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.
Well, I woke up this morning
On the wrong side of the bed
And how I got to thinkin'
About all those things you said
About ordinary people
And how they make you sick
And if callin' names kicks back on you
Then I hope this does the trick
'Cause I'm a sick of your complainin'
About how many bills
And I'm sick of all your bitchin'
'Bout your poodles and your pills
And I just can't see no humor
About your way of life
And I think I can do more for you
With this here fork and knife
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich, take one bite now, spit out the rest, uh huh
So I called up my head shrinker and I told him what I'd done
Said, "You'd best go on a diet, yeah, I hope you have some fun"
And a don't go burst a bubble on the rich folks who get rude
'Cause you won't get in no trouble when you eats that kinda food
Now their smokin' up the junk bonds and then they go get stiff
And they're dancin' in the yacht club with Muff and Uncle Biff
But there's one good thing that happens when you toss your pearls to swine
Their attitudes may taste like shit but go real good with wine
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich, take one bite now, spit out the rest
Believe in all the good things that money just can't buy
Then you won't get no belly ache from eatin' humble pie
I believe in rags to riches, your inheritance won't last
So take your Grey Poupon my friend and shove it up your ass
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich, take one bite now, spit out the rest
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, don't stop me now, I'm goin' crazy
Eat the rich, that's my idea of a good time, baby
On the wrong side of the bed
And how I got to thinkin'
About all those things you said
About ordinary people
And how they make you sick
And if callin' names kicks back on you
Then I hope this does the trick
'Cause I'm a sick of your complainin'
About how many bills
And I'm sick of all your bitchin'
'Bout your poodles and your pills
And I just can't see no humor
About your way of life
And I think I can do more for you
With this here fork and knife
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich, take one bite now, spit out the rest, uh huh
So I called up my head shrinker and I told him what I'd done
Said, "You'd best go on a diet, yeah, I hope you have some fun"
And a don't go burst a bubble on the rich folks who get rude
'Cause you won't get in no trouble when you eats that kinda food
Now their smokin' up the junk bonds and then they go get stiff
And they're dancin' in the yacht club with Muff and Uncle Biff
But there's one good thing that happens when you toss your pearls to swine
Their attitudes may taste like shit but go real good with wine
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich, take one bite now, spit out the rest
Believe in all the good things that money just can't buy
Then you won't get no belly ache from eatin' humble pie
I believe in rags to riches, your inheritance won't last
So take your Grey Poupon my friend and shove it up your ass
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich, take one bite now, spit out the rest
Eat the rich, there's only one thing they're good for
Eat the rich, take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich, don't stop me now, I'm goin' crazy
Eat the rich, that's my idea of a good time, baby
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@acetica FULLY AGREE!! I learned this song on guitar just because it was so much fun to play, but I have always begrudged how uninspired the lyrics were. The chorus is perfectly fine, but the words in each verse just feel like they were forced filler to get to the chorus again -- with a few money clichés and mixed metaphors.