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 still see her in a cheap hotel room
So this is what it's come to
I'd love to say it tastes a different way
But that hasn't actually come true
This is so confusing
Thoroughly amusing
My heart is bruising
Only thoughts of you
And this is so degrading
I'm just waiting
Just keep meditating
Holy matrimony, I do
I do
I do
I do
I'm just a child of the night
And I didn't ask to be not right
Awww, no
Let's just say
That it's that way
And it's been fun
And it's all done
And that's ok
The world's a dark place
And I'm just a dead face in it's womb
This is so confusing
Thoroughly amusing
My heart is bruising
Only thoughts of you
And this is so degrading
I'm just waiting
Just keep meditating
Holy matrimony, I do
I do
I do
I do
But I'm just a child of the night
And I didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
Not right
Not right
Not right
Alright
So this is what it's come to
I'd love to say it tastes a different way
But that hasn't actually come true
This is so confusing
Thoroughly amusing
My heart is bruising
Only thoughts of you
And this is so degrading
I'm just waiting
Just keep meditating
Holy matrimony, I do
I do
I do
I do
I'm just a child of the night
And I didn't ask to be not right
Awww, no
Let's just say
That it's that way
And it's been fun
And it's all done
And that's ok
The world's a dark place
And I'm just a dead face in it's womb
This is so confusing
Thoroughly amusing
My heart is bruising
Only thoughts of you
And this is so degrading
I'm just waiting
Just keep meditating
Holy matrimony, I do
I do
I do
I do
But I'm just a child of the night
And I didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
We're just the children of the night
We didn't ask to be not right
Not right
Not right
Not right
Alright
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I love this song, and I can't believe no one has commented on it before me! I have no idea what it means, but it has such wonderful rythm. And I love the line "This is so confusing / thorougly amusing".