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.
I love how your eyes close
Whenever you kiss me
And when I'm away from you
I love how you miss me
I love the way your kiss is always heavenly
But darling, most of all
I love how you love me
I love how your heart beats
Whenever I hold you
I love how you think of me
Without being told to
I love the way your touch is always tenderly
But darling, most of all
I love how you love me
I love how your eyes close
Each time that you kiss me
And when I'm away from you
I love how you miss me
I love the way your kiss is always heavenly
But darling, most of all
I love how you love me
Whenever you kiss me
And when I'm away from you
I love how you miss me
I love the way your kiss is always heavenly
But darling, most of all
I love how you love me
I love how your heart beats
Whenever I hold you
I love how you think of me
Without being told to
I love the way your touch is always tenderly
But darling, most of all
I love how you love me
I love how your eyes close
Each time that you kiss me
And when I'm away from you
I love how you miss me
I love the way your kiss is always heavenly
But darling, most of all
I love how you love me
Lyrics submitted by octoberstars
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so simple. so perfect. so fucking beautiful. best love song that i've heard.
One of my favorite songs of all time. <3
Oh man what a beautiful song, I'm not sure if Jeff Mangum actually recorded this because I have this live version. I wish someone would sing me this song, sigh.
a great cover, and I love how fragile jeff sounds in this. the lyrics strike a chord in me, not so much because of what they say but how they're sung in this version.
it's definitely one of those songs i hold close to my heart, and it's been one of my top played songs lately...it reminds me of my love and how I feel about him... sometimes it's like handling crepe paper, so beautiful and yet so delicate.
so good..
The early version of this by the Paris Sisters (history-of-rock.com/paris_sisters.htm) is to me heartbreakingly sensual yet sort of innocent too. These guys do a very warm & genuine version I found looking for the earlier one.
Such a beautiful song...
One of the top five covers of all time. Of course, the lyrics are beautiful, but the fragility in Mangum's voice is incredible. Heartbreaking and romantic all at the same time.
In the version I have, everyone gives this sort of delighted sigh, barely audible, at the end. Jeff apologises for being a bit hoarse, then says he doesn't know what to play next. A man says "Engine!" and he replies, "Engine? Okay." and you can hear this completely happy, excited sound from the people listening....this is what all music should be.
i shall sing this song @ my wedding to this one girl if it comes to that.