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.
Ooh, hey, hey, well, well, well
Do you mind if I tell the truth for a second, y'all? (Tell the truth)
Hey, hey
Maybe I deserve
To wonder who's calling so damn late
For you to say I'm trippin', it's just a homie from upstate (said it's just a homie)
Don't he know it's one o'clock in the morning
You say it's cool, baby, it's cool
Maybe I deserve
For you to say he's coming into town (later on this evening)
And he was just wondering if you and him can hang out
I don't like it but I know I gotta trust you
It ain't cool 'cause I know it's true
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For you to put on a sexy dress
For me to ask you, "Who the hell you tryna impress?" (the hell you tryna impress)
For you to laugh it off like it ain't nothin'
I know it's something, but maybe (maybe I deserve), just maybe
To sit a home and wonder where you are
Is he kissing you, touching you, holding you, what?
To take a drink and help ease my mind
I wanna be mad (wanna be), but after all those times
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For me to ask you where you been (maybe I deserve)
For you to say I better stop trippin' (maybe I deserve)
To grab your neck until you let me know (maybe I deserve)
For you to run crying, crying out the door (maybe I deserve)
To grab my coat and chase you down the street (maybe I deserve)
To say it ain't you, it's my own insecurity (maybe I deserve)
For you to say, "Yes I cheated on you" (maybe I deserve)
I won't care 'cause after all I put you through, maybe I deserve, girl (maybe I deserve)
To be mistreated sometimes (maybe I deserve)
To even be lied to sometimes, yeah, yeah, yeah (maybe I deserve)
Maybe, maybe you should go cheat on me (maybe I deserve)
(Maybe I deserve)
(Maybe I deserve)
Maybe I should sit and wait by the phone, uh (maybe I deserve)
'Cause I paged you about 3 or 4 times (maybe I deserve)
Girl, I know, girl, I know I then put you through (maybe I deserve)
Put you through hell
And I know that I, and I know that I
I know that I, that I deserve
See, a man can't take another man pleasing our woman, oh, no, no
We can't even stand waiting by the phone, uh
But we do the same shit
Do you mind if I tell the truth for a second, y'all? (Tell the truth)
Hey, hey
Maybe I deserve
To wonder who's calling so damn late
For you to say I'm trippin', it's just a homie from upstate (said it's just a homie)
Don't he know it's one o'clock in the morning
You say it's cool, baby, it's cool
Maybe I deserve
For you to say he's coming into town (later on this evening)
And he was just wondering if you and him can hang out
I don't like it but I know I gotta trust you
It ain't cool 'cause I know it's true
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For you to put on a sexy dress
For me to ask you, "Who the hell you tryna impress?" (the hell you tryna impress)
For you to laugh it off like it ain't nothin'
I know it's something, but maybe (maybe I deserve), just maybe
To sit a home and wonder where you are
Is he kissing you, touching you, holding you, what?
To take a drink and help ease my mind
I wanna be mad (wanna be), but after all those times
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For you to go out and find some other guy
Maybe I deserve
For you to stay out with him all night
Maybe I deserve
For you to do all the things I did to you
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve (oh yeah)
Maybe I deserve
For me to ask you where you been (maybe I deserve)
For you to say I better stop trippin' (maybe I deserve)
To grab your neck until you let me know (maybe I deserve)
For you to run crying, crying out the door (maybe I deserve)
To grab my coat and chase you down the street (maybe I deserve)
To say it ain't you, it's my own insecurity (maybe I deserve)
For you to say, "Yes I cheated on you" (maybe I deserve)
I won't care 'cause after all I put you through, maybe I deserve, girl (maybe I deserve)
To be mistreated sometimes (maybe I deserve)
To even be lied to sometimes, yeah, yeah, yeah (maybe I deserve)
Maybe, maybe you should go cheat on me (maybe I deserve)
(Maybe I deserve)
(Maybe I deserve)
Maybe I should sit and wait by the phone, uh (maybe I deserve)
'Cause I paged you about 3 or 4 times (maybe I deserve)
Girl, I know, girl, I know I then put you through (maybe I deserve)
Put you through hell
And I know that I, and I know that I
I know that I, that I deserve
See, a man can't take another man pleasing our woman, oh, no, no
We can't even stand waiting by the phone, uh
But we do the same shit
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