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.
Like it was before our
Time to be lifted to a place that I can’t remember
Disconnect your mind
You won’t remember
All attention to the countdown
Time slips through an hourglass
It seems to be such a perfect ending
Thank you for what you brought out of me
And I know that I’ll be with you till the end
So long, the life we lead
I’ll keep you close to me
Now it’s time to be lifted to a place that I can’t remember
Disconnect your mind
You won’t remember
You’re not a desire
You’re what I need
I want you to levitate
Sing with rapture through the day for me
Thank you for what you brought out of me
And I know that I’ll be with you till the end
So long, the life we lead
I’ll keep you close to me
You brush the lines
You tell it in the eyes you’ve stolen
And you break, and you break
You cut a million times
Cu a little bit
Now you won’t forget me
Cut a million times
Cut a little bit
You won’t forget me now
Thank you for what you brought out of me
And I know that I’ll be with you till the end
So long, the life we lead
I’ll keep you close to me
You brush, you brush
You cut a million times before it’s done
I never liked this side of you
And you break, and you break
You tell a million times before it’s done
I never liked this side of you
And you break, and you break.
Time to be lifted to a place that I can’t remember
Disconnect your mind
You won’t remember
All attention to the countdown
Time slips through an hourglass
It seems to be such a perfect ending
Thank you for what you brought out of me
And I know that I’ll be with you till the end
So long, the life we lead
I’ll keep you close to me
Now it’s time to be lifted to a place that I can’t remember
Disconnect your mind
You won’t remember
You’re not a desire
You’re what I need
I want you to levitate
Sing with rapture through the day for me
Thank you for what you brought out of me
And I know that I’ll be with you till the end
So long, the life we lead
I’ll keep you close to me
You brush the lines
You tell it in the eyes you’ve stolen
And you break, and you break
You cut a million times
Cu a little bit
Now you won’t forget me
Cut a million times
Cut a little bit
You won’t forget me now
Thank you for what you brought out of me
And I know that I’ll be with you till the end
So long, the life we lead
I’ll keep you close to me
You brush, you brush
You cut a million times before it’s done
I never liked this side of you
And you break, and you break
You tell a million times before it’s done
I never liked this side of you
And you break, and you break.
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If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Lyrics as written by Cory Matthew La Quay Brian Michael White
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