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.
Move closer, set my mind on fire
Taking over
The world seems so alive
The world seems so alive
She slips into the night, and she is gone
Gone to set the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her Brother started school
Again today
A thought to pass the time,
To occupy my mind
While I'm waiting for her
Down in the basement
Listening to the rain
Thinking things over
I think it over again
Think it over again
She slipped into the night, and she is gone
Gone to set the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her Brother started school
Again today
A thought to pass the time,
To occupy my mind
While I'm waiting for her
I'm riding it down
Listening to the rain
She'll be here soon
I lie back and drift away
I lie back and drift away
She slipped into the night, and she is gone
Gone to set the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her Brother started school
Again today
A thought to pass the time,
To occupy my mind
While I'm waiting for her
I'm feeling so alive
Feeling so real
On this stormy night
The rain is coming down
Rain like never before
I've got some records on
And some bottles of wine
On this stormy night
The rain is lashing down
And I'm waiting for her
Taking over
The world seems so alive
The world seems so alive
She slips into the night, and she is gone
Gone to set the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her Brother started school
Again today
A thought to pass the time,
To occupy my mind
While I'm waiting for her
Down in the basement
Listening to the rain
Thinking things over
I think it over again
Think it over again
She slipped into the night, and she is gone
Gone to set the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her Brother started school
Again today
A thought to pass the time,
To occupy my mind
While I'm waiting for her
I'm riding it down
Listening to the rain
She'll be here soon
I lie back and drift away
I lie back and drift away
She slipped into the night, and she is gone
Gone to set the score, gone into the town
Rain shining in her eyes
Her Brother started school
Again today
A thought to pass the time,
To occupy my mind
While I'm waiting for her
I'm feeling so alive
Feeling so real
On this stormy night
The rain is coming down
Rain like never before
I've got some records on
And some bottles of wine
On this stormy night
The rain is lashing down
And I'm waiting for her
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Random: does this song have anything to do with the Bond movie "Goldfinger"...?