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.
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me, can't catch me
Ride my bike down that old dirt hill (can't catch me)
First time without my trainin' wheels
First time I kissed you I lost my legs (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
Screamin', shoutin', louder innocence
Days when all we did would never end
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Smokin' on the railroad bridge
I used to ride my bike down that old dirt hill
The first time I kissed you I lost my legs
Bring that beat back to me again
Screamin', shoutin', louder innocence
Days when all we did would never end
Screamin' down that old dirt hill
Bring that beat back to me again
Oh when it gets hard
That's when the days I remember seem so far
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
Take me back, Take me back to that beat again
Smokin' on the railroad bridge
Bring that beat back to me again (again)
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
First time all we were was good friends
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me, can't catch me
Ride my bike down that old dirt hill (can't catch me)
First time without my trainin' wheels
First time I kissed you I lost my legs (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
Screamin', shoutin', louder innocence
Days when all we did would never end
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Smokin' on the railroad bridge
I used to ride my bike down that old dirt hill
The first time I kissed you I lost my legs
Bring that beat back to me again
Screamin', shoutin', louder innocence
Days when all we did would never end
Screamin' down that old dirt hill
Bring that beat back to me again
Oh when it gets hard
That's when the days I remember seem so far
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
Take me back, Take me back to that beat again
Smokin' on the railroad bridge
Bring that beat back to me again (again)
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
First time all we were was good friends
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
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I think this is simply a happy song about his child hood. Being free, Being a kid, and him missing his child hood "bring that beat back to me again" Its about him living and growing up "Ridne my bick down the old dirt hill, first time without my training wheels" its about him falling inlove maybe "first tiem i kissd you i lost my legs". Think im wrong if you want but i think it is just about how he missed growing up,and being young