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 put some gas in my car and I'm ready to go, go, go,
We'll go south for a while, it doesn't matter where we go.
You think we might get away with it, I think we might get away with it.
But how? Oh, I've got to know how.
Monday morning, they'll be asking questions,
Monday morning, we'll have to answer questions.
So let's get our story straight,
So let's tie up all these loose ends.
And I'll give you an alibi,
You'll give me an alibi too.
We'll live together, forever in our own place,
We'll live together like we always wanted to do.
The radio's playing and we all know the words to the song,
There's a man in the trunk, and I don't think he's singing along.
You think we might get away with it, I think we might get away with it.
But how? Oh, I've got to know how.
Monday morning, they'll be asking questions,
Monday morning, we'll have to answer questions.
So let's get our story straight,
So let's tie up all these loose ends.
And I'll give you an alibi,
You'll give me an alibi too.
We'll live together, forever in our own place,
We'll live together like we always wanted to do.
I see the red lights on top of that black and white car,
Don't act suspicious 'cause I think we got 'em fooled so far.
You think we might get away with it, I think we might get away with it.
But how? Oh, I've got to know how.
Monday morning, they'll be asking questions,
Monday morning, we'll have to answer questions.
So let's get our story straight,
So let's tie up all these loose ends.
And I'll give you an alibi,
You'll give me an alibi too.
We'll live together, forever in our own place,
We'll live together like we always wanted to do.
I put some gas in my car, I put some gas in my car.
I put some gas in my car, I put some gas in my car.
We'll go south for a while, it doesn't matter where we go.
You think we might get away with it, I think we might get away with it.
But how? Oh, I've got to know how.
Monday morning, they'll be asking questions,
Monday morning, we'll have to answer questions.
So let's get our story straight,
So let's tie up all these loose ends.
And I'll give you an alibi,
You'll give me an alibi too.
We'll live together, forever in our own place,
We'll live together like we always wanted to do.
The radio's playing and we all know the words to the song,
There's a man in the trunk, and I don't think he's singing along.
You think we might get away with it, I think we might get away with it.
But how? Oh, I've got to know how.
Monday morning, they'll be asking questions,
Monday morning, we'll have to answer questions.
So let's get our story straight,
So let's tie up all these loose ends.
And I'll give you an alibi,
You'll give me an alibi too.
We'll live together, forever in our own place,
We'll live together like we always wanted to do.
I see the red lights on top of that black and white car,
Don't act suspicious 'cause I think we got 'em fooled so far.
You think we might get away with it, I think we might get away with it.
But how? Oh, I've got to know how.
Monday morning, they'll be asking questions,
Monday morning, we'll have to answer questions.
So let's get our story straight,
So let's tie up all these loose ends.
And I'll give you an alibi,
You'll give me an alibi too.
We'll live together, forever in our own place,
We'll live together like we always wanted to do.
I put some gas in my car, I put some gas in my car.
I put some gas in my car, I put some gas in my car.
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude, edited by Fayiirah
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