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.
Senorita, looks like you ain't done nothing good
When it ain't supposed to do
Oh no no no no
I seen her downtown about an hour ago
Behind the glass at a peep show
I got nervous 'cause I don't know
Can she see me behind that window?
It's almost nine and I'm back in line
I can't get the girl with the Spanish tears out of my mind
I've got to make her mine, all mine
But somethin' is wrong, she don't belong
She oughta be back where she's from
Maybe back on this Mexico City
Man, I don't know her but she sure is pretty
But God don't make lonely girls
Sure didn't want 'em in His world
God don't make lonely girls
Yeah, yeah, doo doo doo doo
Now when I make that girl all mine
I'm gonna stand by her once I get inside of
Her barbed wire, once I get inside
I bet she'd look good in a brand new dress
She never felt good in her fish net
She's got to be this towns best mess
But it ain't nothin' that her face would suggest
But God don't make lonely girls
Sure didn't want 'em in His world
God don't make lonely girls
Yeah, yeah, doo doo doo doo
I gotta make her see, I'm a guarantee
Oh, if she'd only come along with me
I can make her see
Gonna take a walk right through these walls
'Cause she's comin' home with me
I ain't even gonna touch her at all
Man, I'm only gonna lay awake and watch her sleep
But God don't make lonely girls
Sure didn't want 'em in His world
God don't make lonely girls
Yeah, yeah, doo doo doo doo
When it ain't supposed to do
Oh no no no no
I seen her downtown about an hour ago
Behind the glass at a peep show
I got nervous 'cause I don't know
Can she see me behind that window?
It's almost nine and I'm back in line
I can't get the girl with the Spanish tears out of my mind
I've got to make her mine, all mine
But somethin' is wrong, she don't belong
She oughta be back where she's from
Maybe back on this Mexico City
Man, I don't know her but she sure is pretty
But God don't make lonely girls
Sure didn't want 'em in His world
God don't make lonely girls
Yeah, yeah, doo doo doo doo
Now when I make that girl all mine
I'm gonna stand by her once I get inside of
Her barbed wire, once I get inside
I bet she'd look good in a brand new dress
She never felt good in her fish net
She's got to be this towns best mess
But it ain't nothin' that her face would suggest
But God don't make lonely girls
Sure didn't want 'em in His world
God don't make lonely girls
Yeah, yeah, doo doo doo doo
I gotta make her see, I'm a guarantee
Oh, if she'd only come along with me
I can make her see
Gonna take a walk right through these walls
'Cause she's comin' home with me
I ain't even gonna touch her at all
Man, I'm only gonna lay awake and watch her sleep
But God don't make lonely girls
Sure didn't want 'em in His world
God don't make lonely girls
Yeah, yeah, doo doo doo doo
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This song is amazing. It's about a girl he sees at a peep show (I think everyone knows what that is), and he sorta falls in love with her. He thinks she deserves a lot better than what she has. Eventually he gets her to come home with him. Where things go from there I guess is up in the air, but he's trying to give her a new start.