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.
It was nineteen hundred and twenty-nine (run come see)
I remember the day pretty well
Nineteen hundred and twenty-nine
Run come see Jerusalem
There was talk about a storm in the island (run come see)
My God what a beautiful morning
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see I remember that day very well
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see Jerusalem
That day they were talkin' 'bout a storm in the islands
My God what a beautiful morning
They were talkin' 'bout a storm in the islands
Run come see Jerusalem
That day there were three ships a leavin' out the harbour
The Ethel the Myrtle and the Pretoria
There were three ships a leavin' out the harbour
Run come see Jerusalem
These ships were bound for a neighbouring island
With the mothers and children on board
These ships were bound for a neighbouring island
Run come see Jerusalem
Now the Pretoria was out on the ocean
Rocking from side to side
Yes the Pretoria was out on the ocean
Run come see Jerusalem
My God when the first wave hit the Pretoria
The mothers come hauling to their children my God
When the first wave hit the Pretoria
Run come see Jerusalem
My God there were thirty-three souls on the water
Oh my God they were swimming and praying to the good Lord
There were thirty three souls on the water
Run come see Jerusalem
My God now George Brown he was the captain
He shouted come my children come pray
He said "Come now witness your judgment"
Run come see Jerusalem
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see I remember that day very well
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see Jerusalem
I remember the day pretty well
Nineteen hundred and twenty-nine
Run come see Jerusalem
There was talk about a storm in the island (run come see)
My God what a beautiful morning
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see I remember that day very well
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see Jerusalem
That day they were talkin' 'bout a storm in the islands
My God what a beautiful morning
They were talkin' 'bout a storm in the islands
Run come see Jerusalem
That day there were three ships a leavin' out the harbour
The Ethel the Myrtle and the Pretoria
There were three ships a leavin' out the harbour
Run come see Jerusalem
These ships were bound for a neighbouring island
With the mothers and children on board
These ships were bound for a neighbouring island
Run come see Jerusalem
Now the Pretoria was out on the ocean
Rocking from side to side
Yes the Pretoria was out on the ocean
Run come see Jerusalem
My God when the first wave hit the Pretoria
The mothers come hauling to their children my God
When the first wave hit the Pretoria
Run come see Jerusalem
My God there were thirty-three souls on the water
Oh my God they were swimming and praying to the good Lord
There were thirty three souls on the water
Run come see Jerusalem
My God now George Brown he was the captain
He shouted come my children come pray
He said "Come now witness your judgment"
Run come see Jerusalem
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see I remember that day very well
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see Jerusalem
Lyrics submitted by MaenChild
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
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Ebba Grön
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Blue
Ed Sheeran
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Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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