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.
[Chorus]: x3]
Pistol packin', never slackin', bitch killa'
Pistol packin', never slackin', bitch smackin' killa'
As I slip into the back of my mind
And thinkin' of gettin' caught man how could I do the time
The crime is a murder heard you fuckin' with my nig
The magnum's gonna serve ya, bitch I'm fixin to split your wig
I'm thinkin' out ways to get lose without a trace
You see without a pistol man they do not have a case
Erasin' a fool wait until he leaves the house
Walkin' around his corner ride by and takin' him out
The box on the blocks police ride up on the scene
Witnesses saw the shots and I know they heard her scream
Redeem me the testimonies would not even last
In court because everybody they saw wore a mask
The blast from the gun was the hollow point tips
The kind that leave you dead in a damn perfect hit
I trips off a fool tryin' me on the for realla
He's fuckin' with a pistol packin', bitch smackin' killa'
[Chorus: x4]
As I ride through the hood with some undisputed niggas
Pain sellin', dope smokin', cold-blooded killers
Trigga, my nigga from the north Frayser area
Down with the Patster causin' mass hysteria
Well ever stoked out best we leave with no doubt
Ridin' through the other side ready to take a punk out
Assed out sucker types you gonna learn your lesson
Let me see your gangsta friends shootin' Smith and Wessons
Testin' the clan just to see if you can get enough
You's a foolish man I'll be damned if we don't fuck you up
So whassup with your posse with your fuckin' game punk
Fuckin' with these hitmen you gonna get your ass dumped
Pop the trunk, get your pump, let's see what you made of
Watch me kill a bitch with a .38 bullet slug
Sell your drugs I don't care if you a dope dealer
Best pack a pistol bitch cause I'm a killer
[Chorus: x2]
You say I need to take care of my business
Well why are you pussy-eatin' motherfuckers in it
You about to witness a mafia called Triple 6
Real niggas that don't fall all over bullshit
I'm tired of these motherfuckers lickin' and my Joesta
Let me ride up on ya with the tec and Imma show ya
You don't know me well punk bitch nigga bring it on
Niggas don't fight no more junk niggas carry tones
I tried to be done at first now I'm just another devil
Walkin' with a psychotic mind and a piece of metal
[Chorus: x4]
Pistol packin', never slackin', bitch killa'
Pistol packin', never slackin', bitch smackin' killa'
As I slip into the back of my mind
And thinkin' of gettin' caught man how could I do the time
The crime is a murder heard you fuckin' with my nig
The magnum's gonna serve ya, bitch I'm fixin to split your wig
I'm thinkin' out ways to get lose without a trace
You see without a pistol man they do not have a case
Erasin' a fool wait until he leaves the house
Walkin' around his corner ride by and takin' him out
The box on the blocks police ride up on the scene
Witnesses saw the shots and I know they heard her scream
Redeem me the testimonies would not even last
In court because everybody they saw wore a mask
The blast from the gun was the hollow point tips
The kind that leave you dead in a damn perfect hit
I trips off a fool tryin' me on the for realla
He's fuckin' with a pistol packin', bitch smackin' killa'
[Chorus: x4]
As I ride through the hood with some undisputed niggas
Pain sellin', dope smokin', cold-blooded killers
Trigga, my nigga from the north Frayser area
Down with the Patster causin' mass hysteria
Well ever stoked out best we leave with no doubt
Ridin' through the other side ready to take a punk out
Assed out sucker types you gonna learn your lesson
Let me see your gangsta friends shootin' Smith and Wessons
Testin' the clan just to see if you can get enough
You's a foolish man I'll be damned if we don't fuck you up
So whassup with your posse with your fuckin' game punk
Fuckin' with these hitmen you gonna get your ass dumped
Pop the trunk, get your pump, let's see what you made of
Watch me kill a bitch with a .38 bullet slug
Sell your drugs I don't care if you a dope dealer
Best pack a pistol bitch cause I'm a killer
[Chorus: x2]
You say I need to take care of my business
Well why are you pussy-eatin' motherfuckers in it
You about to witness a mafia called Triple 6
Real niggas that don't fall all over bullshit
I'm tired of these motherfuckers lickin' and my Joesta
Let me ride up on ya with the tec and Imma show ya
You don't know me well punk bitch nigga bring it on
Niggas don't fight no more junk niggas carry tones
I tried to be done at first now I'm just another devil
Walkin' with a psychotic mind and a piece of metal
[Chorus: x4]
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