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.
Jenny was sitting in the lounge
She was talking to herself
Well maybe things like that turn you on
Maybe you felt that for yourself
Well I'm a believer ya ya ya Oh Oh Oh X8
So, tell me the dreams that you might have
Tell me the stories in your life
There's a girl who wouldn't stop now
And she'll never be your wife
Well I'm a believer ya ya ya Oh Oh Oh X8
Jenny's coming after you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Jenny's coming after you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
You keep shining on, shining on
But you'll never know where your place will be
And I guess it's true that your not me Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Mandy: OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
And I guess it true that we ignore our mother
And we change our color, change our friends
It's a soul searching motherfucker
Hey we never meant, hey we never say, hey they will never say
To say the way we feel, the pain has never ever gone out
Never should have, Never should have
It's below the soul
And as though I know a million people could be loved
I'll never see you again, I'll never see you again
Come on, come on baby
Oh my God she'll be coming after you in the summertime HEY! HEY! HEY!
Oh my God she'll be coming after you in the summertime HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!
Jenny! Jenny!
Jenny I'd bet you'd make your Mom so proud
I need my cell!
She was talking to herself
Well maybe things like that turn you on
Maybe you felt that for yourself
Well I'm a believer ya ya ya Oh Oh Oh X8
So, tell me the dreams that you might have
Tell me the stories in your life
There's a girl who wouldn't stop now
And she'll never be your wife
Well I'm a believer ya ya ya Oh Oh Oh X8
Jenny's coming after you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Jenny's coming after you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
You keep shining on, shining on
But you'll never know where your place will be
And I guess it's true that your not me Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Mandy: OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
And I guess it true that we ignore our mother
And we change our color, change our friends
It's a soul searching motherfucker
Hey we never meant, hey we never say, hey they will never say
To say the way we feel, the pain has never ever gone out
Never should have, Never should have
It's below the soul
And as though I know a million people could be loved
I'll never see you again, I'll never see you again
Come on, come on baby
Oh my God she'll be coming after you in the summertime HEY! HEY! HEY!
Oh my God she'll be coming after you in the summertime HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!
Jenny! Jenny!
Jenny I'd bet you'd make your Mom so proud
I need my cell!
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Jenny Lyrics as written by Janis Ian
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