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.
These walls are paper thin
And everyone hears every little sound
Everyone's a voyeurist
They're watching me, watch them, watch me right now
They're shaking hands, they're shaking in their shoes
Oh Lord, don't shake me down
Everyone wants two of them
And half of everyone else moves around
It's been agreed the whole world stinks
So no one's taking showers anymore
Laugh hard, it's a long ways to the bank
I can't be blamed for nothing anymore
It's been a long time since you've been around
Laugh hard, it's a long ways to the bank
Tow the line to tax the time, you know
That you don't owe
I can't be a fool for everyone
That I don't know
These walls are paper thin
And everyone hears every little sound
Everyone's a voyeurist
They're watching me, watch them, watch me right now
They're shaking hands, they're shaking in their shoes
Oh Lord, don't shake me down
Everyone wants two of them
And half of everyone else moves around
It's been agreed the whole world stinks
So no one's taking showers anymore
Laugh hard, it's a long ways to the bank
Tow the line to tax the time, you know
That you don't owe
I can't be a fool for everyone
That I don't know
And everyone hears every little sound
Everyone's a voyeurist
They're watching me, watch them, watch me right now
They're shaking hands, they're shaking in their shoes
Oh Lord, don't shake me down
Everyone wants two of them
And half of everyone else moves around
It's been agreed the whole world stinks
So no one's taking showers anymore
Laugh hard, it's a long ways to the bank
I can't be blamed for nothing anymore
It's been a long time since you've been around
Laugh hard, it's a long ways to the bank
Tow the line to tax the time, you know
That you don't owe
I can't be a fool for everyone
That I don't know
These walls are paper thin
And everyone hears every little sound
Everyone's a voyeurist
They're watching me, watch them, watch me right now
They're shaking hands, they're shaking in their shoes
Oh Lord, don't shake me down
Everyone wants two of them
And half of everyone else moves around
It's been agreed the whole world stinks
So no one's taking showers anymore
Laugh hard, it's a long ways to the bank
Tow the line to tax the time, you know
That you don't owe
I can't be a fool for everyone
That I don't know
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Paper Thin Walls Lyrics as written by Isaac Brock Eric Judy
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Its like the paper thin walls bit is reffering to how easy it is to see what other people are doing and fit in with the social norm.
"These walls are paper thin And everyone hears every little sound Everyone's a voyeur, their watching me Watch them, watch me right now "
Then he goes onto say that people will do what they must to get ahead even if they now its wrong.
"They're shakin’ hands, they're shakin’ in their shoes Oh Lord, don't shake me down"
And how greedy everyone is and how people in third world countires starve to keep the west fat and lazy.(no offence to any nice westeners)
"Everyone wants two of them And half of everyone else who’s around"
Then he goes on to say that since evryone acts this way its become okay to do so even if its really bad.
"Its been agreed, the whole world stinks So no ones taking showers anymore"
And then he says that all this greed is pointless ad eventually tiresome even if you find a little pleasure in it.
"Laugh hard its a long ways to the bank."
And eventually he goes on to say how he doesnt care how everyone else acts he's just going to be honest with himself and let everyone else get on with their lives and how he'll let himself be abused for others profit cos he doesnt care about the money. He'll no longer let himself be dragged down by others.
"I can't be blamed for nothin’ anymore It's been a long time since you've been around Laugh hard it’s a long ways to the bank Tow the line to tax the time, you know That you don't owe I can't be a fool for everyone that I don't know"