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.
And it takes more time than I've ever had
Drains the life from me, makes me want to forget
As young as I was, I felt older back then
More disciplined, stronger and certain
But I was scared to death of eternity
I was saved by grace, but destroyed by naivety
And I lied to myself
And said it was for the best
And now faith is replaced with a logic so cold
I've disregarded what I was now that I'm older
And I know much more than I did back then
But the more I learn, the more I can't understand
And I've become content with this life that I lead
Where I drink too much and don't believe in much of anything
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come
We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
Drains the life from me, makes me want to forget
As young as I was, I felt older back then
More disciplined, stronger and certain
But I was scared to death of eternity
I was saved by grace, but destroyed by naivety
And I lied to myself
And said it was for the best
And now faith is replaced with a logic so cold
I've disregarded what I was now that I'm older
And I know much more than I did back then
But the more I learn, the more I can't understand
And I've become content with this life that I lead
Where I drink too much and don't believe in much of anything
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come
We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
(We're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
And we're waiting on something that will never come)
And I lie to myself
And say, "It's for the best."
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and i've become content with this life that i lead where i drink to much and don't believe in much of anything and i lie to myself and say "it's for the best."
i agree with the break-up idea, but i think the above part is just about apathy. to me it means slipping into a state where you don't really care, there's nothing to believe in and you try to convince yourself that you're happy like that.