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.
Feel like you're losing your innocence
Taking this all on again
A friend said it's easy
But you know this feeling
That keeps you by the window
Something to weight that heavy heart
Don't be afraid to be
Feeling so bad you see
It won't be long till you get back home
Dream what you wanna be
Feel it so easily
Don't be afraid to fly just let go
With the sunlight in your eyes
Climbing that cloudy maze all night
Separate this world in disguise
Surfacing the moon-struck horizon
You're already drifting through tomorrow
Turning the black holes into stars
Don't be afraid to be
Feeling so bad you see
It won't be long till you get back home
Dream what you wanna be
Feel it so easily
Don't be afraid to fly just let go
With the sunlight in your eyes
And when you get that high
Never say goodbye
To sunlight moving slowly through your window
And on your face
And when you get so high
You're gonna find
It doesn't get much better
Now it's all that you need to fly
Don't be afraid to be
Feeling so bad you see
It won't be long till you get back home
Dream what you wanna be
Feel it so easily
Don't be afraid to fly just let go
You're on your way to be
Catching that star you see
So don't be afraid to fly, just let go
With the sunlight in your eyes.
Taking this all on again
A friend said it's easy
But you know this feeling
That keeps you by the window
Something to weight that heavy heart
Don't be afraid to be
Feeling so bad you see
It won't be long till you get back home
Dream what you wanna be
Feel it so easily
Don't be afraid to fly just let go
With the sunlight in your eyes
Climbing that cloudy maze all night
Separate this world in disguise
Surfacing the moon-struck horizon
You're already drifting through tomorrow
Turning the black holes into stars
Don't be afraid to be
Feeling so bad you see
It won't be long till you get back home
Dream what you wanna be
Feel it so easily
Don't be afraid to fly just let go
With the sunlight in your eyes
And when you get that high
Never say goodbye
To sunlight moving slowly through your window
And on your face
And when you get so high
You're gonna find
It doesn't get much better
Now it's all that you need to fly
Don't be afraid to be
Feeling so bad you see
It won't be long till you get back home
Dream what you wanna be
Feel it so easily
Don't be afraid to fly just let go
You're on your way to be
Catching that star you see
So don't be afraid to fly, just let go
With the sunlight in your eyes.
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Afraid to Fly Lyrics as written by Timothy Wild Jason Singh
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