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.
I ran with the dead and chased
And chased my own shadow
Built walls, walls of belief
Reaction from the fall
We are ones of will
Desperate and dying
I was, I was along for the ride
The ride of the unaligned
I gave you every word to hold
On a deathless night
Sucking, bleeding, inside out
If I had gave in
I'd never live that down
I wanted to believe in everything I'm after
But I was drowning in the hell that I raised
And when there's nothing left to say
You wont need a reason
To kill these cancers that may come your way
Long cold wind hits face to remind your not done
Unloved failure serves as lessons learned
Faith regained from plagues
What will I find in me
I found, I found in the falls, in the falls
The falls of the unaligned
I gave you every word to hold
On a deathless night
Sucking, bleeding, inside out
If I had gave in
I'd never live that down
I wanted to believe in everything I'm after
But I was drowning in the hell that I raised
And when there's nothing left to say
You wont need a reason
To kill these cancers that may come your way
I ran with the dead and chased my own shadow
Built walls of belief
I saw the dead rise
I saw the dead rise
Reflection dying with me
I wanted to believe in everything I'm after
But I was drowning in the hell that I raised
And when there's nothing left to say
You wont need a reason
To kill these cancers that may come your way
And chased my own shadow
Built walls, walls of belief
Reaction from the fall
We are ones of will
Desperate and dying
I was, I was along for the ride
The ride of the unaligned
I gave you every word to hold
On a deathless night
Sucking, bleeding, inside out
If I had gave in
I'd never live that down
I wanted to believe in everything I'm after
But I was drowning in the hell that I raised
And when there's nothing left to say
You wont need a reason
To kill these cancers that may come your way
Long cold wind hits face to remind your not done
Unloved failure serves as lessons learned
Faith regained from plagues
What will I find in me
I found, I found in the falls, in the falls
The falls of the unaligned
I gave you every word to hold
On a deathless night
Sucking, bleeding, inside out
If I had gave in
I'd never live that down
I wanted to believe in everything I'm after
But I was drowning in the hell that I raised
And when there's nothing left to say
You wont need a reason
To kill these cancers that may come your way
I ran with the dead and chased my own shadow
Built walls of belief
I saw the dead rise
I saw the dead rise
Reflection dying with me
I wanted to believe in everything I'm after
But I was drowning in the hell that I raised
And when there's nothing left to say
You wont need a reason
To kill these cancers that may come your way
Lyrics submitted by Elective Amnesia
In the Midnights Lyrics as written by Brock Nicholas Lindow Steven Matthew Holt
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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