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.
Oh-oh, hey
When they push, when they pull
Tell me, you can hold on?
When they say you should change
Can you lift your head high
And stay strong?
Will you give up, give in
When your hearts crying out
That it's wrong?
Will you love you for you
At the end of it all?
Now, in life there's gonna be times
When you're feeling low
And in your mind, insecurity
Seems to take control
We start to look outside ourselves
For acceptance and approval
We keep forgettin' that
The one thing we should know is
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers will unfold
What are you waiting for?
Spread your wings and soar
The boy who wonders
Is he good enough for them?
Keeps tryna please em' all
But he just never seems to fit in
Then there's the girl who thinks
She'll never, ever be good enough for him
Keeps tryna change, and
That's a game she'll never win
In life, ooh gonna be times
When you're feeling low
And in your mind, ooh, insecurity
Seems to take control
We start to look outside ourselves
For acceptance and approval
We keep forgettin' that
One thing we should know is
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours (the world is yours, yeah)
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers, they will unfold
What are you waiting for?
Spread your wings and soar (ooh)
In the mirror
Is where she comes face to face
With her fears
Her reflection, looks foreign to her
After all these years
All of her life she has tried to be something
Besides herself
Now time has passed
And she's ended up someone else with regret
What is it in us (in us)
That makes us feel the need
To keep pretending?
Gotta let ourselves be, ooh-oh
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own (that is your own)
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours (whoa-oh)
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers will unfold (oh, all the answers will unfold)
Don't wait, no more
Spread your wings and soar (spread your wings and soar)
Find your road
Love will open every door
See in your hands the world is yours
Don't hold back, and always know, you'll find your way
Oh, don't wait
Spread your wings and soar (spread your wings and soar)
Don't wait no more (oh-whoa, yeah-yeah-yeah)
You've got to soar
Spread your wings and soar
Don't wait, no more
Spread your wings and soar
You can soar
So, what you waiting for?
Don't wait, don't wait
Soar
Oh yeah
When they push, when they pull
Tell me, you can hold on?
When they say you should change
Can you lift your head high
And stay strong?
Will you give up, give in
When your hearts crying out
That it's wrong?
Will you love you for you
At the end of it all?
Now, in life there's gonna be times
When you're feeling low
And in your mind, insecurity
Seems to take control
We start to look outside ourselves
For acceptance and approval
We keep forgettin' that
The one thing we should know is
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers will unfold
What are you waiting for?
Spread your wings and soar
The boy who wonders
Is he good enough for them?
Keeps tryna please em' all
But he just never seems to fit in
Then there's the girl who thinks
She'll never, ever be good enough for him
Keeps tryna change, and
That's a game she'll never win
In life, ooh gonna be times
When you're feeling low
And in your mind, ooh, insecurity
Seems to take control
We start to look outside ourselves
For acceptance and approval
We keep forgettin' that
One thing we should know is
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours (the world is yours, yeah)
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers, they will unfold
What are you waiting for?
Spread your wings and soar (ooh)
In the mirror
Is where she comes face to face
With her fears
Her reflection, looks foreign to her
After all these years
All of her life she has tried to be something
Besides herself
Now time has passed
And she's ended up someone else with regret
What is it in us (in us)
That makes us feel the need
To keep pretending?
Gotta let ourselves be, ooh-oh
Don't be scared to fly alone
Find a path that is your own (that is your own)
Love will open every door
It's in your hands
The world is yours (whoa-oh)
Don't hold back and always know
All the answers will unfold (oh, all the answers will unfold)
Don't wait, no more
Spread your wings and soar (spread your wings and soar)
Find your road
Love will open every door
See in your hands the world is yours
Don't hold back, and always know, you'll find your way
Oh, don't wait
Spread your wings and soar (spread your wings and soar)
Don't wait no more (oh-whoa, yeah-yeah-yeah)
You've got to soar
Spread your wings and soar
Don't wait, no more
Spread your wings and soar
You can soar
So, what you waiting for?
Don't wait, don't wait
Soar
Oh yeah
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