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.
These days I feel like I'm watchin' a movie
With subtitles, only I can't read the words
You do your best to make sure I understand you
But these boring topics always seem so absurd
And more and more I find I don't get the meaning
But I do appreciate your likable appeal
Say you're trying to drive us in the right direction
But I get the feeling you're falling asleep at the wheel
So, don't tell me you will, when you know that you won't
Don't say that you do, when you know that you don't
Cause the more that you give, for the less that I get
And the more that we share, is the more I regret
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
These days I feel like I'm talking to no one
It's cause I'm usually not
Keep pushing for a brand new beginning
You can't release me when I haven't been caught
You keep saying that I'm just getting stranger
That you don't even know what I stand for these days
I'd like to say, don't worry we'll get through it
But I get the feeling that this isn't just a phase
Don't tell me to yell, when you want me to whisper
Don't spin the bottle if you don't want to kiss her
Closer we get the further I feel
The less that we fake the more that seems real
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
With subtitles, only I can't read the words
You do your best to make sure I understand you
But these boring topics always seem so absurd
And more and more I find I don't get the meaning
But I do appreciate your likable appeal
Say you're trying to drive us in the right direction
But I get the feeling you're falling asleep at the wheel
So, don't tell me you will, when you know that you won't
Don't say that you do, when you know that you don't
Cause the more that you give, for the less that I get
And the more that we share, is the more I regret
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
These days I feel like I'm talking to no one
It's cause I'm usually not
Keep pushing for a brand new beginning
You can't release me when I haven't been caught
You keep saying that I'm just getting stranger
That you don't even know what I stand for these days
I'd like to say, don't worry we'll get through it
But I get the feeling that this isn't just a phase
Don't tell me to yell, when you want me to whisper
Don't spin the bottle if you don't want to kiss her
Closer we get the further I feel
The less that we fake the more that seems real
Cause I don't have much to believe in
That's why I am always counting on you
I don't have much to believe in
But if I did, Ya know I'd be doing it for you
Lyrics submitted by urinemylife
Subtitles Lyrics as written by Eric Hutchinson
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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So this song, I believe, is about how people constantly lie or are confused by their feelings ("So, don't tell me you will, when you know that you won't" ; "Don't say that you do, when you know that you don't" ; "Don't tell me to yell, when you want me to whisper" and "Don't spin the bottle if you don't want to kiss her")
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Its sad, cause there's not any comment on this song! ):