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.
She had long brown hair
All down her breast
Made me think about my future
Made me think about my past
She was so pretty
As pretty as can be
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
Her skin was tight, her manner was free
She gave me that look that seemed to say:
"Hey you, look at me!"
Her smile was crooked and good
As she sucked her Capri
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon god
Why shouldn't it be me?
Her body was free!
Don't tell me what's proper
Anyone can see
I wasn't even her first, so don't blame it on me
She was so pretty, as pretty as can be
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
Oh c'mon, just this once, lord!
Why shouldn't it be me?
Her body was free!
You know what the bible says?
I'll tell you what it says
It says:
"Don't put a stumbling block in front of someone who can't see
Don't put a beautiful body in front of someone who's hungry,"
She was so pretty
As pretty as can be
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
C'mon lord, why shouldn't it be me?
All down her breast
Made me think about my future
Made me think about my past
She was so pretty
As pretty as can be
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
Her skin was tight, her manner was free
She gave me that look that seemed to say:
"Hey you, look at me!"
Her smile was crooked and good
As she sucked her Capri
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon god
Why shouldn't it be me?
Her body was free!
Don't tell me what's proper
Anyone can see
I wasn't even her first, so don't blame it on me
She was so pretty, as pretty as can be
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
Oh c'mon, just this once, lord!
Why shouldn't it be me?
Her body was free!
You know what the bible says?
I'll tell you what it says
It says:
"Don't put a stumbling block in front of someone who can't see
Don't put a beautiful body in front of someone who's hungry,"
She was so pretty
As pretty as can be
And I thought:
"My god, why shouldn't it be me?"
C'mon lord, why shouldn't it be me?
Lyrics submitted by tigersroamfree
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i never heard dis song...but the lyrics kind a creepy..
I've never heard this song. but i enjoy the lyrics. :D
she describes someone so vivdly with such little words. the song is so sexy.
i agree, this song is incredibly sexy. and not in the least bit creepy! i think regina's got a great handle on how to write from the point of the view of the opposite sex.
respektology, why do you assume Regina is writing from the "point of the view of the opposite sex"? She is clearly saying "why shouldn't it be me", which is more indicative that the point of view is that of another woman.
I (obviously) didn't see this reply to my post until several years after posting this, haha. But I think @AnthonyBSmith hit the nail on the head with what I was thinking about this song (and still do). Cheers ;)
I could really be reaching here, but it's somewhat eating disorderish to me.
i agree with aspekt it sounds like its from a woman point of view. but i dont rly know about the eating disorder, what do you mean?
"Why shouldn't it be me?" does imply that there is something unattainable or socially unacceptable about consummating the relationship, as does "Don't tell me what's proper/ Anyone can see/ I wasn't even her first/ So don't blame it on me." I feel like there must be something more to it--something more taboo than it just being a woman talking about another woman. Or is that still pretty taboo?
It's rape told from the rapist's point of view.
"Her body was free"
"She was so pretty pretty as can be and I thought my God, why shouldn't it be me?"
"I wasn't even her first, so don't blame it on me"
"Don't put a beautiful body In front of somebody who's hungry"
And that with the very dark, creepy retro-blues of the song which gives it this primal atmospheric quality. It's rape. Although the idea of woman envy is interesting, but it doesn't take all the lines of the song into account.
That's what I got out of it..
I agree! This is totally what I was getting at! (I rarely log in on this, so I just barely so those replies to my comment years ago)
That's exactly what I thought...<br /> It's so creepy how much this reminds me of things I've heard guys say, especially the part about "I wasn't even her first"<br /> As for it being from a man's point of view even though it's sung by Regina, she's said in interviews that she ofter writes songs from the point of view of someone completely different, and she has songs from men's point of view (Oedipus comes to mind, I can't remember any others).
There are barely words to describe how much I can relate to this song. I do see it as about a sort of shy and insecure girl who sees another girl who with all her grace and long brown hair, becomes jealous and even more insecure, perhaps develops an eating disordeer
"Her skin was tight, her manner was free.." The girl with the long brown hair is like a social butterfly and very confident. "Her body was free" means to be that she is thin and isnt afraid to be herself.
"She was so pretty pretty as can be and I thought my God, why shouldn't it be me?" This is jealously. Im the type of person would not even have to know the girl, but just to see someone from far away looking so pretty and happy I get jealous and start to get angry with myself, assuming that they have the perfect life and how all the guys like her and things like that.
"Don't put a stumbling block in front of someone who can't see. Don't put a beautiful body in front of someone who's hungry." Very anorexia-esque to me. It doesn't even have to mean the pretty girl at school but the pretty model girls in the magazines, "perfect bodies" are everywhere in the media and the on looker wishes she had that, she believes if she can only look partly like the pretty girl (by getting a thin, free body), she can a taste of what it is like to have that perfect life. "Don't tell me what's proper, anyone can see." It's not right to starve to yourself and the narrator knows that but she can't help herself because she just isnt happy and wants to be like the girl with the long brown hair