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.
she came out of salon and she was walking sideways
she got into her car and turned the steering wheel my way
the lifters only pulled her into the corners of her eyes
the walls fall all around her sunny skies
she suffered from debatable afflictions
don't remember her sick before she got the prescription
she always wore sunglasses, she thought they made her look so goddamn cool
shaking with the dog out back by the swimming pool
everytime her name comes up i stare into my coffee cup
everytime the jets fly over, pretty little overdoser
taking two kinds of pills from just one container
swallowing them both without any water
sometimes they stick in her throat, but in the morning everything's alright
we could all use a little sleep tonight
everytime her name comes up i stare into my coffee cup
everytime the movie's over, pretty little overdoser
slumped beneath her theater seat, smiling like a nominee, yeah
swimming pool had purple lights, those purple drinks were dynamite
i woke up, i was black and blue, hey girl what did we do?
said you might remember pretty soon
i hope you don't remember pretty soon
think it was a three day rave
think i got the flyer saved
we were naked on a sunday afternoon
made it until sunday afternoon
she got into her car and turned the steering wheel my way
the lifters only pulled her into the corners of her eyes
the walls fall all around her sunny skies
she suffered from debatable afflictions
don't remember her sick before she got the prescription
she always wore sunglasses, she thought they made her look so goddamn cool
shaking with the dog out back by the swimming pool
everytime her name comes up i stare into my coffee cup
everytime the jets fly over, pretty little overdoser
taking two kinds of pills from just one container
swallowing them both without any water
sometimes they stick in her throat, but in the morning everything's alright
we could all use a little sleep tonight
everytime her name comes up i stare into my coffee cup
everytime the movie's over, pretty little overdoser
slumped beneath her theater seat, smiling like a nominee, yeah
swimming pool had purple lights, those purple drinks were dynamite
i woke up, i was black and blue, hey girl what did we do?
said you might remember pretty soon
i hope you don't remember pretty soon
think it was a three day rave
think i got the flyer saved
we were naked on a sunday afternoon
made it until sunday afternoon
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