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.
Somethings are too painful to say out loud
Well, they live behind a veil and see through a shroud
Words fly through his mouth, like paper butterflies
They flutter around and burn holes in your side
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
I knew that you were thinking of him last night
'Cause I saw the blood seep down to your toes
Turn away if you must but how can you put your trust
In a man who always sleeps in his clothes?
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
Yes, he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
You're the sweet scent on an envelope
A folded photo in his purse
But if you pin your hopes to his back my dear
I'm afraid the bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
Well, they live behind a veil and see through a shroud
Words fly through his mouth, like paper butterflies
They flutter around and burn holes in your side
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
I knew that you were thinking of him last night
'Cause I saw the blood seep down to your toes
Turn away if you must but how can you put your trust
In a man who always sleeps in his clothes?
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
Yes, he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
You're the sweet scent on an envelope
A folded photo in his purse
But if you pin your hopes to his back my dear
I'm afraid the bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
The bubble will burst
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
And he's half in love with Elizabeth
And he's half in love with you
Lyrics submitted by MuchTooMuch, edited by khastro
Half in Love with Elizabeth Lyrics as written by Kai Fish Henry William Harrison
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omg omg omg. this song is like they are talking to my ex girlfriend. we broke up due to long distance, etc, but we remained with the affection we had for each other, and we hope (maybe hoped, i don't know myself anymore) to meet this year again to see what's up, and maybe wait till both of us are at one place......but in the meanwhile, I've met a girl named Elizabeth :P. First time I'm hearing this song, and it's so freaking strange. Like they are talking to my ex-gf, which I miss :( (have to say not as much as before, b/c of Elizabeth)
This song is about a guy who is torn between his girlfriend and his career, hence as someone said about elisabeth being the queen on money etc. He always sleeps in his clothes becuase he's such a hard core businessman that he is ready to go to work as soon as he wakes up. His girlfriend is much more involved than she is in the relationship- he carries her photo but she is the one troubled by their problems.
I pretty much think that this song revolves around a guy who's more in love with money & career than he is with his wife. therefore the "half in love with Elizabeth, half in love with you". But how can you put your trust In a man who always sleeps in his clothes? Clearly he sleeps in his clothes (like in the video) because he wants to go to work as soon as he wakes up, and the way he cuts out all of Elizabeth's faces and all. but anyway this song is just brilliant!
I personally think this song is about some who gambles... and she wants him to stop but he cant because he loves money - Elizabeth? Maybe?
i think it's 'but if you pin your hopes to his back my dear im afraid the bubble will burst'
Yeah, first time I heard this it was like they were talking about me and my ex-boyfriend (but more at the time when we were actually together). He liked someone of that name and so it resulted in our break-up twice. I was freaked out but we're still mates and we had a laugh about the weirdness of it. If I had heard it at the time of all the hurt, i would have probably listened to it way more as to wallow in my saddness haha. the bubble burst alright.
Blaine Harrison is brilliant. "But if you pin your hopes to his back my dear I'm afraid the bubble will burst"
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best mystery jets song (maybe apart from diamonds in the dark)
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