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.
My head is wrong
My thoughts are gone
But I hope to find that personality
That makes me feel happiness
Against the grain
Realize your pain
But I hope to find some temporality
Brace yourself for this next in juncture
You'll be living your life your own way
Just graduate gradually
Why did you finally realize that in my mind
You're a catastrophic complication?
Why did you finally figure out that it's not only
Just a new love situation?
My heart is gone
My thought was wrong
But I hope to find that imperfection
That makes me feel whole again
Against your car, I'll press you now
With the hope to find some sensuality
Brace yourself for this next in juncture
You'll be living your life your own way
Just stimulate, stimulate
Why did you finally realize that in my mind
You're a catastrophic complication?
Why did you finally figure out that it's not only
Just a new love situation?
What did you want from me?
(What did you want from me?)
What did you think you'd know?
(What did you think you'd know?)
I needed time to breathe
(I need to)
You needed room to grow
(Grow)
What's that I cannot see?
(I cannot see)
Is it in front of me?
I don't know what you need
Why can't I just say no?
It's not a part of me
That's pushing you from me
I don't know where to be
You've got it
I've got it
There's nothing wrong with me
I don't know what you see
You would be there for me
You needed room to grow
My thoughts are gone
But I hope to find that personality
That makes me feel happiness
Against the grain
Realize your pain
But I hope to find some temporality
Brace yourself for this next in juncture
You'll be living your life your own way
Just graduate gradually
Why did you finally realize that in my mind
You're a catastrophic complication?
Why did you finally figure out that it's not only
Just a new love situation?
My heart is gone
My thought was wrong
But I hope to find that imperfection
That makes me feel whole again
Against your car, I'll press you now
With the hope to find some sensuality
Brace yourself for this next in juncture
You'll be living your life your own way
Just stimulate, stimulate
Why did you finally realize that in my mind
You're a catastrophic complication?
Why did you finally figure out that it's not only
Just a new love situation?
What did you want from me?
(What did you want from me?)
What did you think you'd know?
(What did you think you'd know?)
I needed time to breathe
(I need to)
You needed room to grow
(Grow)
What's that I cannot see?
(I cannot see)
Is it in front of me?
I don't know what you need
Why can't I just say no?
It's not a part of me
That's pushing you from me
I don't know where to be
You've got it
I've got it
There's nothing wrong with me
I don't know what you see
You would be there for me
You needed room to grow
Lyrics submitted by risefromtheashes
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