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.
We'll hold this off to build these machines
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
Just look out of your window and you'll find us here
We can make a stand to stop the uproars
If you can fight in wars for that
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
If you could give us the answers now
Help us to end all the suffering
We'll clean the blood from all of our eyes
Take the rage away from us
If you could us the answers now
We could crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
I hope that in time that I'm okay with all of this
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
Just look out of your window and you'll find us here
We can make a stand to stop the uproars
If you can fight in wars for that
Crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
If you could give us the answers now
Help us to end all the suffering
We'll clean the blood from all of our eyes
Take the rage away from us
If you could us the answers now
We could crush these empires to ashes and make them wonder
I hope that in time that I'm okay with all of this
Lyrics submitted by strider3005
Build an Army Lyrics as written by Daniel Haigh Omar Abidi
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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