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.
Take it from me, from me
It's the territory
In the leaves, the trees
The woods that give us peace
And someone, somewhere
Is watching
Someone, somewhere
Is watching you
Wherever you are
No matter how far
Just lead
There, that's it
Woke up dead
There, that's it
Woke up dead
I can feel it
I can feel it in the air
In the air
I can feel it
I can feel air
Take it from me, from me
That we'll never sleep
From me, from me
They're the ones that gave
Bought and sold everything you own
Bought and sold everything you own
The truth lies in where you hide
The truth lies in where you
Wherever you are
No matter how far
Just lead
Lead us to the water
Lead us to the end
Lead us to the water
Lead us until death
That's it
Woke up dead
There, that's it
Woke up dead
And I can feel it
I can feel it in the air
In the air, I can feel it
I can feel it
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Wherever you are
No matter how far
Just leave 'till you lead
Lead us to the end
Lead us to the end
I can
Feel it, I can feel it
In the air, in the air
I can feel it, I can feel it
Love the one whose past was broke
I'm the one who never knows
Look at you without your clothes
I draw the line here
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost
It's the territory
In the leaves, the trees
The woods that give us peace
And someone, somewhere
Is watching
Someone, somewhere
Is watching you
Wherever you are
No matter how far
Just lead
There, that's it
Woke up dead
There, that's it
Woke up dead
I can feel it
I can feel it in the air
In the air
I can feel it
I can feel air
Take it from me, from me
That we'll never sleep
From me, from me
They're the ones that gave
Bought and sold everything you own
Bought and sold everything you own
The truth lies in where you hide
The truth lies in where you
Wherever you are
No matter how far
Just lead
Lead us to the water
Lead us to the end
Lead us to the water
Lead us until death
That's it
Woke up dead
There, that's it
Woke up dead
And I can feel it
I can feel it in the air
In the air, I can feel it
I can feel it
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Wherever you are
No matter how far
Just leave 'till you lead
Lead us to the end
Lead us to the end
I can
Feel it, I can feel it
In the air, in the air
I can feel it, I can feel it
Love the one whose past was broke
I'm the one who never knows
Look at you without your clothes
I draw the line here
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost, lead
Go ghost
Lyrics submitted by RyanWilhite
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from the liner notes:
take it from me it's the territory in the leaves, in the trees it's the roots that give us peace someone, somewhere is watching you
wherever you are no matter how far just leave
they're, they're dead woke up dead i can feel it in the air
take it from me they will never sleep they're the ones that grieve i bought and sold everything you own
the truth lies in where you hide
wherever you are no matter how far just leave
lead us to the water lead us to the air
they're, they're dead woke up dead i can feel it in the air
go! ghost! leave.