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 want a real love
To let me in
I want to zero out
And be born again
No more false starts and no dead end
'Cause I'm no shape
Do to whats right
I see up that's down and black that's white
It makes me dizzy I come apart
All this love love love in the dark
Mercy mercy both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning, more land, less drowning
Fire in the crowd
Just to watch you move
Tie your hands and demand a salute
All these gardens full of snakes and fruit
Oh no no no no no
Its in the click click click
Of the camera flash
Its in the definite kick up in the fame ball blast
But they don't call and they don't last
And you're gone
Outshined
Mercy mercy both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning, more land, less drowning
Come on kill the light
Leave it all behind
I'm right by your side, your side
Lean on the tick of time
Put your hand in in mine
Watch it all
Watch it all tonight
Mercy mercy both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning more land
Mercy mercy both hands
I'm in your hands
I look into your eyes and I see that I can
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning more land
Less drowning more land
To let me in
I want to zero out
And be born again
No more false starts and no dead end
'Cause I'm no shape
Do to whats right
I see up that's down and black that's white
It makes me dizzy I come apart
All this love love love in the dark
Mercy mercy both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning, more land, less drowning
Fire in the crowd
Just to watch you move
Tie your hands and demand a salute
All these gardens full of snakes and fruit
Oh no no no no no
Its in the click click click
Of the camera flash
Its in the definite kick up in the fame ball blast
But they don't call and they don't last
And you're gone
Outshined
Mercy mercy both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning, more land, less drowning
Come on kill the light
Leave it all behind
I'm right by your side, your side
Lean on the tick of time
Put your hand in in mine
Watch it all
Watch it all tonight
Mercy mercy both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning more land
Mercy mercy both hands
I'm in your hands
I look into your eyes and I see that I can
Mercy mercy, understand
Less drowning more land
Less drowning more land
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I noticed some minor inaccuracies with the current version, so I listened to the song very carefully and here is my interpretation of the lyrics:
I want a real love To let me in I wanna zero out And be born again No more false starts and no dead end
'Cause I'm no shape To do what's right And I see up as down and black as white It makes me dizzy, I come apart All this love love love in the dark
Mercy, mercy, both hands I need less drowning and more land Mercy, mercy, understand Less drowning, more land Less drowning
They fire in the crowd Just to watch you move They tie your hands and demand a salute Oh, this garden's full of snakes and fruit Oh-oh, no, no, no, no
Hear the click-click-click of the camera flashin' And the definite kickin' of the fame bomb blast But they don't call and it don't last And you're gone Outshined
Mercy, mercy, both hands I need less drowning and more land Mercy, mercy, understand Less drowning, more land Less drowning
So come on kill the light Leave it all behind I'm right by your I'm right by your side
Ignore the tick of time Put your hand in in mine Watch it all Watch it all ignite
[Oh...hey, oh, oh yeah, alright]
Mercy, mercy, both hands I need less drowning and more land Mercy mercy, understand Less drowning more land
Mercy, mercy I'm in your hands I look into your eyes and I see that I can Mercy mercy, understand Less drowning, more land Less drowning, more land