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.
mountain of the dead
are you listening
you're gonna lose so much
if the lightning's going by
you've already lost so much
if the moon has gone by
all the good things
are asleep in the human world
it's made more room
for the dark to walk around
my heart is sick and i didn't make it out
speak to all my friends whose names i don't remember now
you're gonna lose a lot
you'll get used to it somehow
are you listening
you're gonna lose so much
if the lightning's going by
you've already lost so much
if the moon has gone by
all the good things
are asleep in the human world
it's made more room
for the dark to walk around
my heart is sick and i didn't make it out
speak to all my friends whose names i don't remember now
you're gonna lose a lot
you'll get used to it somehow
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mountains of the dead are you listening? you're gonna lose a lot now that the lightening has passed you by.
you've already lost so much now that the moon has passed you by. all the good things are asleep in the human world. it makes more room for the dark to walk around.
speak to all my friends whose names i can't remember now. my heart is sick and i didn't make it out.
this time i'm leaving nothing, nothing behind. this time i'm leaving nothing, nothing behind.