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 tried to tell you in the night
That with a girl like you I could do without guided tours
You tried to tell me in the day
That your leading exports were textiles and iron ore
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the three little words that I knew you'd adore
Leaving my syntax back at school
I was thrown for a loss over gender and simple rules
You mentioned kant and I was shocked
You know, where I come from, none of the girls have such foul tongues
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
I'm gonna do it now
C'est la vie, c'est la mort, say no more, no no more
It's all the same
Whether here or there or anywhere
There's them who have
And there are the others who have not
Kimono my house mon amour
I am sure that this motion don't need no accompanying words
Guess I was wrong because you've fled
Leaving me with my michelin guide and half-empty foreign bed
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the three little words that I knew you'd adore
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the three little words that I knew you'd adore
That with a girl like you I could do without guided tours
You tried to tell me in the day
That your leading exports were textiles and iron ore
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the three little words that I knew you'd adore
Leaving my syntax back at school
I was thrown for a loss over gender and simple rules
You mentioned kant and I was shocked
You know, where I come from, none of the girls have such foul tongues
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
I'm gonna do it now
C'est la vie, c'est la mort, say no more, no no more
It's all the same
Whether here or there or anywhere
There's them who have
And there are the others who have not
Kimono my house mon amour
I am sure that this motion don't need no accompanying words
Guess I was wrong because you've fled
Leaving me with my michelin guide and half-empty foreign bed
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the three little words that I knew you'd adore
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the only words that I knew for sure
Hasta mañana monsieur
Were the three little words that I knew you'd adore
Lyrics submitted by fiddlefaddle, edited by smallwonderrobot
Hasta Mañana Monsieur Lyrics as written by Russell Mael Ronald Mael
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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