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.
Oh, how I love to feel the blade of self-inflicted pain
Yet I long to dwell in purity
My desire is for light to overcome my hate
Yet I play a whore to darkness and remain unclean
Let the hills hear my voice
(As I shout out my plea)
Let your perfect love pour over me
And I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry
All my sins have found me out
And you will know me by the mark upon my brow
I am the killer free to roam
Adulterer that cast the stone
I am desolate due to the life I chose
Let the hills hear my voice
(As I shout out my plea)
Let your perfect love pour over me
And I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry
I am a servant of love
And yet a lover to sin
I'll do it over again and over again
I've done it again
I am a servant of love
And yet a lover to sin
I'll do it over again and over again
I've done it again
And I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry
'Cause I'm a servant of love
And I cry
And yet a lover to sin
Yet I long to dwell in purity
My desire is for light to overcome my hate
Yet I play a whore to darkness and remain unclean
Let the hills hear my voice
(As I shout out my plea)
Let your perfect love pour over me
And I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry
All my sins have found me out
And you will know me by the mark upon my brow
I am the killer free to roam
Adulterer that cast the stone
I am desolate due to the life I chose
Let the hills hear my voice
(As I shout out my plea)
Let your perfect love pour over me
And I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry
I am a servant of love
And yet a lover to sin
I'll do it over again and over again
I've done it again
I am a servant of love
And yet a lover to sin
I'll do it over again and over again
I've done it again
And I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry for the rain to fall
And I pray that it drowns my soul
Take my pain, I give it all
I cry
'Cause I'm a servant of love
And I cry
And yet a lover to sin
Lyrics submitted by Maggiedynamite
I Cry Lyrics as written by Caleb Spicer Caleb Owens
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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