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.
There was a rapture
So I can never see you anymore
Nightmare's believable
Walking into sweet oblivion
Not saying it's easy, no no
To feel it all or not at all
Somebody say, lay down your gun
And when you lay it down get ready to run
Situation dire
It's gone away, it's not goin' away
Since you're wasting time again, my friend
On Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae
If she's your master
Then get down on your knees and beg for more
Not saying it's easier
To live your life like a little whore
'Cause when you play with fire
Take your fate, it's not going away
Situation dire
On Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae
The soul, the screen, the smoke in between
The rise, the fall, the thrill of
The first, the last, the sins of the past
The burn, the fade, the skin that you flayed
Come see the sun kill everyone
But me, I'm free
And you'd better bleed again
There was a rapture
So I can never see you anymore
Not saying it's easier
Not saying it's easier
So I can never see you anymore
Nightmare's believable
Walking into sweet oblivion
Not saying it's easy, no no
To feel it all or not at all
Somebody say, lay down your gun
And when you lay it down get ready to run
Situation dire
It's gone away, it's not goin' away
Since you're wasting time again, my friend
On Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae
If she's your master
Then get down on your knees and beg for more
Not saying it's easier
To live your life like a little whore
'Cause when you play with fire
Take your fate, it's not going away
Situation dire
On Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae, on Bonnie Brae
The soul, the screen, the smoke in between
The rise, the fall, the thrill of
The first, the last, the sins of the past
The burn, the fade, the skin that you flayed
Come see the sun kill everyone
But me, I'm free
And you'd better bleed again
There was a rapture
So I can never see you anymore
Not saying it's easier
Not saying it's easier
Lyrics submitted by tammynelson, edited by suedinInideus, drumblanket
Bonnie Brae Lyrics as written by Gregory E Dulli
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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