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.
Cigarette fingers ember stain
Incriminating notes on a paper chain
Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated'
I wanna bust out I've not been defeated
You're all strong bones they hold no water
Got the big fake smile, you just get sadder
Time wound down and you've been cached
Because half measured shows are all half ass
How did we ever end up this way'
And I fall numb in disarray
I'm cultivating my ignorance
Didn't we have some standards once'
I hate you and your cowboy boots oh
You wanted clever, and you settled for stupid
You threw it all away so indiscreet
Like a bad boy ready so dirty little cheat
It's a shallow vicious state of mind
Like an angry joke, getting dumped online
Give me back my photos will you'
You fucking whore I'll kill you
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it) Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe) That dead King George will wake up screaming
Our soundtrack is the slowest thing
Some will ache, replace the sting
Rap stars brag about shooting each other'
Whatever happened to brother brother
We like thugs when they attack
And we like crime when it's black on black
And isn't this you you cold hearted fake'
Isn't this more than you can take'
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just walk on by
(Don't believe it) This mobile gas
(Don't believe) And then we all can all get high
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it) Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe) That dead King George will wake up screaming
Wake up screaming (ha ha ha)
Wake up screaming (Oh)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Round up on the big lynch pins
I hope we don't get fooled again
All sensation makes no sense
You got some insane confidence
I can't find myself I can't change the station
In this cold damp cellar in this pity nation
Scandalize now with such ease
America, give me back my keys
Say hello to soldiers squeeze
The trigger on fake enemies
We're all aboard, and all alone
Till you come home
Bring us home
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it) Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe) That dead King George will wake up screaming
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Keep on breathing) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
Incriminating notes on a paper chain
Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated'
I wanna bust out I've not been defeated
You're all strong bones they hold no water
Got the big fake smile, you just get sadder
Time wound down and you've been cached
Because half measured shows are all half ass
How did we ever end up this way'
And I fall numb in disarray
I'm cultivating my ignorance
Didn't we have some standards once'
I hate you and your cowboy boots oh
You wanted clever, and you settled for stupid
You threw it all away so indiscreet
Like a bad boy ready so dirty little cheat
It's a shallow vicious state of mind
Like an angry joke, getting dumped online
Give me back my photos will you'
You fucking whore I'll kill you
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it) Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe) That dead King George will wake up screaming
Our soundtrack is the slowest thing
Some will ache, replace the sting
Rap stars brag about shooting each other'
Whatever happened to brother brother
We like thugs when they attack
And we like crime when it's black on black
And isn't this you you cold hearted fake'
Isn't this more than you can take'
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just walk on by
(Don't believe it) This mobile gas
(Don't believe) And then we all can all get high
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it) Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe) That dead King George will wake up screaming
Wake up screaming (ha ha ha)
Wake up screaming (Oh)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Yeah! (yeah!)
Round up on the big lynch pins
I hope we don't get fooled again
All sensation makes no sense
You got some insane confidence
I can't find myself I can't change the station
In this cold damp cellar in this pity nation
Scandalize now with such ease
America, give me back my keys
Say hello to soldiers squeeze
The trigger on fake enemies
We're all aboard, and all alone
Till you come home
Bring us home
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it) Cause pretty soon
(Don't believe) That dead King George will wake up screaming
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Keep on breathing) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe it) Don't believe a word
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i've waited a very long time for this ..... I can't believe Out of the Vein didn't even go Gold?!?!
Out of the Vein was my favorite album by them. Tied with s/t of course though.
Actually Ursa Major is fantastic too though. Really grows on you. The more I hear the songs the more I like them, and honestly I didn't really care for most of them at first - it's the whole idea of having a perception of 3EB from past albums, but you have to be able to appreciate a band as they grown instead of lingering on their past work.
this album definitely grows on you. and yeah the lyrics are a little diff on the album version. pretty sure King George is George Bush - but they took so damn long to put out the album that most of the political messages on the album are outdated.
I think it should be "didn't I have some standards once?"
can somebody send me this song please?? aim:bteamstephen
Ok have the lyrics changed because some of these do not sound like what im hear'n on the latest version of this song...
Oh yeah, and bteamstephen, are you the same stephen from the band 'Bteam' from amarillo Tx?
Can someone please send me the song too? o0sweetcharade0o@gmail.com
this song rocks so damn hard
here's a decent quality video youtube.com/watch
i heard its about Bush-hatred song. but i think there are other things, which he hates of america viz, Hiphop, Lindsay Lohan, etc...................it's such a nice song, i dont know y such less comments and nobody cared 2 xplain the meaning. whats wrong with u 3e fans, huh?
"aeroshakeel <br /> 01-05-2010 <br /> <br /> Rated 0 i heard its about Bush-hatred song. but i think there are other things, which he hates of america viz, Hiphop, Lindsay Lohan, etc...................it's such a nice song, i dont know y such less comments and nobody cared 2 xplain the meaning. whats wrong with u 3e fans, huh?"<br /> <br /> Yeah it seem like that to me but it eem like this is both how the goverment isnt taking any action on hearing rap stars kill each other and hurt each other. List to any Lil wayne song, Im going to hurt you he says but in different words<br /> <br /> "What ever happened to brother, Brother?" Mean like Coolio. Gansta paradise was about how ghettos were so bad and started to sing that. I read on some other site it says Entertains like no other but i always hear What ever happened to brother, Brother?.
Pretty sure all the lyrics pasted here are wrong including those up top, they all have mistakes...anyone have the REAL lyrics?
I'll tell you why nobody commented on this song. It's because this is the 3eb we all love. I'm sorry Stephen Jenkins, your a lyrical genius, but nobody cares about your political opinions. Stick to writing about what your good at. Songs about love and life and sex. That's the 3eb we love.
@dpat256 lol
****because this isn't the 3eb we all love.