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.
Monday I...from Pennsylvania
Swapped it for a load of long horns in for work
Wednesday I slept 'til noon
Parked outside a Houston breezy spoon
Here it takes it's hot salt south to Albuquerque
Spent the night and showered in a Motel Six
Now I'm on a Houston, comin' home
Get ready girl, I'm burnin' up the road
And I'm only haulin' one thing
Girl, it belongs to you
I can't get home too soon
I'm in the passin' lane
Takin' needles, leavin' smoke
One state to go between you and me
And I'm only haulin' one thing
I've been right now, you're sleepin' in my T-shirt
The one you steal each time I'm on the road
You say it makes you think of me
I think of that and I don't need caffine
So I'm jamin' gears and standin' on the peddle
Filled up with diesel, fifty miles to go
For five days I've been in this truck
But I'll be home before the sun comes up
And I'm only haulin' one thing
Girl, it belongs to you
I can't get home too soon
I'm in the passin' lane
Takin' needles, leavin' smoke
One state to go between you and me
And I'm only haulin' one thing
I'm only haulin' one thing
Girl, it belongs to you
I can't get home too soon
I'm in the passin' lane
Takin' needles, leavin' smoke
One state to go between you and me
And I'm only haulin' one thing
Yeah, yeah, I'm only haulin' one thing, babe...yeah
Yeah, I'm east bond down
Close it up and...
So
Swapped it for a load of long horns in for work
Wednesday I slept 'til noon
Parked outside a Houston breezy spoon
Here it takes it's hot salt south to Albuquerque
Spent the night and showered in a Motel Six
Now I'm on a Houston, comin' home
Get ready girl, I'm burnin' up the road
And I'm only haulin' one thing
Girl, it belongs to you
I can't get home too soon
I'm in the passin' lane
Takin' needles, leavin' smoke
One state to go between you and me
And I'm only haulin' one thing
I've been right now, you're sleepin' in my T-shirt
The one you steal each time I'm on the road
You say it makes you think of me
I think of that and I don't need caffine
So I'm jamin' gears and standin' on the peddle
Filled up with diesel, fifty miles to go
For five days I've been in this truck
But I'll be home before the sun comes up
And I'm only haulin' one thing
Girl, it belongs to you
I can't get home too soon
I'm in the passin' lane
Takin' needles, leavin' smoke
One state to go between you and me
And I'm only haulin' one thing
I'm only haulin' one thing
Girl, it belongs to you
I can't get home too soon
I'm in the passin' lane
Takin' needles, leavin' smoke
One state to go between you and me
And I'm only haulin' one thing
Yeah, yeah, I'm only haulin' one thing, babe...yeah
Yeah, I'm east bond down
Close it up and...
So
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