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.
Can you feel your heart beat racing?
Can you taste the fear in her sweat?
We've done this wrong, we're too far gone
These sheets tell of regret
I admit that I'm just a fool for you
Here is where we both go wrong
Tonight's your last chance to do exactly what you want to
And this could be my night
This is what makes me feel alive
Makes you feel alive
Here is where we both go wrong
So sign me up and toss this key
'Cause for now, we're living
In this moment that we both ignore the truth
It's all over, it's all over
I feel your heart against mine
So take a breath and close your eyes
[Chorus:]
Your lungs have failed and they've both stopped breathing
My heart is dead, it's way past beating
Something has gone terribly wrong
I'm scared, you're scared, we're scared of this
I never thought we'd make it out alive
I never told you but it's all in your goodbyes
Well look who's dying now, slit wrists from sleeping with the girl next door
I always knew you were such a sucker for that
It doesn't matter what you say
You never mattered anyway
I never mattered anyway
In this moment that we both ignore the truth
It's all over, it's all over
I feel your heart against mine
So take a breath and close your eyes
[Chorus:]
Don't shake, I have to see you tremble
Trembling, you've lost your touch haven't you
And I'm so addicted, so addicted
[Chorus:]
Can you taste the fear in her sweat?
We've done this wrong, we're too far gone
These sheets tell of regret
I admit that I'm just a fool for you
Here is where we both go wrong
Tonight's your last chance to do exactly what you want to
And this could be my night
This is what makes me feel alive
Makes you feel alive
Here is where we both go wrong
So sign me up and toss this key
'Cause for now, we're living
In this moment that we both ignore the truth
It's all over, it's all over
I feel your heart against mine
So take a breath and close your eyes
[Chorus:]
Your lungs have failed and they've both stopped breathing
My heart is dead, it's way past beating
Something has gone terribly wrong
I'm scared, you're scared, we're scared of this
I never thought we'd make it out alive
I never told you but it's all in your goodbyes
Well look who's dying now, slit wrists from sleeping with the girl next door
I always knew you were such a sucker for that
It doesn't matter what you say
You never mattered anyway
I never mattered anyway
In this moment that we both ignore the truth
It's all over, it's all over
I feel your heart against mine
So take a breath and close your eyes
[Chorus:]
Don't shake, I have to see you tremble
Trembling, you've lost your touch haven't you
And I'm so addicted, so addicted
[Chorus:]
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A Boy Brushed Red Living in Black and White Lyrics as written by Christopher Dudley Aaron Gillespie
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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