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.
The city's beautiful
In the early morning air
Love the smell of sunrise
And everything becomes so clear
I think you are beautiful
And you know it by one look
Did you long for summertime
When you were growing up?
And when it finally came
It wasn't 'round for long
You ecstatically stumbled around
One warm second, it's suddenly gone
One warm second, it's suddenly gone
I wish that time would stand still
If this was a part of a film
We would watch the clip all day
Like a portrait of you and I
Like a portrait of you and I
City's beautiful feel it in the morning air
Love the smell of sunrise
Everything becomes so clear
I think you are beautiful
And you know it by one look
Did you long for summertime
When you were growing up?
Well your life's just a breeze in eternity
Why not take this one chance
And come fly with me? Just this once
Just this second that soon will be gone
If this second was your life
What would you do?
If this second was your life
I would love you
If this second was your life
Would you love me?
If this second was my life, I would love it
If this second was my life, I would love you
Woah if this second was my life
I would happily die
The city's beautiful
In the early morning air
Love the smell of sunrise
And everything becomes so clear
I don't have to look to see
Today it's all so clear
Chimney tops start to glow
And that's when I will disappear
In the early morning air
Love the smell of sunrise
And everything becomes so clear
I think you are beautiful
And you know it by one look
Did you long for summertime
When you were growing up?
And when it finally came
It wasn't 'round for long
You ecstatically stumbled around
One warm second, it's suddenly gone
One warm second, it's suddenly gone
I wish that time would stand still
If this was a part of a film
We would watch the clip all day
Like a portrait of you and I
Like a portrait of you and I
City's beautiful feel it in the morning air
Love the smell of sunrise
Everything becomes so clear
I think you are beautiful
And you know it by one look
Did you long for summertime
When you were growing up?
Well your life's just a breeze in eternity
Why not take this one chance
And come fly with me? Just this once
Just this second that soon will be gone
If this second was your life
What would you do?
If this second was your life
I would love you
If this second was your life
Would you love me?
If this second was my life, I would love it
If this second was my life, I would love you
Woah if this second was my life
I would happily die
The city's beautiful
In the early morning air
Love the smell of sunrise
And everything becomes so clear
I don't have to look to see
Today it's all so clear
Chimney tops start to glow
And that's when I will disappear
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Taylor Swift
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Without a doubt one of my favourite tunes, Drum & Bass with gorgeous emotive lyrics in perfect combination - Tony Colman is a genius!