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.
I thought that you were joking
When you said you couldn't breathe
You said you couldn't breathe
Turns out that you were choking
On a town you couldn't leave
You knew you'd never leave
It met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old
You were only 8 years old
From then on there was no removal
From that one way dead end road
That one way dead end road
I thought that you were laughing
When you cried your eyeballs out
You cried your eyeballs out
And i don't mean to be prying
But what were you so sad about
What are you still sad about
Met your disappointment at the age of 9 years old
You were only 9 years old
From then on there would be no ointment
To take away these burns
To make that pain grow dull and forever ain't that long
When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song
All you think about is death
Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now
For way too long now
I thought that you were sleeping
When i found you there in bed
I found you there in bed
When i touched you you were freezing
It turned out that you were dead
It turned out that you were dead
It met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old
You were only 8 years old
From then on there was no removal
From your fucked up head and your broken home and forever ain't that long
When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song
All you think about is death
Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now
For way too long now
For way too long now
For way too long now
When you said you couldn't breathe
You said you couldn't breathe
Turns out that you were choking
On a town you couldn't leave
You knew you'd never leave
It met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old
You were only 8 years old
From then on there was no removal
From that one way dead end road
That one way dead end road
I thought that you were laughing
When you cried your eyeballs out
You cried your eyeballs out
And i don't mean to be prying
But what were you so sad about
What are you still sad about
Met your disappointment at the age of 9 years old
You were only 9 years old
From then on there would be no ointment
To take away these burns
To make that pain grow dull and forever ain't that long
When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song
All you think about is death
Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now
For way too long now
I thought that you were sleeping
When i found you there in bed
I found you there in bed
When i touched you you were freezing
It turned out that you were dead
It turned out that you were dead
It met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old
You were only 8 years old
From then on there was no removal
From your fucked up head and your broken home and forever ain't that long
When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song
All you think about is death
Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now
For way too long now
For way too long now
For way too long now
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
Dead End Road Lyrics as written by Derek R. Grant Daniel Michael Andriano
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Fortnight
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Page
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Wow Kiddo.. Calm yourself down a little bit. Don't give it all up for one song, and not to mention Alkaline Trio did go on tour with Blink182, but obviously since you are SUCH an Alk3 fan and all of you could have guessed that. I mean heaven forbid, since a good band, comes out with a video, they play it on MTV, and here all these Kids swoon over them, and kiss their ass, doesn't mean that in one heart beat they would ever fucking forget their first fans. If anything, I can say for one, that they fucking change their sound with every damn new member they receive in their band. So why in God's name is that any different? Ever heard of The Get Up Kids? Where did they start off? Kansas? Or so I'd like to think, do you like them? Maybe? If that is a Yes, what about the kids that were there in the beginning? Any clue? Sure, they still fucking love them more then anything. I hope I stand either next to, behind, or in front of any other person reading this, and say, that Alkaline Trio will always be Alkaline Trio. Just because one day a song of theirs will be played over the radio waves, and their video played on MTV, and they sell out a show in Chicago making millions of dollars for a single show, that they will always be Chicago, and they will always kick ass... I'm hoping no one is taking offense to this, but let me tell you, when you ream out a band such as them, you deserve everything I just said. Learn to keep your mouth shut Kid, and then maybe you'll be noticed for good things.