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.
Could you be the one they talk about?
Hiding inside, behind another door?
Is it only happiness you want?
Does wanting a feeling matter any more?
It doesn't mean that much to me
Sometimes I don't mean that much to you
And I don't even know what I'm hiding for
And I don't even know what I'm crying for
Don't even know what I'm hiding for
Cry inside
Cry inside
Could you be the one they talk about?
Life is a game that only you can make
Maybe I'm about to throw it out
I've given it all, that's all I can take
It doesn't mean that much to me
Sometimes I don't mean that much to you
And I don't even know what I'm hiding for
And I don't even know what I'm crying for
I don't even know
Well, could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one that's hanging all around?
Don't even know what I'm crying for
Don't even know what I'm hiding for
Don't even try
Hide and sigh
And I don't even know what I'm crying for
Don't even know what I'm hiding for
Don't even know, could you be the only broken-hearted one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one that's hanging all around?
Don't even know
I don't even know?
Well, could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Hiding inside, behind another door?
Is it only happiness you want?
Does wanting a feeling matter any more?
It doesn't mean that much to me
Sometimes I don't mean that much to you
And I don't even know what I'm hiding for
And I don't even know what I'm crying for
Don't even know what I'm hiding for
Cry inside
Cry inside
Could you be the one they talk about?
Life is a game that only you can make
Maybe I'm about to throw it out
I've given it all, that's all I can take
It doesn't mean that much to me
Sometimes I don't mean that much to you
And I don't even know what I'm hiding for
And I don't even know what I'm crying for
I don't even know
Well, could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one that's hanging all around?
Don't even know what I'm crying for
Don't even know what I'm hiding for
Don't even try
Hide and sigh
And I don't even know what I'm crying for
Don't even know what I'm hiding for
Don't even know, could you be the only broken-hearted one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one that's hanging all around?
Don't even know
I don't even know?
Well, could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one?
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Could You Be the One? Lyrics as written by Bob Mould
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