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.
I'm looking up
At the moving clouds
I've been hit so hard
This time
I just might stay down
If you were me
I would come back
To get you
If this is love
Then I don't remember
You won't find anyone
To treat you better
we've already been through
Hell and high waters
I ain't sorry baby
don't think that
We ain't done anything
That I'd take back
Go on pretend
That you ain't changed
And don't worry bout' me
I'll see you when I get there
I'm looking up
At the moving clouds
I've been down so long
But I still think you
Might come around
So I'm making plans
For when you feel better
You just might want
Someone more familiar
You won't find anyone
Else to take you back
Now sometimes you're an angel
But you're usually
A pain in the ass
[chorus]
I need your love
Much more than I want it
You left me here
With another bad habit
Now you found paradise
And crawled to the shoreline
I saw a white flash
And then I saw the lids of my eyes
[chorus]
At the moving clouds
I've been hit so hard
This time
I just might stay down
If you were me
I would come back
To get you
If this is love
Then I don't remember
You won't find anyone
To treat you better
we've already been through
Hell and high waters
I ain't sorry baby
don't think that
We ain't done anything
That I'd take back
Go on pretend
That you ain't changed
And don't worry bout' me
I'll see you when I get there
I'm looking up
At the moving clouds
I've been down so long
But I still think you
Might come around
So I'm making plans
For when you feel better
You just might want
Someone more familiar
You won't find anyone
Else to take you back
Now sometimes you're an angel
But you're usually
A pain in the ass
[chorus]
I need your love
Much more than I want it
You left me here
With another bad habit
Now you found paradise
And crawled to the shoreline
I saw a white flash
And then I saw the lids of my eyes
[chorus]
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See You When I Get There Lyrics as written by Jakob Dylan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Great version of a great song,
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I love the lyrics of this song. I feel like I'm in a situation similar to this right now.
I think that this probably describes my relationship. :-/
This is the wallflowers best song ever. So upbeat and clever. I love it!
LOVE this song, it describes me and my bf relationship,is like he's telling what he thinks about me in few parts of the lyrics cuz sometimes I'm an angel, but I'm usually a pain in the ass, I can't get bored of this song I hear it over and over again
hmmm the meaning though of the song....no one decided to say it and just put random comments so here I go:
It sounds to me like there's been a screw up in a relationship but this one hurt so much that he's not bothering to care again about future ones. He's simply waiting on her to turn around pretty much...
However, near the end though the lines "I saw a white flash And then I saw the lids of my eyes" it seems like either one of two things happened at that point: Either A) so much time passed the persona simply died or B) the persona took his life
I can't really figure out which one it is though, maybe someone else's opinion would help. = )
hmmm the meaning though of the song....no one decided to say it and just put random comments so here I go:
It sounds to me like there's been a screw up in a relationship but this one hurt so much that he's not bothering to care again about future ones. He's simply waiting on her to turn around pretty much...
However, near the end though the lines "I saw a white flash And then I saw the lids of my eyes" it seems like either one of two things happened at that point: Either A) so much time passed the persona simply died or B) the persona took his life
I can't really figure out which one it is though, maybe someone else's opinion would help. = )