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.
Just another day in the week
Waiting for an opportunity to step in front of me
Maybe I'm losing my mind
Searching for another place in another time
Real love can't be bought
It is wild and it can't be caught
Real love can't be sold
It's another color than gold
(I need your love) I just want to buy it
(I need your love) will you help me find it?
(I want your love) how can you deny it?
(I need your love) you've just gotta try it
(I want you now) something that you gotta know
(I need you now) my love for you I want to show
(I want your love) I'm telling you that I belong
(I need your love) you and me just can't go wrong
Standing on top of the world
Thinking of the joy you bring
When you do that thing to me
You sure know a lot for a girl
You can bring the good times back
Get me on the track
Real love can't be bought
It is wild and it can't be caught
Real love can't be sold
It's another color than gold
(I need your love) I just want to buy it
(I need your love) will you help me find it?
(I want your love) how can you deny it?
(I need your love) you've just gotta try it
(I want you now) something that you gotta know
(I need you now) my love for you I want to show
(I want your love) I'm telling you that I belong
(I need your love) you and me just can't go wrong
(I need your love)
(I need your love)
(I need your love)
(I need your love)
(I need your love) I just want to buy it
(I need your love) will you help me find it?
(I want your love) how can you deny it?
(I need your love) you've just gotta try it
(I want you now) something that you gotta know
(I need you now) my love for you I want to show
(I want your love) I'm telling you that I belong
(I need your love) you and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
Waiting for an opportunity to step in front of me
Maybe I'm losing my mind
Searching for another place in another time
Real love can't be bought
It is wild and it can't be caught
Real love can't be sold
It's another color than gold
(I need your love) I just want to buy it
(I need your love) will you help me find it?
(I want your love) how can you deny it?
(I need your love) you've just gotta try it
(I want you now) something that you gotta know
(I need you now) my love for you I want to show
(I want your love) I'm telling you that I belong
(I need your love) you and me just can't go wrong
Standing on top of the world
Thinking of the joy you bring
When you do that thing to me
You sure know a lot for a girl
You can bring the good times back
Get me on the track
Real love can't be bought
It is wild and it can't be caught
Real love can't be sold
It's another color than gold
(I need your love) I just want to buy it
(I need your love) will you help me find it?
(I want your love) how can you deny it?
(I need your love) you've just gotta try it
(I want you now) something that you gotta know
(I need you now) my love for you I want to show
(I want your love) I'm telling you that I belong
(I need your love) you and me just can't go wrong
(I need your love)
(I need your love)
(I need your love)
(I need your love)
(I need your love) I just want to buy it
(I need your love) will you help me find it?
(I want your love) how can you deny it?
(I need your love) you've just gotta try it
(I want you now) something that you gotta know
(I need you now) my love for you I want to show
(I want your love) I'm telling you that I belong
(I need your love) you and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
You and me just can't go wrong
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Guilt Is a Useless Emotion Lyrics as written by Peter Hook Bernard Sumner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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my father loves new order so much... and i like some songs... i just discovered this one this morning... i find the lyrics just a bit "cliche", and too easy, but i like it.
i dont know why but the "Standing on top of the world Thinking at the joy you bring when you do that thing to me You sure know a lot for a girl You can bring the good times back get me on the track" part make me think about a blowjob... ok it's not very poetic and its maybe because i'm frnech and dont understand everythin in the song... but yeah, it make me think of that...
Doitfortheteam, New Order have knack for taking simple or "easy" lyrics & making them sound brilliant & as though they have some other meaning (which they usually do)
I think is one of greatest New Order songs. The lyrics may be simple but Bernard has a way of entrancing you with his vocals. The music itself is great too. It has this somewhat dirty beat that hypnotizes you, especially that crushing sound.
The suspense thrills you from the sound of the heart beating at the start... You can almost feel the energy from this song hitting against your skin. Oh no, it must've been the vibration from my car speakers. Nevertheless, a most powerful song, with the typical New Order lyrics which make you think..."is it really as straight forward as love or is there a deeper meaning?"
bit heartbreaking really.