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.
Oh this is what it's coming to
Another Waterloo
You wanna put me underground
'Cause I'm overused
Giving up as you're pulling me down
I will make you come unglued
You can cover me in subtleties
What an effigy
I can fake it 'cause you'll never be the real to me
I'm innocent, I know I'm near the end
But if I can't understand I will never win
The more I know my mind
The more I leave you all behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'll never obey, but I'll always decide
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
Oh you're the epitome
Of all the shit in me
And I'm surrounded by the people I will never be
Either way I've got nothing to prove
To a son of a bitch like you
Well this is hell and I wanted it
But I'm an idiot
It's a phase 'cause I know I'm illegitimate
Kill it
I wanna see it
I wanna feel it
I will be here forever
The more I know my mind
The more I leave you all behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'll never obey, and I'll always decide
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
The more I know my mind
The more I leave this world behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'm already gone, I'm already alive
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
In the House of Gold and Bones
In the House of Gold and Bones
Another Waterloo
You wanna put me underground
'Cause I'm overused
Giving up as you're pulling me down
I will make you come unglued
You can cover me in subtleties
What an effigy
I can fake it 'cause you'll never be the real to me
I'm innocent, I know I'm near the end
But if I can't understand I will never win
The more I know my mind
The more I leave you all behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'll never obey, but I'll always decide
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
Oh you're the epitome
Of all the shit in me
And I'm surrounded by the people I will never be
Either way I've got nothing to prove
To a son of a bitch like you
Well this is hell and I wanted it
But I'm an idiot
It's a phase 'cause I know I'm illegitimate
Kill it
I wanna see it
I wanna feel it
I will be here forever
The more I know my mind
The more I leave you all behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'll never obey, and I'll always decide
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
The more I know my mind
The more I leave this world behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'm already gone, I'm already alive
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
Oh my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
In the House of Gold and Bones
In the House of Gold and Bones
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