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.
Don't you know the world is ending soon?
It's in the paper now.. they sold the moon
But my girl has been bad
And I'm afraid that she won't fit into his plans
Oh no, she forgot to wash her hands
So when God comes, tell him I'm on the phone
With something more beautiful
Then he will ever have the chance to know
And if God burns all his dirty kids
Then we'll watch the stars move closer everytime we kiss
This is a time when you can still come clean
Though it never pays to force such hygeine
But there's no love in space
That could take the place of how a sinful little face
Makes me want to give up the human race
So if God wants to go an be like this
Then we'll watch the stars move closer everytime we kiss
I'd rather die than have to miss this..
Time with you, inside your room
Where the morning always comes too soon
Oh, I'd rather stay here and watch the world die with you
So when God comes tell him I'm on the phone
With something more beautiful
Then you will ever have the chance to know
And if God burns all his dirty kids
Then we'll watch the stars move closer everytime we kiss
I'd rather die than have to miss this
It's in the paper now.. they sold the moon
But my girl has been bad
And I'm afraid that she won't fit into his plans
Oh no, she forgot to wash her hands
So when God comes, tell him I'm on the phone
With something more beautiful
Then he will ever have the chance to know
And if God burns all his dirty kids
Then we'll watch the stars move closer everytime we kiss
This is a time when you can still come clean
Though it never pays to force such hygeine
But there's no love in space
That could take the place of how a sinful little face
Makes me want to give up the human race
So if God wants to go an be like this
Then we'll watch the stars move closer everytime we kiss
I'd rather die than have to miss this..
Time with you, inside your room
Where the morning always comes too soon
Oh, I'd rather stay here and watch the world die with you
So when God comes tell him I'm on the phone
With something more beautiful
Then you will ever have the chance to know
And if God burns all his dirty kids
Then we'll watch the stars move closer everytime we kiss
I'd rather die than have to miss this
Lyrics submitted by Mopnugget
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