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.
In the end we tend to think of how it began
I could never explain the picture it painted
And how it made me feel
Now the ceiling is in motion
The light centered and overlooked
You want to see me disappear? Well, so do I
So do I
Such a quiet evaporation
We're nothing but hollow vessels
In search of what makes us alive
I never said this was my revolution
When you looked me in the eye
Oh, how I've walked this white line
So many times before
What a feeble attempt
Just to feel alive
This is for you and your hopeless case
You never would, you never would
Leave me in your wish to fail every time
Every time I try
Talk about, talk about it
At least it makes you feel something
Inside
Who have I become
Who have I become
Oh God
Everything, everything
All around me
Is crumbling at my feet
Everything, everything
All around me
Is crumbling at my feet
I stare so delicate and ashamed
At the shell I've shed myself from
I stare so delicate and ashamed
In the eyes (this is for)
In the eyes of my ghost (you and your hopeless case)
In the eyes (this is for)
In the eyes of my ghost (you and your hopeless case)
And I will never look back
And I will never
And I will never look back
Again
I could never explain the picture it painted
And how it made me feel
Now the ceiling is in motion
The light centered and overlooked
You want to see me disappear? Well, so do I
So do I
Such a quiet evaporation
We're nothing but hollow vessels
In search of what makes us alive
I never said this was my revolution
When you looked me in the eye
Oh, how I've walked this white line
So many times before
What a feeble attempt
Just to feel alive
This is for you and your hopeless case
You never would, you never would
Leave me in your wish to fail every time
Every time I try
Talk about, talk about it
At least it makes you feel something
Inside
Who have I become
Who have I become
Oh God
Everything, everything
All around me
Is crumbling at my feet
Everything, everything
All around me
Is crumbling at my feet
I stare so delicate and ashamed
At the shell I've shed myself from
I stare so delicate and ashamed
In the eyes (this is for)
In the eyes of my ghost (you and your hopeless case)
In the eyes (this is for)
In the eyes of my ghost (you and your hopeless case)
And I will never look back
And I will never
And I will never look back
Again
Lyrics submitted by madcaddy11
There Could Be Nothing After This Lyrics as written by Christopher Dudley Aaron Gillespie
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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