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.
Shes the girl, shes the kinda girl you want
The kinda girl you dream about
I'm the boy I'm the kinda boy you want
The kinda boy you dream about
And when she blush she gives away a little too much
And when she blush she gives away a little too much
Round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
If you can keep a secret
Its not wrong,
Its not wrong,
I'm the one you dream about
Shes the girl, shes the kinda girl you want
The kinda girl you dream about
I'm the boy I'm the kinda boy you want
The kinda boy you dream about
And when we touch, almost like we're touching too much
And when we touch, almost like we're touching too much
Round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
If you can keep a secret
Its not wrong
Its not wrong
I'm the one you dream about
If only this was real, only this was real
If only this was real, only this was real
We could make this real,
so real, so real, so real.
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
Give in to me
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
If you can keep a secret
Its not wrong
Its not wrong
I'm the one you dream about
I'm the one you dream about
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
Give in to me
Its not wrong, its not wrong, its not wrong,
I'm the one you dream about.
Its not wrong, its not wrong.
Im the one you dream about,
Im the one you dream about.
If only this was real, only this was real
If only this was real, only this was real.
We could make this real, we could make this real,
we could make this real, we could make this real,
we could make this.
The kinda girl you dream about
I'm the boy I'm the kinda boy you want
The kinda boy you dream about
And when she blush she gives away a little too much
And when she blush she gives away a little too much
Round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
If you can keep a secret
Its not wrong,
Its not wrong,
I'm the one you dream about
Shes the girl, shes the kinda girl you want
The kinda girl you dream about
I'm the boy I'm the kinda boy you want
The kinda boy you dream about
And when we touch, almost like we're touching too much
And when we touch, almost like we're touching too much
Round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me round
Keep me
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
If you can keep a secret
Its not wrong
Its not wrong
I'm the one you dream about
If only this was real, only this was real
If only this was real, only this was real
We could make this real,
so real, so real, so real.
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
Give in to me
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
If you can keep a secret
Its not wrong
Its not wrong
I'm the one you dream about
I'm the one you dream about
Its not wrong
To give into your needs
Its not wrong
Give in to me
Its not wrong, its not wrong, its not wrong,
I'm the one you dream about.
Its not wrong, its not wrong.
Im the one you dream about,
Im the one you dream about.
If only this was real, only this was real
If only this was real, only this was real.
We could make this real, we could make this real,
we could make this real, we could make this real,
we could make this.
Lyrics submitted by fleckyfletcha
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