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.
Is it merely because you're down on your luck,
Or is cause you're lazy as fuck,
Pick the words that best describe you,
Hide them in the soles of your shoe,
Can you feel the fury's running a muck,
Running over you like a monster truck,
You're not doing what you were born to do,
Stop pretending like you don't know it's true,
The thing I like most about you,
Is that you're held together with glue,
And you let them tell what you can't do,
Even though they all do it too,
Now you're getting what you give,
Everything is relative,
Increase the cost,
We both are lost,
Now that I live with you,
Ahhhhhh ha ha ha haaaaa,
Is our society that's making you sick,
Or could it be you're just a nasty prick,
Hiding all your meanest faces,
Retreating to your hiding places,
Is the quicksand you're in running too quick,
Cause getting out of that would be a neat trick,
And everything you do goes nowhere,
It's as if you have to lie to cut your hair,
But you got a couple of good things going for you,
You got a pentagram tattoo,
And an authentic didgeridoo,
Even though you can't carry a tune,
And the good times have to end,
Hope to see you around here again,
You best believe,
That I can't leave,
When I'm still in you,
Or is cause you're lazy as fuck,
Pick the words that best describe you,
Hide them in the soles of your shoe,
Can you feel the fury's running a muck,
Running over you like a monster truck,
You're not doing what you were born to do,
Stop pretending like you don't know it's true,
The thing I like most about you,
Is that you're held together with glue,
And you let them tell what you can't do,
Even though they all do it too,
Now you're getting what you give,
Everything is relative,
Increase the cost,
We both are lost,
Now that I live with you,
Ahhhhhh ha ha ha haaaaa,
Is our society that's making you sick,
Or could it be you're just a nasty prick,
Hiding all your meanest faces,
Retreating to your hiding places,
Is the quicksand you're in running too quick,
Cause getting out of that would be a neat trick,
And everything you do goes nowhere,
It's as if you have to lie to cut your hair,
But you got a couple of good things going for you,
You got a pentagram tattoo,
And an authentic didgeridoo,
Even though you can't carry a tune,
And the good times have to end,
Hope to see you around here again,
You best believe,
That I can't leave,
When I'm still in you,
Lyrics submitted by hornytheclown
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