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.
Attention, attention
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
This table has taken a turn for the worse
Rock bottom
And over the edge
Well
It's not like it hurts that much anyway
Upside down and inside out
When I leave here I'm going alone
Well it's not like it
Not like it hurts much anyway
Attention, attention
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell
Due to the fact that we could have something
That'll never happen
Did you hear what I have to
This balance has weighed out our heart's desire
I'm trying to make it alone
Well it's not like it hurts that much anyway
Upside down and inside out
When I leave here I'm going alone
But I'm dying
I'm dying to touch
And it's not like it
Not like it hurts much anyway
Attention, attention
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell
Due to the fact that we could have something, something, something
Attention, attention
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell
Due to the fact that we could have something
That'll never happen
Did you hear what I have to say
Attention, attention
Upside down and inside out
Attention, attention
Upside down and inside out
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
This table has taken a turn for the worse
Rock bottom
And over the edge
Well
It's not like it hurts that much anyway
Upside down and inside out
When I leave here I'm going alone
Well it's not like it
Not like it hurts much anyway
Attention, attention
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell
Due to the fact that we could have something
That'll never happen
Did you hear what I have to
This balance has weighed out our heart's desire
I'm trying to make it alone
Well it's not like it hurts that much anyway
Upside down and inside out
When I leave here I'm going alone
But I'm dying
I'm dying to touch
And it's not like it
Not like it hurts much anyway
Attention, attention
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell
Due to the fact that we could have something, something, something
Attention, attention
May I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room
If only
If only for one second
Will you hear what I have to say?
Oh oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell
Due to the fact that we could have something
That'll never happen
Did you hear what I have to say
Attention, attention
Upside down and inside out
Attention, attention
Upside down and inside out
Lyrics submitted by clippy.hanger
Attention Lyrics as written by William Beckett Michael Carden
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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at the beginning, he stops at "if only for one second" and then goes straight into "this table..."
but, to me, this song means a lot. it reminds me of how it feels when you want someone's attention and they never seem to notice you. very well performed live. i loved it!