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.
There are pictures of me
Around your room
You come on strong
Too much too soon
And unfortunately
I'm not amused
Don't get me wrong
Don't get confused
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Yeah, yeah
There are certain things
You can't for see
I have visions of you
But not with me
You know it's not like us
To disagree
You'll get the point
Eventually
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
It is a long, long way to February
Where the ocean meets the sun
Got me wonderin' is this necessary
When we've only just begun
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
The grass is greener
The air is sweeter
You have to see her
To believe her
A great deceiver
Won't help you either
You're only fallin'
Deeper and deeper
Ahh, oooh, ah, ah, ah
Oooh, ahhh
Oooh, ah, ah, ah,
It is a long, long way to February
Where the ocean meets the sun
Got me thinkin' is this necessary
When we've only just begun
It's a long, long way
Such a long, long way
It's a long, long way to February
Where the ocean meets the sun
Around your room
You come on strong
Too much too soon
And unfortunately
I'm not amused
Don't get me wrong
Don't get confused
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Yeah, yeah
There are certain things
You can't for see
I have visions of you
But not with me
You know it's not like us
To disagree
You'll get the point
Eventually
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
It is a long, long way to February
Where the ocean meets the sun
Got me wonderin' is this necessary
When we've only just begun
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahh
This is the last time I love and let love
Oooh, ahhh
This is the last time I love and let love
The grass is greener
The air is sweeter
You have to see her
To believe her
A great deceiver
Won't help you either
You're only fallin'
Deeper and deeper
Ahh, oooh, ah, ah, ah
Oooh, ahhh
Oooh, ah, ah, ah,
It is a long, long way to February
Where the ocean meets the sun
Got me thinkin' is this necessary
When we've only just begun
It's a long, long way
Such a long, long way
It's a long, long way to February
Where the ocean meets the sun
Lyrics submitted by skttrbrain
Love and Let Love Lyrics as written by Mary Beth Patterson Hannah Blilie
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Fantastic transcription, especially compared to others - this is one of my favourite on the 'Men In Love' album. A couple of minor corrections:
1) It's "There are certain things you can't foresee" - not 'for see'. This is key to the verse, since 'foresee' means to peer into the future, and is referenced in the next line regarding the narrator's lack of ability to see the antagonist in her envisioned future.
2) Unless this is a reference to a remix I haven't heard, the line as heard on the album track is: "a great deceiver, don't ever leave her', not 'a great deceiver, won't help you either'. "Deceive her" and "leave here" rhyme better. :o)
Otherwise, you've got it spot on. Thanks for the effort and care you put into transcribing this song!
Oops - correction to my own comment; should read: "Deceive her" and "leave her" rhyme better ;o) And you could, given Beth's soul-driven and Southern-influenced vocal signature/accents (especially in the band's earlier releases, i.e., 'Two hours south of Memphis, y'all"..."well it's all done and in the past, and that's good enough fo' me"...maybe not the best example, but that's what's comin' ta mind right now), probably transcribe that as "leave 'er".