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.
So you found out today your life's not the same
Not quite as perfect as it was yesterday
But when you were just getting in the groove
Now you're faced with something new
And I know it hurts and I know you feel torn
But you never gave up this easily before
So why do you choose today to give it all away?
Well it's not so bad y'all
Together we all fall
Just as long we get up, we'll stand tall
We shouldn't waste another day
Thinking 'bout the things that we forgot to say
I'm hittin' back y'all
Kickin' these four walls
Just as hard as I can 'til I can't crawl
I won't waste another day
With all these silly things
Swimmin' in my brain
There's no giving up now
Do you really want to give this all away?
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays (no giving up now)
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Over and over again
All over again
So your scars fade away, you soaked up the pain
A better person 'cause you lived through those days
And now you know what it's like to prove
You can overcome anything that gets to you
Well it's alright, we're sayin' our goodbyes
To the past and everything that ain't right
We won't waste another day
With all these silly things in our way
There's no giving up now
Do you really want to give this all away?
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays (no giving up now)
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Before you give it up now
I know we have given
All that we can give
When there's nothing to lean on
Well, I remember this
All we make of this lifetime
Is always here within
And remembering that's why
We should never give in
Do you really want to give this all away?
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Over and over again
All over again
There's no giving up now
Not quite as perfect as it was yesterday
But when you were just getting in the groove
Now you're faced with something new
And I know it hurts and I know you feel torn
But you never gave up this easily before
So why do you choose today to give it all away?
Well it's not so bad y'all
Together we all fall
Just as long we get up, we'll stand tall
We shouldn't waste another day
Thinking 'bout the things that we forgot to say
I'm hittin' back y'all
Kickin' these four walls
Just as hard as I can 'til I can't crawl
I won't waste another day
With all these silly things
Swimmin' in my brain
There's no giving up now
Do you really want to give this all away?
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays (no giving up now)
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Over and over again
All over again
So your scars fade away, you soaked up the pain
A better person 'cause you lived through those days
And now you know what it's like to prove
You can overcome anything that gets to you
Well it's alright, we're sayin' our goodbyes
To the past and everything that ain't right
We won't waste another day
With all these silly things in our way
There's no giving up now
Do you really want to give this all away?
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays (no giving up now)
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Before you give it up now
I know we have given
All that we can give
When there's nothing to lean on
Well, I remember this
All we make of this lifetime
Is always here within
And remembering that's why
We should never give in
Do you really want to give this all away?
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Over and over again
All over again
There's no giving up now
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