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.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh honey
Why you got to be so mean?
don't you
(Don?t you remember me?)
Oh baby, baby
You and me, you and me, you and me
We build sandcastles in the Serengeti
(Don?t you remember me)
You splashed my face with Nile water
Daughter of Diaspora
You named me, claimed me
Do you remember me?
(Do you remember me?)
Do you remember me?
(Oh)
Do you remember me?
(Me)
Do you remember me?
Remember playing pinball right on 23rd street
(K-I-N-G)
I was there, I remember
When you got your first pair of sneaks
(Oh the are phat!)
Mmm Converse I think
(Do you)
I remember you swore you were so big and bad
You walked around like your mmm didn't stink
(You can't beat everybody)
But I was there always been there
I remember that it did, ooh it did
I remember you lovin' me
It was so beautiful
(Magical, wonderful)
I remember loving you
So good, so good, so good
1 - Do you remember me?
(Repeat 1 till end in background)
I mean, for real
don't you remember those days
Way back when we spoke K Swahili
It was you and me
See, remember playing hide and go freak
I was that one you were born to seek
And I'm still here
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down, for you
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down, for you
Yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh honey
Why you got to be so mean?
don't you
(Don?t you remember me?)
Oh baby, baby
You and me, you and me, you and me
We build sandcastles in the Serengeti
(Don?t you remember me)
You splashed my face with Nile water
Daughter of Diaspora
You named me, claimed me
Do you remember me?
(Do you remember me?)
Do you remember me?
(Oh)
Do you remember me?
(Me)
Do you remember me?
Remember playing pinball right on 23rd street
(K-I-N-G)
I was there, I remember
When you got your first pair of sneaks
(Oh the are phat!)
Mmm Converse I think
(Do you)
I remember you swore you were so big and bad
You walked around like your mmm didn't stink
(You can't beat everybody)
But I was there always been there
I remember that it did, ooh it did
I remember you lovin' me
It was so beautiful
(Magical, wonderful)
I remember loving you
So good, so good, so good
1 - Do you remember me?
(Repeat 1 till end in background)
I mean, for real
don't you remember those days
Way back when we spoke K Swahili
It was you and me
See, remember playing hide and go freak
I was that one you were born to seek
And I'm still here
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down, for you
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down
Getting down, getting down, for you
Yeah
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Do You Remember Lyrics as written by Andre Harris Jill H. Scott
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