows he is using her and it's wrong so he wishes he could end it.
"If you ever want some trouble, But can't afford the alcohol. I'll be here" - that to me sounds like he is ready for a one night stand any time