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.
With: Aaron Marsh (Copeland), Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low), Bryce Avary (The Rocket Summer), Craig Owens (Chiodos, Cinematic Sunrise), Duane Okun (Socratic), Kenny Vasoli (The Starting Line, Person L), Matt Thiessen (Relient K), Mark Hoppus (Blink 182, +44)
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(Ace Enders)
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
(Aaron Marsh)
Trying to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
(Craig Owens)
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
(Alex Gaskarth)
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
(Ace Enders)
No change, I can't change
I can change, I can change
(Bryce Avery)
But I'm here in my mould
I am here in my mould
(Kenny Vasoli)
But I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
(Aaron Marsh)
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no, no
(Ace Enders)
And have you ever been down?
(Matt Thiessen)
Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
(Ace Enders)
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
(Craig Owens)
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
(Mark Hoppus & Bryce Avery)
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
(Ace Enders & Mark Hoppus)
No change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
(Mark Hoppus)
But I'm here in my mould
I am here in my mould
(Kenny Vasoli)
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
(Duane Okun)
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Ace Enders)
And have you ever been down?
(Kenny Vasoli?)
And have you ever been down?
(Ace Enders & Matt Thiessen)
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
(Bryce Avery)
Trying to make ends meet
You're a slave to the money then you die
(Duane Okun)
I'll take you down the only road I have ever been down
(Ace Enders)
You know the one that takes you to the places
Where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mould
I am here in my mould
And I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can change my mould
No, no, no, no, no
(have you ever been down)
my mould, no, no, no, no, no
my mould, no, no, no, no, no
(Alex Gaskarth)
Well it's just sex and violence, melody and silence
It's just sex and violence, melody and silence
It's just sex and violence, melody and silence
It's just sex and violence, sex and violence
(Various)
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I can't change I can't change oh no no no no no no no no no
_________________________________
(Ace Enders)
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
(Aaron Marsh)
Trying to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
(Craig Owens)
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
(Alex Gaskarth)
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
(Ace Enders)
No change, I can't change
I can change, I can change
(Bryce Avery)
But I'm here in my mould
I am here in my mould
(Kenny Vasoli)
But I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
(Aaron Marsh)
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no, no
(Ace Enders)
And have you ever been down?
(Matt Thiessen)
Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
(Ace Enders)
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
(Craig Owens)
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
(Mark Hoppus & Bryce Avery)
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
(Ace Enders & Mark Hoppus)
No change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
(Mark Hoppus)
But I'm here in my mould
I am here in my mould
(Kenny Vasoli)
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
(Duane Okun)
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Ace Enders)
And have you ever been down?
(Kenny Vasoli?)
And have you ever been down?
(Ace Enders & Matt Thiessen)
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
(Bryce Avery)
Trying to make ends meet
You're a slave to the money then you die
(Duane Okun)
I'll take you down the only road I have ever been down
(Ace Enders)
You know the one that takes you to the places
Where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mould
I am here in my mould
And I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can change my mould
No, no, no, no, no
(have you ever been down)
my mould, no, no, no, no, no
my mould, no, no, no, no, no
(Alex Gaskarth)
Well it's just sex and violence, melody and silence
It's just sex and violence, melody and silence
It's just sex and violence, melody and silence
It's just sex and violence, sex and violence
(Various)
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down, yeah
I can't change I can't change oh no no no no no no no no no
Lyrics submitted by xxmodernlove
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