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.
in the city, the day is too hot
and you're hoping for relief, 'cuz your head is filled with pain,
but you get no relief, 'cuz the night is the same...
in the night, in the night you see through jaded eyes.
in the night, in the night you feel barely alive.
you live your life in darkness, you've got pennies on your eyes.
but you say that it's all right, 'cuz you've never lived a lie,
as you crawl back to your womblike existence in the night.
in the night, in the night you see through jaded eyes.
in the night, in the night you feel barely alive.
you can't see no light, but you hear those heavy footsteps,
and the little man inside twists your tormented mind.
your mind is filled with shadows, your palms are wet with sweat.
limbs are bound and tangled in a fatal net.
there are two things you can do.
one is turn and fight.
the other's run headlong into the night.
in the night, in the night you see through jaded eyes.
in the night, in the night you feel barely alive.
you can't see no light, but you hear those heavy footsteps,
and the breathing at your side, is it yours, or is it
good bye!
and you're hoping for relief, 'cuz your head is filled with pain,
but you get no relief, 'cuz the night is the same...
in the night, in the night you see through jaded eyes.
in the night, in the night you feel barely alive.
you live your life in darkness, you've got pennies on your eyes.
but you say that it's all right, 'cuz you've never lived a lie,
as you crawl back to your womblike existence in the night.
in the night, in the night you see through jaded eyes.
in the night, in the night you feel barely alive.
you can't see no light, but you hear those heavy footsteps,
and the little man inside twists your tormented mind.
your mind is filled with shadows, your palms are wet with sweat.
limbs are bound and tangled in a fatal net.
there are two things you can do.
one is turn and fight.
the other's run headlong into the night.
in the night, in the night you see through jaded eyes.
in the night, in the night you feel barely alive.
you can't see no light, but you hear those heavy footsteps,
and the breathing at your side, is it yours, or is it
good bye!
Lyrics submitted by punk_in_drublic99, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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I think this song is about the choice of death (literal or not) or fighting for your chance to survive. Nothing changes if you choose to go into the night and drift away.
I think this song relates to their non-religious thoughts, there is no light at the end, there is no difference, you just die... at least that is my take on the song
This song is about wanting to cling onto beliefs beyond all reason and common sense. Its about wanting to stay in a philosophical safe zone, where your beliefs aren't challenged and everyone lets knowledge regress into a state of ignorance.
"as you crawl back to your womblike existence in the night."
That lyric was the give away, to me.
"but you hear those heavy footsteps"
I think the footsteps in this song represent encroaching reason and the marginalizing of religion and its adherents.
its just "In The Night" but its a great song, just not sure what it means.
hmmm.... I think some of you many have over analyzed and scrutinized the lyrics of this one.
I think this song may just depict how poeple generally live in darkness and shadows ect. but its justified because they feel reveling out in the night validates their existance.
sometimes Im skeptical of the writers understanding of BR songs ha.