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.
If you can find your pretty way back home
Run run run
A girl like you ought to have known
But you can't
You're my sun-starved passenger
On my twisted highway
Always looking backwards
Run run run run run
So so look at me
Go go running to be free
I'm so happy that
You're so happy for me
Oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Well something told me to run from you
But I got that curse
Now I can't tell if I am bad
Or I am worse
But if you hold tight
We could rocket from Mars to the stars
If you'd like
We could live in the cars with the stars
If you'd like
We're plenty of things
But we're raised just to make it hurt
Oh you're my sun-starved passenger
On my twisted highway
Always looking backwards
Heaven help, if there is one
So so look at me
Go go running to be free
I'm so happy that
You're so happy for me
Oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Oh oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Well alright now!
If you see me coming
Girls, just start your running
Better run run run run
Now you see me coming, whoo
Just start your running
Better run run run
Run run run run
Run run
Run run run run
So so look at me
Go go running to be free
I'm so happy that
You're so happy for me
Oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Oh oh, I hate to see you cry
It's my philoso-pho-fee-fee
Now let me set you free
If you're confused
And you're scared and got the blues
Better run run run run
Now you're confused
And if you've got the blues
Better run run run run run run run
Run run run
A girl like you ought to have known
But you can't
You're my sun-starved passenger
On my twisted highway
Always looking backwards
Run run run run run
So so look at me
Go go running to be free
I'm so happy that
You're so happy for me
Oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Well something told me to run from you
But I got that curse
Now I can't tell if I am bad
Or I am worse
But if you hold tight
We could rocket from Mars to the stars
If you'd like
We could live in the cars with the stars
If you'd like
We're plenty of things
But we're raised just to make it hurt
Oh you're my sun-starved passenger
On my twisted highway
Always looking backwards
Heaven help, if there is one
So so look at me
Go go running to be free
I'm so happy that
You're so happy for me
Oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Oh oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Well alright now!
If you see me coming
Girls, just start your running
Better run run run run
Now you see me coming, whoo
Just start your running
Better run run run
Run run run run
Run run
Run run run run
So so look at me
Go go running to be free
I'm so happy that
You're so happy for me
Oh it makes you cry
But it's my philoso-pho-fee
Oh oh, I hate to see you cry
It's my philoso-pho-fee-fee
Now let me set you free
If you're confused
And you're scared and got the blues
Better run run run run
Now you're confused
And if you've got the blues
Better run run run run run run run
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Philosophofee Lyrics as written by Joey Waronker Alex Ebert
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I think I get it. And I like his philosophy about the way of things. Go Alex.