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.
How you spend your minutes are what matters
All tomorrows come from yesterday's
When you're feeling broke and bruised and sometimes shattered
Blew out the candles on the cake like everything's a big mistake
It seems you always wait for life to happen
And your last buck can't buy a lucky break
If all we've got is us then life's worth living
And if you're in, you know I'm in
I'm ready and I'm willing
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
We're just who we are, there's no pretending
It takes a while to learn to live in your own skin
Say a prayer that we might find our happy ending
And if you're in, you know I'm in
I'm ready and I'm willing
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
And I ain't got no halo hanging over my head
I ain't gonna judge you, I'm just here to love you
I am
I am
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
All tomorrows come from yesterday's
When you're feeling broke and bruised and sometimes shattered
Blew out the candles on the cake like everything's a big mistake
It seems you always wait for life to happen
And your last buck can't buy a lucky break
If all we've got is us then life's worth living
And if you're in, you know I'm in
I'm ready and I'm willing
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
We're just who we are, there's no pretending
It takes a while to learn to live in your own skin
Say a prayer that we might find our happy ending
And if you're in, you know I'm in
I'm ready and I'm willing
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
And I ain't got no halo hanging over my head
I ain't gonna judge you, I'm just here to love you
I am
I am
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
I am
When you think that no-one needs you
Sees you or believes you
No ones there to understand
I am
I'll be there to be that someone
When you think that no one, is there to hold your hand
I am
Lyrics submitted by miss_bonjovi
I Am Lyrics as written by John Shanks Richard Sambora
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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