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.
Somebody's felt her hate,
He's faith is all about the certain
Too busy thinking bout the pain
To bother checking why it's hurting
So come on make it right tonight
Gotta get in my life
Doesn't matter who you are
When you moving up with Alcazar
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
(Moving, moving, moving)
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
(Moving, moving, moving)
Like a circle made of flames
No telling where it started burning
Oh for every fire you contain
A new one keeps the circle turning
So come on make it right tonight
Gotta get in my life
Doesn't matter who you are
When you moving out with Alcazar
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
(Where we live in)
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
(Let's start trying)
To make it a place worth living in
Moving
Moving, moving, moving
Moving, moving
Move, move, move, move, move
Doesn't matter who you are
When you're moving up with Alcazar
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
(No matter how's beginning)
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
(Moving, moving, moving)
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
Well you're moving up with Alcazar!
He's faith is all about the certain
Too busy thinking bout the pain
To bother checking why it's hurting
So come on make it right tonight
Gotta get in my life
Doesn't matter who you are
When you moving up with Alcazar
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
(Moving, moving, moving)
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
(Moving, moving, moving)
Like a circle made of flames
No telling where it started burning
Oh for every fire you contain
A new one keeps the circle turning
So come on make it right tonight
Gotta get in my life
Doesn't matter who you are
When you moving out with Alcazar
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
(Where we live in)
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
(Let's start trying)
To make it a place worth living in
Moving
Moving, moving, moving
Moving, moving
Move, move, move, move, move
Doesn't matter who you are
When you're moving up with Alcazar
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in
(No matter how's beginning)
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
(Moving, moving, moving)
Well you're moving up with Alcazar
Well you're moving up with Alcazar!
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This Is the World We Live In Lyrics as written by Phil Collins Anthony George Banks
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