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.
it took all the strength they knew not to consume you
and was all that I could muster just to kiss you
watch my waist for days to take this place beside you
like the way the one who loves you is supposed to
the way you used to
did you forget?
when all who'd soon surpass me sought respect
the press still hung on every envied breath
and could you blame them?
we both said things that we'd come to regret
"here comes success"
"you cash the checks"
you take my name
and braved it with this patience of the saints
i flirted with a fame which never came
did doubts dissuade you?
took pains to say "let nature have her way"
and 'course she did
and you bore the kid
these pangs of pride
as every eye moves onto you
and though you quiet every room
it's sometimes hard to hear the truth
and sighs aside
the way the limelights long for you
they shine their colors on me, too
and now there's nothing I can do
what child is this?
the heir to my illusive parentage
that face of his could take him far from this
but I'm still childless
and neither knows just who the father is
the rabbit's dead
well, she easily leapt (?)
you've made your name
and trouble loves the cuckold of acclaim
these kids can't sense the difference either way
and can you blame them?
when all my memories now bear your name
and sure we've been blessed
well, more or less
these pangs of pride
as every eye collides with you
and though you quiet every room
it's always hard to hear the truth
and sighs aside
the way the limelight smothers you
they cast their colors on me, too
now they'll remember me through you
does this amuse you?
am I supposed to?
it wasn't meant to
pay your respects
it's grand, I guess, to treat this like a death
though now somehow less readily erect
I might surprise you
and rise to the occasion now and then
flesh of my flesh
don't hold your breath
is life unkind?
well, pride resolves of all things in due time
but who contrives this legacy I leave behind
to those born after?
obliged to let the master think she's right
o long-suffering wife
hell, high tide
I'm by your side
it was all that they could do not to consume you
and was all that I could muster just to kiss you
watch my waist for fifteen days to stand beside you
like the way the one who loves you is supposed to
I have my use, too
and was all that I could muster just to kiss you
watch my waist for days to take this place beside you
like the way the one who loves you is supposed to
the way you used to
did you forget?
when all who'd soon surpass me sought respect
the press still hung on every envied breath
and could you blame them?
we both said things that we'd come to regret
"here comes success"
"you cash the checks"
you take my name
and braved it with this patience of the saints
i flirted with a fame which never came
did doubts dissuade you?
took pains to say "let nature have her way"
and 'course she did
and you bore the kid
these pangs of pride
as every eye moves onto you
and though you quiet every room
it's sometimes hard to hear the truth
and sighs aside
the way the limelights long for you
they shine their colors on me, too
and now there's nothing I can do
what child is this?
the heir to my illusive parentage
that face of his could take him far from this
but I'm still childless
and neither knows just who the father is
the rabbit's dead
well, she easily leapt (?)
you've made your name
and trouble loves the cuckold of acclaim
these kids can't sense the difference either way
and can you blame them?
when all my memories now bear your name
and sure we've been blessed
well, more or less
these pangs of pride
as every eye collides with you
and though you quiet every room
it's always hard to hear the truth
and sighs aside
the way the limelight smothers you
they cast their colors on me, too
now they'll remember me through you
does this amuse you?
am I supposed to?
it wasn't meant to
pay your respects
it's grand, I guess, to treat this like a death
though now somehow less readily erect
I might surprise you
and rise to the occasion now and then
flesh of my flesh
don't hold your breath
is life unkind?
well, pride resolves of all things in due time
but who contrives this legacy I leave behind
to those born after?
obliged to let the master think she's right
o long-suffering wife
hell, high tide
I'm by your side
it was all that they could do not to consume you
and was all that I could muster just to kiss you
watch my waist for fifteen days to stand beside you
like the way the one who loves you is supposed to
I have my use, too
Lyrics submitted by JustPlainNJ
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Son Şansın - Şarkı Sözleri
Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
"The rabbit's den and she easily led"
"the rabbit's dead" I believe that's a being used as a euphemism for pregnancy, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test