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 want to meet up with you and show you what I'm thinking
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
I'm sitting here bored and lonely and you'll know
That anytime your free to show me how you feel
I'll take it anywhere that you want to go
Anywhere that you want to go
I'd make it right if you want it
I want it back more than you know
I crossed the line do you want it
I want you back
And I'm waiting for you to get that feeling once again
Reunited in the end
And I've been waiting for you
To capture my imagination
Cause I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
In my head
Now I realize I never had it so good
It took me anywhere I wanted to go
Now I'm sitting here dreaming of the days
When anytime I wanted I could show you how I feel
I can't go anywhere that I want to go
Anywhere that I want to go
I'd make it right if you want it
I want it back more than you know
I crossed the line do you want it
I want you back
And I'm waiting for you to get that feeling once again
Reunited in the end
And I've been waiting for you
To capture my imagination
Cause I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
In my head
I'll take it anywhere
I'll take it anywhere
I'll take it anywhere
I'll take you anywhere you want to go
I'd make it right if you want
I want it back more than you know
I crossed the line do you want it
I want you back
I'm waiting for you
To get that feeling once again
Reunited in the end
I've been waiting for you
To capture my imagination
Cause I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
And I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
And I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
I'll take you anywhere that you want to go
I'm sitting here bored and lonely and you'll know
That anytime your free to show me how you feel
I'll take it anywhere that you want to go
Anywhere that you want to go
I'd make it right if you want it
I want it back more than you know
I crossed the line do you want it
I want you back
And I'm waiting for you to get that feeling once again
Reunited in the end
And I've been waiting for you
To capture my imagination
Cause I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
In my head
Now I realize I never had it so good
It took me anywhere I wanted to go
Now I'm sitting here dreaming of the days
When anytime I wanted I could show you how I feel
I can't go anywhere that I want to go
Anywhere that I want to go
I'd make it right if you want it
I want it back more than you know
I crossed the line do you want it
I want you back
And I'm waiting for you to get that feeling once again
Reunited in the end
And I've been waiting for you
To capture my imagination
Cause I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
In my head
I'll take it anywhere
I'll take it anywhere
I'll take it anywhere
I'll take you anywhere you want to go
I'd make it right if you want
I want it back more than you know
I crossed the line do you want it
I want you back
I'm waiting for you
To get that feeling once again
Reunited in the end
I've been waiting for you
To capture my imagination
Cause I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
And I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
And I've been fooled by the illusions in my head
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Such a good song!! the line that hit me was
"cause I've been fooled by the illusions in my head In my head "
illusions of them being together and the allusions seem so real that he acts on them and finds out that they are not real, and he is never able to do that. Its only a dream....