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.
Rolling
Down the sunny avenues
Well, all this running around
I'm back on the road with you again baby
Free ride
I haven't got a care in the world
There's only me and you girl
Back on the road with you again baby
Sweet life we're holding onto this life
And all because you've saved me
Zero to hero that's what you made me
Lady, you know that she excites me
But her mama never liked me
I'm back on the road with you again baby
Don't pick no hole in my soul
Don't you spoil my sweet charade
I get high on the girl
For me she was clearly made
And don't get mixed up about it
'Cause she won't leave me at sea
I get a groove with the girl
She got a lifeline out to me
Deadlines
We won't be needing any of those no more
It seems like the right time
To be back on the road with you again baby
I feel like
I'll never feel the cold now
I'll never be alone now
'Cause I'm back on the road with you again
Don't pick no hole in my soul
Don't you spoil my sweet charade
I get high on the girl
For me she was clearly made
I don't need no destination
'Cause my baby's saving me
She got the lifeline of love
She got it all thrown out to me
Don't lose me now
'Cause I need you baby, need you baby
We gotta get up
Run away baby
We gotta get on
Run away baby
You know your mama never liked me
She said we gonna break up
Said it's gonna never work
But it's too bad baby
We're back on the road again
And now we're moving
Running to the sunset
(back on the road again)
Just me and you together
(back on the road again)
I got a groove on the girl
(back on the road again)
Her mama didn't like me
Don't pick no hole in my soul
Don't you spoil my sweet charade
I get high on the girl yeh
For me she was clearly made
And don't get mixed up about it
'Cause she won't leave me at sea
I get a groove with the girl
She got a lifeline out to me
Just got my feel good factor
And it's gone right through the roof
I get the blues with the news
Girl let's get it on the hoof
Throw me a lifeline
Throw me a lifeline
A lifeline of love yeh
Throw me a lifeline
Throw me a lifeline
A lifeline of love yeh
Oh I need your lifeline of love
Get it out to me
Well I need her
Don't lose me now
Don't lose me now
I got your lifeline all thrown out to me
Oh I've got your lifeline
Got your lifeline of love yeh
Down the sunny avenues
Well, all this running around
I'm back on the road with you again baby
Free ride
I haven't got a care in the world
There's only me and you girl
Back on the road with you again baby
Sweet life we're holding onto this life
And all because you've saved me
Zero to hero that's what you made me
Lady, you know that she excites me
But her mama never liked me
I'm back on the road with you again baby
Don't pick no hole in my soul
Don't you spoil my sweet charade
I get high on the girl
For me she was clearly made
And don't get mixed up about it
'Cause she won't leave me at sea
I get a groove with the girl
She got a lifeline out to me
Deadlines
We won't be needing any of those no more
It seems like the right time
To be back on the road with you again baby
I feel like
I'll never feel the cold now
I'll never be alone now
'Cause I'm back on the road with you again
Don't pick no hole in my soul
Don't you spoil my sweet charade
I get high on the girl
For me she was clearly made
I don't need no destination
'Cause my baby's saving me
She got the lifeline of love
She got it all thrown out to me
Don't lose me now
'Cause I need you baby, need you baby
We gotta get up
Run away baby
We gotta get on
Run away baby
You know your mama never liked me
She said we gonna break up
Said it's gonna never work
But it's too bad baby
We're back on the road again
And now we're moving
Running to the sunset
(back on the road again)
Just me and you together
(back on the road again)
I got a groove on the girl
(back on the road again)
Her mama didn't like me
Don't pick no hole in my soul
Don't you spoil my sweet charade
I get high on the girl yeh
For me she was clearly made
And don't get mixed up about it
'Cause she won't leave me at sea
I get a groove with the girl
She got a lifeline out to me
Just got my feel good factor
And it's gone right through the roof
I get the blues with the news
Girl let's get it on the hoof
Throw me a lifeline
Throw me a lifeline
A lifeline of love yeh
Throw me a lifeline
Throw me a lifeline
A lifeline of love yeh
Oh I need your lifeline of love
Get it out to me
Well I need her
Don't lose me now
Don't lose me now
I got your lifeline all thrown out to me
Oh I've got your lifeline
Got your lifeline of love yeh
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