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.
I raise my trembling hands up high
to put a balloon in the clearly frozen sky
where dragonflies breed and atrophy
where Candy Bombers used to pass by
I bear my cross in quietude
and carry my burden until my doubts are mute
in pursuit of home - my only cure
I will walk until my itchy feet are sore
I am overcome with wanderlust
as my balloon ascends in a heavy gust
certain those clouds soon roll by
so that I can see my balloon attempting to fly
I watch their vapour trails fade away
won't ever reach them 'cause they never stay
I bear my cross in quietude...
suddenly I hear their airplanes drone
they croon a song so haunting and unknown
a song about boundless freedom
a song they immortalise you in
I smell their fuel
and the smoke of burning wood
yes, I would
if you could
but we never should
airlifts and balloons
Indian summer
this second is weightless
wrapped in gossamer
now bear my cross in quietude
and lost my doubts and my parachute
free fall from the canopy
hoping for someone to catch me
still overcome with wanderlust
as my balloon ascends in a heavy gust
to put a balloon in the clearly frozen sky
where dragonflies breed and atrophy
where Candy Bombers used to pass by
I bear my cross in quietude
and carry my burden until my doubts are mute
in pursuit of home - my only cure
I will walk until my itchy feet are sore
I am overcome with wanderlust
as my balloon ascends in a heavy gust
certain those clouds soon roll by
so that I can see my balloon attempting to fly
I watch their vapour trails fade away
won't ever reach them 'cause they never stay
I bear my cross in quietude...
suddenly I hear their airplanes drone
they croon a song so haunting and unknown
a song about boundless freedom
a song they immortalise you in
I smell their fuel
and the smoke of burning wood
yes, I would
if you could
but we never should
airlifts and balloons
Indian summer
this second is weightless
wrapped in gossamer
now bear my cross in quietude
and lost my doubts and my parachute
free fall from the canopy
hoping for someone to catch me
still overcome with wanderlust
as my balloon ascends in a heavy gust
Lyrics submitted by gallowman20
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