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.
If I should fall down would you wait for me?
If i was out would you be home?
If I should pray then would you pray with me?
If I fell in love would I be in love alone?
This isn't half of what I thought it'd be
At what point does love become routine?
I had to wait, I had to wait, I had to wait to see
That who you are is not who I hoped it'd be
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
And I don't know if I bleed
Test it out just to see
Cause the best that I can hope to be
Is strong enough to leave
I never lived and died by ecstasy
Fun's never been my cup of tea
But now I try, but now I try, but now I try to be
The best I can for no one else but me
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
And I don't know if I bleed
Test it out just to see
Cause the best that I can hope to be
Is strong enough to leave
You're such a shame love
What'd those animals say to ya?
You're such a shame love
What'd those animals say to ya?
You're such a shame love
What'd those animals say to ya?
What'd they do when they came for ya?
Did you think it through?
You never learn what not to do.
You're such a shame love
What those animals say to ya?
What'd they do when they came for ya?
Did you think it through?
You never learn what not to do.
A shame love.
You're such a shame love.
A shame love.
And I don't know where to go
I don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
I don't know if I bleed
Test it out just to see
Is this the best that I can hope to be?
Don't know where to go
Don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
Don't know if I bleed
Don't know if this thing's still working
The best that I can hope to be
Is strong enough to leave
If i was out would you be home?
If I should pray then would you pray with me?
If I fell in love would I be in love alone?
This isn't half of what I thought it'd be
At what point does love become routine?
I had to wait, I had to wait, I had to wait to see
That who you are is not who I hoped it'd be
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
And I don't know if I bleed
Test it out just to see
Cause the best that I can hope to be
Is strong enough to leave
I never lived and died by ecstasy
Fun's never been my cup of tea
But now I try, but now I try, but now I try to be
The best I can for no one else but me
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
And I don't know if I bleed
Test it out just to see
Cause the best that I can hope to be
Is strong enough to leave
You're such a shame love
What'd those animals say to ya?
You're such a shame love
What'd those animals say to ya?
You're such a shame love
What'd those animals say to ya?
What'd they do when they came for ya?
Did you think it through?
You never learn what not to do.
You're such a shame love
What those animals say to ya?
What'd they do when they came for ya?
Did you think it through?
You never learn what not to do.
A shame love.
You're such a shame love.
A shame love.
And I don't know where to go
I don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
I don't know if I bleed
Test it out just to see
Is this the best that I can hope to be?
Don't know where to go
Don't know if this thing's still working
My heart's not beating anymore
Don't know if I bleed
Don't know if this thing's still working
The best that I can hope to be
Is strong enough to leave
Lyrics submitted by xalixo
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I guess that it is about someone who got cheaten by his girlfriend.. She completely changed and he doesn't know how to react on this situation.. He's utterly confused, frustrated and overcharged & now he is absolutely freaking out.. he kinda lost control of himself..
Well, that's just what I think.. Hope that someone else will post his opinion to the lyrics, 'cause this song is just fuckin' astonishing..:)