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.
Once there were times, love when we could touch the air between
And out across this room we'd fill the space with all our skins
And if we just touch hands, life would shine with electric dreams
No matter how many miles, nothing hurt long distance hearts
And there was always something there that space could never keep apart
But now I know inside that something's died
When we're apart, all we have are empty spaces
It's not like we're building walls, too hard to climb to make us blind
It's just so much numbing space to hollow out the heart and mind
And I can hear echoes of ghosts of love, we left behind
I'll always love April, we fell in love and we planted seeds
And now we walk through fallen trees and leaves are crushed beneath
And I will always live in autumn
Now we're agreed, all we have are empty spaces
I thought this was meant to be our love had an energy
But only as time evolved and all of our strength dissolved
And we'll never feel the flame that burned so naked again
I walk through Kentish Town and all the rain, rain pouring down
So many people here but space like this I've never found
And as I get back home and step inside
I realize, all I have, all I have are empty spaces
And out across this room we'd fill the space with all our skins
And if we just touch hands, life would shine with electric dreams
No matter how many miles, nothing hurt long distance hearts
And there was always something there that space could never keep apart
But now I know inside that something's died
When we're apart, all we have are empty spaces
It's not like we're building walls, too hard to climb to make us blind
It's just so much numbing space to hollow out the heart and mind
And I can hear echoes of ghosts of love, we left behind
I'll always love April, we fell in love and we planted seeds
And now we walk through fallen trees and leaves are crushed beneath
And I will always live in autumn
Now we're agreed, all we have are empty spaces
I thought this was meant to be our love had an energy
But only as time evolved and all of our strength dissolved
And we'll never feel the flame that burned so naked again
I walk through Kentish Town and all the rain, rain pouring down
So many people here but space like this I've never found
And as I get back home and step inside
I realize, all I have, all I have are empty spaces
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Empty Spaces Lyrics as written by Gary Kemp
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