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.
This is my good eye
Do you hear a cow?
A rooster says
Here is a pig
The devil says
Painted blue across my eyes
Tied the linen on
And I'm on my way, on my way
Looking for the paradigm
So I can pass it off
Is it on my side, on my side
Is it to the sky, is it to the sky, is it to the sky, now
Searching for the ground with my good eye closed
If I took you for a ride, would you take it wrong?
Or would you make it right, make it right?
Looking for a pedestal that I can put you on
And be on my way, on my way
Is it to the sky, is it to the sky, is it to the sky now
Searching for a ground with my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
Stop you're trying to bruise my mind
I can, I can do it on my own
Stop you're trying to kill my time
It's been my death since I was born
I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost
But, but I'm on my way, on my way
(Is it to the sky?)
(Is it to the sky?)
(Is it to the sky?
(Is it to the sky?)
(And I'm on my way) is it to the sky?
(On my way) to the sky
(On my way) to the sky
(I'm on my way) to the sky
I'm on my way
On my way
To the sky
To the sky
On my way
On my way
Is it to the sky?
Is it to the sky?
Do you hear a cow?
A rooster says
Here is a pig
The devil says
Painted blue across my eyes
Tied the linen on
And I'm on my way, on my way
Looking for the paradigm
So I can pass it off
Is it on my side, on my side
Is it to the sky, is it to the sky, is it to the sky, now
Searching for the ground with my good eye closed
If I took you for a ride, would you take it wrong?
Or would you make it right, make it right?
Looking for a pedestal that I can put you on
And be on my way, on my way
Is it to the sky, is it to the sky, is it to the sky now
Searching for a ground with my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
With my good eye closed
Stop you're trying to bruise my mind
I can, I can do it on my own
Stop you're trying to kill my time
It's been my death since I was born
I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost
But, but I'm on my way, on my way
(Is it to the sky?)
(Is it to the sky?)
(Is it to the sky?
(Is it to the sky?)
(And I'm on my way) is it to the sky?
(On my way) to the sky
(On my way) to the sky
(I'm on my way) to the sky
I'm on my way
On my way
To the sky
To the sky
On my way
On my way
Is it to the sky?
Is it to the sky?
Lyrics submitted by jt, edited by Mellow_Harsher, halfwheeler
Searching With My Good Eye Closed Lyrics as written by Chris Cornell
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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