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.
Giving me some time and you'll make me hate
Cause you are a person of this day
Build high
Tear low
Have you seen the pictures of the massive grave
Have you ever wondered what its like to be saved
Build high
Tear low
You may not let
Go
You may not let go
Holding in his room and he's with my note
I thought he'd like the images of me on his boat
Build high
Tear low
"Now Smith" he said, "now you're not dead but you're going down
This song cannot be written unless I am around"
Build high
Tear low
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
I want more to come
I want more to come
You were from an evening light
I want to be the night
I want to be the night
Good night
You may not let
Go
You may not let go
Fathers in the mirror makes me feel unloved
I'm walking round the city with my face in a glove
Build high
Tear low
The trees are gone we've all been bombed by Dollars and Pounds
It's a lovely place for a slaughterhouse and children's playgrounds
Build high
Tear low
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
I want more to come
I want more to come
You were from an evening light
I want to be the night
I want to be the night
You were from an evening light
You were from an evening light
You were from an evening light
Cause you are a person of this day
Build high
Tear low
Have you seen the pictures of the massive grave
Have you ever wondered what its like to be saved
Build high
Tear low
You may not let
Go
You may not let go
Holding in his room and he's with my note
I thought he'd like the images of me on his boat
Build high
Tear low
"Now Smith" he said, "now you're not dead but you're going down
This song cannot be written unless I am around"
Build high
Tear low
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
I want more to come
I want more to come
You were from an evening light
I want to be the night
I want to be the night
Good night
You may not let
Go
You may not let go
Fathers in the mirror makes me feel unloved
I'm walking round the city with my face in a glove
Build high
Tear low
The trees are gone we've all been bombed by Dollars and Pounds
It's a lovely place for a slaughterhouse and children's playgrounds
Build high
Tear low
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
You were from an evening gone
I want more to come
I want more to come
You were from an evening light
I want to be the night
I want to be the night
You were from an evening light
You were from an evening light
You were from an evening light
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Build High, Tear Low Lyrics as written by Darryn William S Harkness Benjamin Augusto Smith
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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