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.
Some days I feel like crying,
don't matter if it's rain or shine.
I feel like my heart was broken
at least a million times.
Some days I wake up dreaming,
feels like I never even woke.
I answer life's big questions
as if it's one big joke.
Maybe it's too soon to be sure,
but I really do believe
that someday we're gonna have it all.
So I try so hard to keep the rhythm of a train,
rolling right along.
When the ride gets rough, you got to carry on.
Carry on.
Some days I feel like singing.
I sit back and just groove the day away.
Maybe pick up a guitar
and play what I want to play.
Maybe it's too soon to be sure
but I really do believe that someday
we're gonna have it all.
So I try so hard to keep the rhythm of a train,
rolling right along.
When the ride gets rough you got to carry on.
Carry on.
Today I feel like laughing.
Seems to be no reason at all.
And if the world stops spinning,
I'm not afraid to fall.
Maybe it's too soon to be sure
but I really do believe that someday
we're gonna have it all.
So I try so hard to keep the rhythm of a train,
rolling right along.
When the ride gets rough you got to carry on.
Carry on.
don't matter if it's rain or shine.
I feel like my heart was broken
at least a million times.
Some days I wake up dreaming,
feels like I never even woke.
I answer life's big questions
as if it's one big joke.
Maybe it's too soon to be sure,
but I really do believe
that someday we're gonna have it all.
So I try so hard to keep the rhythm of a train,
rolling right along.
When the ride gets rough, you got to carry on.
Carry on.
Some days I feel like singing.
I sit back and just groove the day away.
Maybe pick up a guitar
and play what I want to play.
Maybe it's too soon to be sure
but I really do believe that someday
we're gonna have it all.
So I try so hard to keep the rhythm of a train,
rolling right along.
When the ride gets rough you got to carry on.
Carry on.
Today I feel like laughing.
Seems to be no reason at all.
And if the world stops spinning,
I'm not afraid to fall.
Maybe it's too soon to be sure
but I really do believe that someday
we're gonna have it all.
So I try so hard to keep the rhythm of a train,
rolling right along.
When the ride gets rough you got to carry on.
Carry on.
Lyrics submitted by catnamedzane
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Great version of a great song,
Ahh this is a feel good song...about all the different emotions a person can go through, and when in good times or bad, you just have to keep pushing on, as is life
I heard this song on scrubs... i downloaded it and it rocks
this is my favourite song, thats all i got to say
bendingsilverspoons, I did the same thing.
I listen to this song and just kind of drift away from everything, including the song itself. All I can really say about this one.
ya, this song is on season 1 of scrubs, and its totally awesome.
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ah i heard this on scrubs today too. :] i love the beginning.
After joining the military, this song became my mantra throughout bootcamp. Such a great song...
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