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.
So it’s a new day
But it all feels old
It’s a good life
That’s what I’m told
But everything it all just feels the same
At my high school
It felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
But I think they thought it would never end
Cuz I don’t ever wanna be like you
I don’t wanna do the things you do
I’m never gonna hear the words you say
And I don’t ever wanna
No I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, Don’t wanna be you
go to college
a university
get a real job
thats what they said to me
but i could never live the way they want
im gonna get by
and just do my time
im gonna step up
while the others get in line
im just a minor threat so pay no mind
Do you really want to be like them?
Do you really wanna be another trend?
Are you gonna be part of that crowd?
Cuz I don’t ever wanna
No, I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, don’t wanna be you
Shake it once that’s fine
Shake it twice that’s ok
Shake it 3 times you’re playing with yourself again
You, don’t wanna be just like you
what I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all you’re hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Yea, don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is this is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
But it all feels old
It’s a good life
That’s what I’m told
But everything it all just feels the same
At my high school
It felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
But I think they thought it would never end
Cuz I don’t ever wanna be like you
I don’t wanna do the things you do
I’m never gonna hear the words you say
And I don’t ever wanna
No I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, Don’t wanna be you
go to college
a university
get a real job
thats what they said to me
but i could never live the way they want
im gonna get by
and just do my time
im gonna step up
while the others get in line
im just a minor threat so pay no mind
Do you really want to be like them?
Do you really wanna be another trend?
Are you gonna be part of that crowd?
Cuz I don’t ever wanna
No, I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, don’t wanna be you
Shake it once that’s fine
Shake it twice that’s ok
Shake it 3 times you’re playing with yourself again
You, don’t wanna be just like you
what I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all you’re hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Yea, don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is this is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Lyrics submitted by sadpunk2866
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