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.
Lost it on the chesterfield
Or maybe on a gambling wheel
Lost it in a diamond mine
It's dark as hell and hard to find
You can climb to the top of the highest tree
You can look around but you still won't see
What I'm looking for
Where the good times gone?
Where the good times gone?
All that stupid fun
And all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone?
Well, I still don't know
Out in the back in the old corn field
Underneath a tractor wheel
Thought I'd dig till I found it first (yeah)
Broke my back and died of thirst
You can bribe the devil, you can pray to God
You can sell off everything you've got
And you still won't know
Where the good times gone?
Where the good times gone?
All the stupid fun
And all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone?
And you still don't know
Saw it on the silver screen
Preacher says, "Don't know what it means"
Last page ad in a comic book
Bought me a map, showed me where to look
It ain't carved of stone or made of wood
And if you paid for it, then it ain't no good
And you still won't know
What I'm looking for
Oh, where the good times gone?
Where the good times gone?
All the stupid fun
And all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone? Oh, yeah
Or maybe on a gambling wheel
Lost it in a diamond mine
It's dark as hell and hard to find
You can climb to the top of the highest tree
You can look around but you still won't see
What I'm looking for
Where the good times gone?
Where the good times gone?
All that stupid fun
And all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone?
Well, I still don't know
Out in the back in the old corn field
Underneath a tractor wheel
Thought I'd dig till I found it first (yeah)
Broke my back and died of thirst
You can bribe the devil, you can pray to God
You can sell off everything you've got
And you still won't know
Where the good times gone?
Where the good times gone?
All the stupid fun
And all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone?
And you still don't know
Saw it on the silver screen
Preacher says, "Don't know what it means"
Last page ad in a comic book
Bought me a map, showed me where to look
It ain't carved of stone or made of wood
And if you paid for it, then it ain't no good
And you still won't know
What I'm looking for
Oh, where the good times gone?
Where the good times gone?
All the stupid fun
And all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone? Oh, yeah
Lyrics submitted by lemonie_fresh
Good Times Gone Lyrics as written by Michael Douglas Henry Kroeger Chad Kroeger
Lyrics © Regard Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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