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 found it hard, tried to reserve
I'll get it right when I am heard
(Hot for me)
The man's his own
(Hot for me)
To her he'll go
(Hot for me)
But I'll be fine
(Hot for me)
'Cause I know
He's in her heart, on the floor thinkin' than I'll never know
I'll be up going through crazy shit I did for you
In my mind, in my head seeing all the words unsaid
Honey honey I am never coming home again
I've been lied to
So what's the truth?
Now I'm not gonna hide it all, keep it in all from you
I've been dying to know what you tried
You've been lying so
Honey I'm not your honey pie
He's in her heart, on the floor thinking that I'll never know
I'll be up going through crazy shit I did for you
In my mind, in my head seeing all the words unsaid
Honey honey I am never coming home again
If you want to see me baby please
Been holding on for eternity
Say you only want me
Missing you never led to much of anything
If you wanna know, if you wanna show
How it means, what it seems, seems to be,
Held by a thread, tried to forget
But I'll never let it go
Honey I'm not your honey pie
Tried to lie, dying to hear all lies
Trying to
Tried to lie, dying to hear all lies
Trying
He's in her heart, on the floor thinkin' than I'll never know
I'll be up going through crazy shit I did for you
In my mind, in my head seeing all the words unsaid
Honey honey I am never coming home again
I've been lied to
So what's the truth?
Now I'm not gonna hide it all, keep it in all from you
I've been dying to know what you tried
You've been lying so
Honey I'm not your honey pie
I'll get it right when I am heard
(Hot for me)
The man's his own
(Hot for me)
To her he'll go
(Hot for me)
But I'll be fine
(Hot for me)
'Cause I know
He's in her heart, on the floor thinkin' than I'll never know
I'll be up going through crazy shit I did for you
In my mind, in my head seeing all the words unsaid
Honey honey I am never coming home again
I've been lied to
So what's the truth?
Now I'm not gonna hide it all, keep it in all from you
I've been dying to know what you tried
You've been lying so
Honey I'm not your honey pie
He's in her heart, on the floor thinking that I'll never know
I'll be up going through crazy shit I did for you
In my mind, in my head seeing all the words unsaid
Honey honey I am never coming home again
If you want to see me baby please
Been holding on for eternity
Say you only want me
Missing you never led to much of anything
If you wanna know, if you wanna show
How it means, what it seems, seems to be,
Held by a thread, tried to forget
But I'll never let it go
Honey I'm not your honey pie
Tried to lie, dying to hear all lies
Trying to
Tried to lie, dying to hear all lies
Trying
He's in her heart, on the floor thinkin' than I'll never know
I'll be up going through crazy shit I did for you
In my mind, in my head seeing all the words unsaid
Honey honey I am never coming home again
I've been lied to
So what's the truth?
Now I'm not gonna hide it all, keep it in all from you
I've been dying to know what you tried
You've been lying so
Honey I'm not your honey pie
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
My Song 5 Lyrics as written by Danielle Sari Haim Alana Mychal Haim
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I think this song is talking about how the narrator knows that her man is cheating on her. She goes through "crazy shit I did for you," meaning all the lengths she went to make sure he was happy and he still strays from her. She's angry at herself for putting so much effort into something the other half of the relationship continuously hurt.
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