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 could aim
But I could not fire
Got a bullet to spare
To kill my desire
Who's calling the shots?
One of us must make the peace
To have or to have not
The fire has got to cease
I'm loaded
Don't know where to point this thing
It's a sin
How we hit where it hurts
Who's calling the shots?
One of us (one of us) must end this masquerade
To have or to have not
Let's heal the wounds that we've made
It's a war of the hearts (it's a war of the hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
Got a bullet to spare, don't want to send it your way
Who's calling the shots?
One of us (one of us) must make the peace
To have or to have not
The fire has got to cease
It's a war of the hearts (it's a war of the hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
I'm loaded
Don't know where to point this thing
(It's a sin) it's a sin
How we hit where it hurts (how we hit where it hurts)
One of us (one of us)
Gotta end this masquerade
Gotta heal the wounds that we've made
I've got a bullet to spare
Don't want to send it your way
If you want to end it
If you want to end it, just say
It's a war of the hearts (it's a war of the hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
(gotta end this masquerade)
I've got a bullet to spare
And we don't want to send it your way
If you want to end it (it's a)
If you want to end it (war of the)
Just say (hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
It's a war of the hearts
It's a war of the hearts
But I could not fire
Got a bullet to spare
To kill my desire
Who's calling the shots?
One of us must make the peace
To have or to have not
The fire has got to cease
I'm loaded
Don't know where to point this thing
It's a sin
How we hit where it hurts
Who's calling the shots?
One of us (one of us) must end this masquerade
To have or to have not
Let's heal the wounds that we've made
It's a war of the hearts (it's a war of the hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
Got a bullet to spare, don't want to send it your way
Who's calling the shots?
One of us (one of us) must make the peace
To have or to have not
The fire has got to cease
It's a war of the hearts (it's a war of the hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
I'm loaded
Don't know where to point this thing
(It's a sin) it's a sin
How we hit where it hurts (how we hit where it hurts)
One of us (one of us)
Gotta end this masquerade
Gotta heal the wounds that we've made
I've got a bullet to spare
Don't want to send it your way
If you want to end it
If you want to end it, just say
It's a war of the hearts (it's a war of the hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
(gotta end this masquerade)
I've got a bullet to spare
And we don't want to send it your way
If you want to end it (it's a)
If you want to end it (war of the)
Just say (hearts)
It's a war of the hearts
It's a war of the hearts
It's a war of the hearts
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Nothing mind bending. " got a bullet". We all have ammunition we save for when there is a fight. Arguments often are like games of chicken. Who will break the ice first? Yes the title. War and Hearts . Hearts associated with love but in the context of war. I love this album.