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.
When the sun sweeps over the horizon
When the moon hangs heavy on the land
When my heart hangs heavy on your memory, my love,
I will sing the words you may not understand
That it doesn't take a boat to cross the desert
That it doesn't take a stone to swim the sea
And for all of the phone calls you never returned
Well it doesn't take a house to fall on me
Now for all of my time in seventh heaven
And for all of your attention paid to me
And for all of the vows that we never exchanged
I just thank the Lord that I woke up to see
That it doesn't take the earth to move a mountain
That it doesn't take a lock to hold a key
And for all of the letters that I only wrote
Well it doesn't take a house to fall on me
Did you read your future in your tea leaves in the morning?
Look to find me gone?
Dreams that come by only for an instant
Then like smoke they will be gone
When the starlings strike a note at daybreak
When the blackbird sings a reverie
And in all of my dreams, I imagine, my love,
That they whisper words you never spoke to me
That it doesn't take a cloud to build a castle
That it doesn't take a jury to agree
And unless you're confined to a hospital bed
Well it doesn't take a house to fall on me
Once I stood you in good stead with my acquaintance
Once you stood on my shoulders to see
But for all of the times when you plain stood me up
It doesn't take a house to fall
Doesn't take a house to fall
Doesn't take a house to fall on me
When the moon hangs heavy on the land
When my heart hangs heavy on your memory, my love,
I will sing the words you may not understand
That it doesn't take a boat to cross the desert
That it doesn't take a stone to swim the sea
And for all of the phone calls you never returned
Well it doesn't take a house to fall on me
Now for all of my time in seventh heaven
And for all of your attention paid to me
And for all of the vows that we never exchanged
I just thank the Lord that I woke up to see
That it doesn't take the earth to move a mountain
That it doesn't take a lock to hold a key
And for all of the letters that I only wrote
Well it doesn't take a house to fall on me
Did you read your future in your tea leaves in the morning?
Look to find me gone?
Dreams that come by only for an instant
Then like smoke they will be gone
When the starlings strike a note at daybreak
When the blackbird sings a reverie
And in all of my dreams, I imagine, my love,
That they whisper words you never spoke to me
That it doesn't take a cloud to build a castle
That it doesn't take a jury to agree
And unless you're confined to a hospital bed
Well it doesn't take a house to fall on me
Once I stood you in good stead with my acquaintance
Once you stood on my shoulders to see
But for all of the times when you plain stood me up
It doesn't take a house to fall
Doesn't take a house to fall
Doesn't take a house to fall on me
Lyrics submitted by CocoCoco
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