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.
No one ever said that life was fair and I'm not saying that it should be
So knowing that you are where you want to be and I'm not comes as no surprise
But don't expect me to be happy for you
And don't smile at me and tell me things will work out for me too
I don't want your pity, I hate your pity
Taste your vanity'
Its sweet bitterness as you hide behind your veil of my stolen hopes and lost dreams
You took them all'
I watched you steal my thoughts and had to see you smile
As you build your dreams on my shattered hopes
I'll look back on a day once loved and fantasize for tragedy
Beg me to make this easier and listen to my hopeless cries
Suffer alone in emptiness
I lust to see you swallowed by the mess that you left in your wake
Disgust lies deep within your empty gaze'
Beg me to make this easier and listen as my hopeless cries
Send stares into your meaningless eyes
My envy can't describe how I loathe you for having all the stars
Leaving my eyes to marvel the sky knowing it should be mine
Yet it's you I see wasting the dream that only I deserve
I'll tear off your face to see your smile
As you build your dreams on my shattered hopes
I'll look back on a day once loved and fantasize for tragedy
So knowing that you are where you want to be and I'm not comes as no surprise
But don't expect me to be happy for you
And don't smile at me and tell me things will work out for me too
I don't want your pity, I hate your pity
Taste your vanity'
Its sweet bitterness as you hide behind your veil of my stolen hopes and lost dreams
You took them all'
I watched you steal my thoughts and had to see you smile
As you build your dreams on my shattered hopes
I'll look back on a day once loved and fantasize for tragedy
Beg me to make this easier and listen to my hopeless cries
Suffer alone in emptiness
I lust to see you swallowed by the mess that you left in your wake
Disgust lies deep within your empty gaze'
Beg me to make this easier and listen as my hopeless cries
Send stares into your meaningless eyes
My envy can't describe how I loathe you for having all the stars
Leaving my eyes to marvel the sky knowing it should be mine
Yet it's you I see wasting the dream that only I deserve
I'll tear off your face to see your smile
As you build your dreams on my shattered hopes
I'll look back on a day once loved and fantasize for tragedy
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Congratulations, I Hate You Lyrics as written by Dennis Lavell Lee Dennis Lee
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Fortnight
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Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
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Amazing
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As you build your dreams on my shattered hopes I’ll look back on a day once loved and fantasize for tragedy" after that doesnt he scream "SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE" or something i unno.. its not in there and tahts whats im heraing so w.e this song kicks ass.. this band fucking owns
Yes, he does scream "swallow your pride."
this song is very obvious.
you guys should listen to circa survive
Okay... I have to stop this. The song is not ebout an ex, a friend, a scorned lover, or a tragic tale from childhood. All of Alesana's songs are based on mythology of various sorts, except for the new album which is about Brothers Grimm along with mythology. And that's not my interpretation, the guys will even say that. They're not a little emo band, so please stop interpreting it that way.
this song i can relate to reason why its happened to me someone leaving enjoying your pain as they KNOW they are killing you yet dont care then try and say sorry when they know they arnt
Hi, i'm Tory. I've always felt as all music has their own personal meaning to a person itself. You could say this song was about a flying turtle, or something. I, personally, see it as a break up. "No one ever said that life was fair, and i'm not saying that it should be. So knowing that you are where you want to be, and i'm not comes as no suprise. But don't expect me to be happy for you and don't smile at me and tell me things will work out for me too." I see that as the girl breaks up with this guy, finds another guy, and she is telling him that she will find someone too, but hes telling her he doesn't wanna hear it, and that hes not gonna be happy for her. I can totally relate to that, because i feel the same way about my ex boyfriend. "Taste your vanity and its sweet bitterness, as you hide behind your veil of my stolen hopes and lost dreams,I watched you steal my thoughts and had to see you smile ..You took them all..." He has to watch her be happy, but all he can think about her. "As you build your dreams on my shattered hopes, I'll look back on a day once loved and fantasize for tragedy." Shes doing the things he wished they were doing, and all he can think about is how things used to be between them. Suffer alone in emptiness "I lust to see you swallowed by the mess that you left in your wake, disgust lies deep within your empty gaze"He wants to see her hurt, like he is, and he wants to see her come back only to tell her no, and cause the same pain she caused him.
Just the way i saw it. :)
ownage title. you know the song's gonna be good. :P
Its great. Sooo great. You should totally listen to it.
the best thing about this band is you can find lyrics. if not then all you would hear is a sound like Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth lead singer) screaming.
honestly SubAtomic you are quite stupid aren't you because it is totally impossible to compair Cradle Of Filth to Alesana because Alesana is considered more of a screamo band which means they actually scream and Cradle Of Filth is considered as a deathcore or death metal band such as Children Of Bodom and they do not scream what so ever what they do is called Growling... sorry your an inbread fuck...
Honestly alingle you are quite stupid aren't you? Because you just classified both Cradle of Filth and Children of Bodom as deathcore / death metal. Sorry you're an inbred fuck and your spelling proves it.
^ lol at you all. :)
Seriously i agree with alingle though because your comparing growls to high screams, and these are much much easier to understand. shit im listening to the EP version of this song and i can still understand with bad recording!
hahaha cradle of filth sucks so bad. alesana is the shit
they do have a cool title tho<br />
to hell with cradle of filth alesana is an inspiration to all with good taste in music.
ps new album comes out october 18 forgot what it was called but i know it has something to do with silence on the sun.
i love this song its awesum!
"My envy can’t describe how I loathe you for having all the stars Leaving my eyes to marvel the sky knowing it should be mine Yet it’s you I see wasting the dream that only I deserve I’ll tear off your face to see your smile"
Love it.