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.
Oh why can't I just latch on to your brain
And be that one song that drives everyone insane
The low end pumping right out of your trunk
That vibrate your sternum
The bazooka, a speaker of funk
That you feel,
From a block away
What is the deal?
I heard this song four times today
Reel to reel
Backed by heavies in la
No even keel
Overplay is the only way (2x)
Oh to be a one hit wonder
That will be oh so superb
Oh only for 15 minutes or so
in and out and
nobody gets hurt
in and out
nobody gets hurt
Record label mafia
is a putting on the heat
With a new store in Seattle
The next day Miami Beach
the next day it's Jay Leno
and the next day Letterman
And then it's Oprah in chicago
Man, when will it all end?
But I say have now fear
I'll be gone before you know it
In my private Lear
No second chance I dont want to blow it
Disappear
To my neverending luai
In 15 years VH1 'where are they now?'
Oh to be a one hit wonder
That will be oh so superb
Oh only for 15 minutes or so
in and out and
nobody gets hurt
in and out
nobody gets hurt
A simple little ditty
With a sharp catchy hook
And three little cowboy chords learned from a book
A pierce above my eyeball
And em cutting down my hair
I'll do what I'm told until I disappear
Into thin air
Oh why can't I just latch on to your brain
And be that one song that drives everyone insane
The low end pumping right out of your trunk
That vibrate your sternum
The bazooka, a speaker of funk
That you feel,
From a block away
What is the deal?
I heard this song five times today
Reel to reel
Backed by heavies in la
No even keel
Overplay is the only way (11x)
Oh to be a one hit wonder
That will be oh so superb
Oh only for 15 minutes or so
in and out and
nobody gets hurt
in and out
nobody gets hurt
In and out
Nobody gets hurt
And be that one song that drives everyone insane
The low end pumping right out of your trunk
That vibrate your sternum
The bazooka, a speaker of funk
That you feel,
From a block away
What is the deal?
I heard this song four times today
Reel to reel
Backed by heavies in la
No even keel
Overplay is the only way (2x)
Oh to be a one hit wonder
That will be oh so superb
Oh only for 15 minutes or so
in and out and
nobody gets hurt
in and out
nobody gets hurt
Record label mafia
is a putting on the heat
With a new store in Seattle
The next day Miami Beach
the next day it's Jay Leno
and the next day Letterman
And then it's Oprah in chicago
Man, when will it all end?
But I say have now fear
I'll be gone before you know it
In my private Lear
No second chance I dont want to blow it
Disappear
To my neverending luai
In 15 years VH1 'where are they now?'
Oh to be a one hit wonder
That will be oh so superb
Oh only for 15 minutes or so
in and out and
nobody gets hurt
in and out
nobody gets hurt
A simple little ditty
With a sharp catchy hook
And three little cowboy chords learned from a book
A pierce above my eyeball
And em cutting down my hair
I'll do what I'm told until I disappear
Into thin air
Oh why can't I just latch on to your brain
And be that one song that drives everyone insane
The low end pumping right out of your trunk
That vibrate your sternum
The bazooka, a speaker of funk
That you feel,
From a block away
What is the deal?
I heard this song five times today
Reel to reel
Backed by heavies in la
No even keel
Overplay is the only way (11x)
Oh to be a one hit wonder
That will be oh so superb
Oh only for 15 minutes or so
in and out and
nobody gets hurt
in and out
nobody gets hurt
In and out
Nobody gets hurt
Lyrics submitted by qwerty123456
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Fortnight
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