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.
Now I can take this, everything I know
Realize that I'm nothing I wanted to be
I can never change anything I've done
Because it's the only thing I have left
Blame yourself again for what I didn't do
Never even knew it was coming from me
It changed the way I felt, the worst is yet to come
Because I have gone too far now
[Chorus]
Nobody
Changed my mind
And it leads me to a new disease
Somebody
Let it die
But it still becomes a new disease
Is this all worth what this has done to me
Watered down my senses and turned them on me
Fuck morality and everything I know
If I didn't hate this than I couldn't cope
Impersonate myself for what I used to be
Denial is all that's left now
Nobody (repeats x4)
Changed my mind
And it leads me to a new disease
Somebody (repeats x4)
Let it die
But it still becomes a new disease \
But it still becomes a new disease
Seething in my head
I'm suffering instead
I can't remember why
This meant so much to me doubt
Did I ever want this?
It's all I could've been, it's all I would've been doubt
Did I ever want this?
It's all I've ever been, it's all I'll ever be
Seething in my head
I'm suffering instead
I can't remember why
This meant so much to me
[Chorus]
Realize that I'm nothing I wanted to be
I can never change anything I've done
Because it's the only thing I have left
Blame yourself again for what I didn't do
Never even knew it was coming from me
It changed the way I felt, the worst is yet to come
Because I have gone too far now
[Chorus]
Nobody
Changed my mind
And it leads me to a new disease
Somebody
Let it die
But it still becomes a new disease
Is this all worth what this has done to me
Watered down my senses and turned them on me
Fuck morality and everything I know
If I didn't hate this than I couldn't cope
Impersonate myself for what I used to be
Denial is all that's left now
Nobody (repeats x4)
Changed my mind
And it leads me to a new disease
Somebody (repeats x4)
Let it die
But it still becomes a new disease \
But it still becomes a new disease
Seething in my head
I'm suffering instead
I can't remember why
This meant so much to me doubt
Did I ever want this?
It's all I could've been, it's all I would've been doubt
Did I ever want this?
It's all I've ever been, it's all I'll ever be
Seething in my head
I'm suffering instead
I can't remember why
This meant so much to me
[Chorus]
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raymondo nailed this one. I never really had any ideas as to what this song meant. I saw Spineshank this summer (2009) on Disturbed's "Music As A Weapon" tour and right before they played this song Johnny said something like "This song is for everyone out there like us that doesn't care and just likes to smoke weed, drink whiskey and get fucked up all the time."