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.
Two pills and a slap across your face
Will put you in a better way
I know it hurts, I know it hurts
It feels like it will never go away
But please man, if you lose it one more time
I swear you will become a slave
Battered and chained, battered and chained
There is no way you can be saved
From a broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
Believe me 'cause I've known you all my life
So please don't make me say it twice
Once is enough, once is enough
I'm begging you please take my advice
There's no way that you'll
Ever be the same again
Now you are a fool to fate
Like it or not, like it or not
There is no way you can escape
From a broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
Slow down 'cause it's gonna come around again
You better get your shit together
Will you ever learn?
Will you ever learn?
Will you ever learn?
From a broken heart's education
Two pills and a slap across your face
Will put you in a better way
I know it hurts, I know it hurts
It feels like it will never go away
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
From a broken heart's education
Will put you in a better way
I know it hurts, I know it hurts
It feels like it will never go away
But please man, if you lose it one more time
I swear you will become a slave
Battered and chained, battered and chained
There is no way you can be saved
From a broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
Believe me 'cause I've known you all my life
So please don't make me say it twice
Once is enough, once is enough
I'm begging you please take my advice
There's no way that you'll
Ever be the same again
Now you are a fool to fate
Like it or not, like it or not
There is no way you can escape
From a broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
Slow down 'cause it's gonna come around again
You better get your shit together
Will you ever learn?
Will you ever learn?
Will you ever learn?
From a broken heart's education
Two pills and a slap across your face
Will put you in a better way
I know it hurts, I know it hurts
It feels like it will never go away
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
A broken heart's education
(Will you ever learn?)
From a broken heart's education
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
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While I am not sure what this song means it marked the first song that they have ever played that I truly despised. Good message, but the way Jay sang sounded way too much like a boy band. (Refering to him singing the word Education as Educa-Shu-un)