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.
I've hoped for change
It gets better everyday
I've hoped for change
But still I feel the same
There's something wrong
'Cause everybody knows
That we can do this on our own
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
We're doing fine
And it gets better every time
We're doing fine
But I'll let you decide
There's something wrong
'Cause everybody knows
That we can do this on our own
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And I'll confess
That I can be a little selfish
Yeah I'll admit
I don't want you to help me through this
I don't want to start over again
And we got everybody singing
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And I'll confess
That I can be a little selfish
I can, I can
Yeah, I'll admit
I don't want you to get me through this
I don't want to start over again
It gets better everyday
I've hoped for change
But still I feel the same
There's something wrong
'Cause everybody knows
That we can do this on our own
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
We're doing fine
And it gets better every time
We're doing fine
But I'll let you decide
There's something wrong
'Cause everybody knows
That we can do this on our own
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And I'll confess
That I can be a little selfish
Yeah I'll admit
I don't want you to help me through this
I don't want to start over again
And we got everybody singing
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And we got everybody singing
Whoa, whoa-oh, whoa whoa-oh
And I'll confess
That I can be a little selfish
I can, I can
Yeah, I'll admit
I don't want you to get me through this
I don't want to start over again
Lyrics submitted by danielle_englisch, edited by BobTheRhino
Whoa Lyrics as written by Joshua Neil Farro Hayley Nichole Williams
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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another one about being ina band and trying to get yourself out there. "it gets better every time" -more and more people starting to become fans and singing WHOA with them. "i dont want to start over again" -she doesnt want to try another goal in life, start over fresh. "We're doing fine But I'll you decide"
I never used to like this song much, compared to all the other ones, but lately i keep listening to it... I agree I think it is about the band becoming more and more popular and how it just keeps getting better. it's so weird to think about how long ago that was ya know? now they're like superfamous and everything's all screwed up with them. I hope so much that someday they can be close again like when they wrote this song.
Hayley is absolutely amazing.
amazing song. can't wait to see them at warped.
this song was written with them knowing that everyone would sing along. it's llike a story of the band's journey
amazing song. can't wait to see them at warped.
this song was written with them knowing that everyone would sing along. it's llike a story of the band's journey
amazing song. can't wait to see them at warped.
this song was written with them knowing that everyone would sing along. it's llike a story of the band's journey
amazing song. can't wait to see them at warped.
this song was written with them knowing that everyone would sing along. it's llike a story of the band's journey
wow. don't know how that happened. sorry!!!
u can that as many times as u want cuz they were great at warped in NJ but it sucked that i had to go there cuz they didn't play in ny
Brilliant song, very fast, powerfull, and pulls you along.
All about the relationship between the band, how they have gone from nothing, to be the strong group they are now. I think