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.
Alright -
I wake up in the morning and I
Never stop, ever stop
I don't know what went wrong
Digging up an old wound
Never to leave it
She's like a devil,
I spawn a demon
And I don't know what
Was real
Where are you going?
Do you even know?
I will follow you
I feel bad for nothing anymore
'Cause I spent many years
Counting dots
Kissing walls
Saying prayers
Clicking jaws
Eating Colors
Nothing black
Wouldn't touch it,
Touch me, bad!
Goodnight -
I go to bed dreaming
I'll change
But I never move, never stop
I don't know what went wrong
Digging up an old wound
Never to leave it
She's like a devil, and I saw
A demon
I don't know what was real
Where are you going?
Do you even know?
I will follow you
I feel bad for nothing anymore
'Cause I spent many years
Counting dots
Kissing walls
Saying prayers
Clicking jaws
Eating Colors
Nothing black
Wouldn't touch it,
Touch me, bad!
Tunnel eyes
Through a tube
Lights out
Goo goo goo ga joob!
Regular man -
You're tied to a track
And you
Can never turn back
I hear you sing
Train coming fast
Blood whistle blowing
You're gonna crash!
I believe I never should have
Done this
But I want to believe me,
I want to believe me
And I've done so much
When I was wrong
Where are you going?
Do you even know?
I will follow you
I feel bad for nothing anymore
'Cause I spent many years
Counting dots
Kissing walls
Saying prayers
Clicking jaws
Eating Colors
Nothing black
Wouldn't touch it,
Touch me, bad!
Tunnel eyes
Through a tube
Lights out
Goo goo goo ga joob!
Come on Jersey
Sing it loud
I spent many years flipping
OUT!
I wake up in the morning and I
Never stop, ever stop
I don't know what went wrong
Digging up an old wound
Never to leave it
She's like a devil,
I spawn a demon
And I don't know what
Was real
Where are you going?
Do you even know?
I will follow you
I feel bad for nothing anymore
'Cause I spent many years
Counting dots
Kissing walls
Saying prayers
Clicking jaws
Eating Colors
Nothing black
Wouldn't touch it,
Touch me, bad!
Goodnight -
I go to bed dreaming
I'll change
But I never move, never stop
I don't know what went wrong
Digging up an old wound
Never to leave it
She's like a devil, and I saw
A demon
I don't know what was real
Where are you going?
Do you even know?
I will follow you
I feel bad for nothing anymore
'Cause I spent many years
Counting dots
Kissing walls
Saying prayers
Clicking jaws
Eating Colors
Nothing black
Wouldn't touch it,
Touch me, bad!
Tunnel eyes
Through a tube
Lights out
Goo goo goo ga joob!
Regular man -
You're tied to a track
And you
Can never turn back
I hear you sing
Train coming fast
Blood whistle blowing
You're gonna crash!
I believe I never should have
Done this
But I want to believe me,
I want to believe me
And I've done so much
When I was wrong
Where are you going?
Do you even know?
I will follow you
I feel bad for nothing anymore
'Cause I spent many years
Counting dots
Kissing walls
Saying prayers
Clicking jaws
Eating Colors
Nothing black
Wouldn't touch it,
Touch me, bad!
Tunnel eyes
Through a tube
Lights out
Goo goo goo ga joob!
Come on Jersey
Sing it loud
I spent many years flipping
OUT!
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