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.
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
The world is a shit tip, your children are fucked
The ones you think guard you are out for your blood
Well, our minds are battered and washed out with static
But what exactly do you think you're gonna do?
United we'll fail, divided we'll fall
We're fucked, but you're making it worse
United we'll fail, divided we'll fall
Give up 'cause you're making it so much worse
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
Oh, give me a break, you delude
Ill-informed, self-serving pricks
If you really believe in the words that you preach
Get off your screens and onto the streets
There will be no peaceful revolution
No war without blood
You can say I'm just a fool that stands for nothing
Well, to that, I say you're a cunt
Kick it
United we'll fail (united we'll fail)
Divided we'll fall (divided we'll fall)
United we'll fail
We're fucked, but you're making it worse
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
The world is a shit tip, your children are fucked
The ones you think guard you are out for your blood
Well, our minds are battered and washed out with static
But what exactly do you think you're gonna do?
United we'll fail, divided we'll fall
We're fucked, but you're making it worse
United we'll fail, divided we'll fall
Give up 'cause you're making it so much worse
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
Oh, give me a break, you delude
Ill-informed, self-serving pricks
If you really believe in the words that you preach
Get off your screens and onto the streets
There will be no peaceful revolution
No war without blood
You can say I'm just a fool that stands for nothing
Well, to that, I say you're a cunt
Kick it
United we'll fail (united we'll fail)
Divided we'll fall (divided we'll fall)
United we'll fail
We're fucked, but you're making it worse
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
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Great version of a great song,
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At a guess its relating to some twat who throws everything back in your face? i've had someone do that and this song made me think "yep sums that situation up at my end"