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 don't know what ends
I don't know what makes me feel alive
Cause all this time I've been alone
The bible says it all
But when they wrote that book, the earth was flat
They needed hope, they needed faith
I've spent all this time analyzing
All this time scrutinizing
All this time hypothesizing
All this time philosophizing
Is this life random and meaningless?
They saw a burning bush
If I would starve myself for ninety days, well, I'd have visions of my own
Love your neighbor as yourself
If I loved myself last night does that mean I need to jerk my neighbor off as well?
I've spent all this time analyzing
All this time scrutinizing
(What's it worth?)
All this time hypothesizing
All this time philosophizing
Is this life random and meaningless?
Do I make this trouble?
Do I make this complicated?
Indeed, this is an answer for everyone
What if I never heard of Jesus?
What if I was born alone in a cell?
(You would burn and burn in)
Heaven will wait, heaven's too late
I choose to find my heaven here on Earth
So, all religion can go straight, straight to hell
God has spoken
God will smoke all the Earth
God has spoken
God will smoke all the Earth
God has spoken, God has spoken
(God has spoken, God has spoken)
Spoken!
Spoken!
Walking down life's highway
I finally found my soul mate
In Jesus
Yeah, in Jesus
He's a friend when I had none
Handjobs for the homeless
With Jesus
Yeah, with Jesus
(Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!)
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Handjobs for Jesus
Handjobs for Jesus
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Handjobs for Jesus
Handjobs for Jesus
Handjobs for Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
I don't know what makes me feel alive
Cause all this time I've been alone
The bible says it all
But when they wrote that book, the earth was flat
They needed hope, they needed faith
I've spent all this time analyzing
All this time scrutinizing
All this time hypothesizing
All this time philosophizing
Is this life random and meaningless?
They saw a burning bush
If I would starve myself for ninety days, well, I'd have visions of my own
Love your neighbor as yourself
If I loved myself last night does that mean I need to jerk my neighbor off as well?
I've spent all this time analyzing
All this time scrutinizing
(What's it worth?)
All this time hypothesizing
All this time philosophizing
Is this life random and meaningless?
Do I make this trouble?
Do I make this complicated?
Indeed, this is an answer for everyone
What if I never heard of Jesus?
What if I was born alone in a cell?
(You would burn and burn in)
Heaven will wait, heaven's too late
I choose to find my heaven here on Earth
So, all religion can go straight, straight to hell
God has spoken
God will smoke all the Earth
God has spoken
God will smoke all the Earth
God has spoken, God has spoken
(God has spoken, God has spoken)
Spoken!
Spoken!
Walking down life's highway
I finally found my soul mate
In Jesus
Yeah, in Jesus
He's a friend when I had none
Handjobs for the homeless
With Jesus
Yeah, with Jesus
(Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!)
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Handjobs for Jesus
Handjobs for Jesus
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Handjobs for Jesus
Handjobs for Jesus
Handjobs for Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
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Handjobs for Jesus Lyrics as written by John Feldmann
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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well as slimpunk said earlier basically this isnt as offensive as other songs ive heard. For pretty much all of the song if you look at it he isnt having a go at reliion or christianty. he is questioning it as if he doesnt know wether to believe or not. As for the little extra song bit at the end im nto sure if he is poking fun at the hardcore religious nuts or at christinaty itself but with the george bush thing i think its at the people not at the religion itself.
one of my favourite songs at the moment. i love it