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.
Time has tied
The mountain to the river
And tied that rolling river
Right down to the sea
Like the willow to the ground
Baby love has tied me to you
Oh yes it has
No matter what I try to do
I can't untie you from me
And I've walked a thousand miles
To the edge of every sea
And I've tried oh yes I've tried
But I can't untie you from me
Now people come into your life
And people they will go
Holding onto nothing at all
Nothing but the passing day
When the night spreads out its stars
Baby I know you've got to listen
Oh yes you do
For the truth that's in your heart
Is never ever far away
And I've walked a thousand miles
To the edge of every sea
And I've tried oh yes I've tried
But I can't untie you from me
Your name is on the water
And it's written on the deep blue waves
In the sky where eagles wander
Down in the shadows of the glade
And I've walked a thousand miles
To the edge of every sea
And I've tried oh yes I've tried
But I can't untie you from me
(walkin' walkin')
You know I've walked
I've walked and walked and walked
(walkin' walkin')
A long long long time
Yes I did yes I did
Yes I did baby
(walkin' walkin')
The mountain to the river
And tied that rolling river
Right down to the sea
Like the willow to the ground
Baby love has tied me to you
Oh yes it has
No matter what I try to do
I can't untie you from me
And I've walked a thousand miles
To the edge of every sea
And I've tried oh yes I've tried
But I can't untie you from me
Now people come into your life
And people they will go
Holding onto nothing at all
Nothing but the passing day
When the night spreads out its stars
Baby I know you've got to listen
Oh yes you do
For the truth that's in your heart
Is never ever far away
And I've walked a thousand miles
To the edge of every sea
And I've tried oh yes I've tried
But I can't untie you from me
Your name is on the water
And it's written on the deep blue waves
In the sky where eagles wander
Down in the shadows of the glade
And I've walked a thousand miles
To the edge of every sea
And I've tried oh yes I've tried
But I can't untie you from me
(walkin' walkin')
You know I've walked
I've walked and walked and walked
(walkin' walkin')
A long long long time
Yes I did yes I did
Yes I did baby
(walkin' walkin')
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I Can't Untie You from Me Lyrics as written by Holly Knight Grayson John Hugh
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