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.
Johnny little rocket star flashing the label's credit card
His name is at the door but no one knew what for
Says he's got a strategy
I'm a test of his sanity
Wire cars and whiskey
Bad debts and dirty laundry
You can't even make up my mind
One more song the radio won't like
Reel it in and shut your mouth
Reputations are in doubt
Write a hit so I can talk you up
No one likes a girl who won't sober up
You can't even make up my mind
One more song radio won't like
So brush your hair and straighten up
Put down the drink you just got
Johnny little rocket star
Picked up a girl at the bar
So I keep my sanity
Wire cars and everything
I guess that we are through
The bad advice from you
You can't even make up my mind
One more song the radio won't like
His name is at the door but no one knew what for
Says he's got a strategy
I'm a test of his sanity
Wire cars and whiskey
Bad debts and dirty laundry
You can't even make up my mind
One more song the radio won't like
Reel it in and shut your mouth
Reputations are in doubt
Write a hit so I can talk you up
No one likes a girl who won't sober up
You can't even make up my mind
One more song radio won't like
So brush your hair and straighten up
Put down the drink you just got
Johnny little rocket star
Picked up a girl at the bar
So I keep my sanity
Wire cars and everything
I guess that we are through
The bad advice from you
You can't even make up my mind
One more song the radio won't like
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Fortnight
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