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.
Oh Stacey, look what you've done
You think that your the only one
Well she should have gone to school,
And she should have made it through, but she never
And she should have studied hard,
And she should have played the part, but she never
Oh she should have kept her head
And got out of bed more in the mornings
And she should have had her day,
She'd have done it her way but she never
She made her father worry 'til he was sick
Found him on the couch one night all cold and stiff
Now she drinks away the Will and she's not proud of it
Oh Stacey, look what you've done
You think that your the only one
Well she should have had more time to get to know the world a little better
And she should have had more friends to glue her brain and stick it back together
But she had to go around and disagree with everyone she knew
And now all her friends
They're going to help her spend her fortune
She made her father worry 'til he was sick
Found him on the couch one night all cold and stiff
Now she drinks away the Will and she's not proud of it
"Oh mother was it always going to be this way?"
It didn't have to daughter but I knew that's what you'd say
"I will put flowers on and visit every week"
But that won't wake your father from his everlasting sleep.
She made her father worry 'til he was sick
Found him on the couch one night all cold and stiff
Now she drinks away the Will and she's not proud of it
You think that your the only one
Well she should have gone to school,
And she should have made it through, but she never
And she should have studied hard,
And she should have played the part, but she never
Oh she should have kept her head
And got out of bed more in the mornings
And she should have had her day,
She'd have done it her way but she never
She made her father worry 'til he was sick
Found him on the couch one night all cold and stiff
Now she drinks away the Will and she's not proud of it
Oh Stacey, look what you've done
You think that your the only one
Well she should have had more time to get to know the world a little better
And she should have had more friends to glue her brain and stick it back together
But she had to go around and disagree with everyone she knew
And now all her friends
They're going to help her spend her fortune
She made her father worry 'til he was sick
Found him on the couch one night all cold and stiff
Now she drinks away the Will and she's not proud of it
"Oh mother was it always going to be this way?"
It didn't have to daughter but I knew that's what you'd say
"I will put flowers on and visit every week"
But that won't wake your father from his everlasting sleep.
She made her father worry 'til he was sick
Found him on the couch one night all cold and stiff
Now she drinks away the Will and she's not proud of it
Lyrics submitted by thestephness
Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done!) Lyrics as written by Abigail Harding Boyan Chowdhury
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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