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.
World's, world's, world's famous
World, world, world's famous
You're now listening to (girl)
Skateboard P and the Louis Vuitton Don (I'm back)
It's so unfair, it's so unreasonable
Let's go
I must've hurt your feelings (come on)
Your temper hit the ceiling (come on)
You know I wanna talk to you (get 'em P)
Oh girl, come on (come on)
But to maintain this livin' (come on, come on)
God knows it's not given (come on)
You know I got a lots to do (let's take 'em up)
Oh girl, come on (come on)
I know this part ain't pretty (come on, come on)
But you know I been busy (yeah)
That's why I can't talk long on the phone (uh-huh)
Oh girl, come on (come on)
So honey, if you with me (come on, come on)
Know I'll look for your pretty (yeah)
Face to smile when I get home
And when we make love you know it's gon' be amazin' (yeah)
'Cause you're my number one (baby girl, you and me)
Smash hit (that's a hit to me)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (tell me how you love that)
I'm dashin (number one, can't put nothin' above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary, go)
Didn't I just tell ya (go)
That you're my Cinderella (get 'em p)
My dream ball ain't fixed one sight (come on)
Oh girl, come on (come on, come on)
Baby, you know I'd rather be where you are (world's famous)
You are my shining star
But last night, uh, that just wasn't right
Oh girl, come on (come on, come on)
I know this part ain't pretty (come on)
But you know I been busy
That's why I can't talk long on the phone (the international)
It's hard for you, baby girl, come on (world's famous)
So honey if you with me (yeah, yeah)
Know I'll look for your pretty (everybody)
Face to smile when I get home (I need you to sing along with me)
And when we make love you know it's gon' be amazin (this part, it's comin' up check it out)
Number one (baby girl, you and me)
Smash hit (that's a hit to me)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (tell me how you love that)
I'm dashin' (number one, can't put nothin above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary, go)
Number one (baby girl, you and me)
Smash hit (that's a hit to me)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (tell me how you love that)
I'm dashin' (number one, can't put nothin above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary, go)
Yesterday I was half the man you see
Baby that's because you the other half of me
You my number one hit on the line of the charts
I'ma FedEx my love and have you sign for my heart
For my number one I keep ya dumb fly
Fresh to death you like after death
I resurrected my gold Jesus of Nazareth
Now we fresh as a prince while they Jazzy Jeff
And you don't be sayin shit when they askin' questions
A-a-and you be givin' me my space a-a-and
You don't be runnin' on myspace a-a-and
You know some other shit I hate w-w-what
W-w-when they violate b-but
Tonight man I ain't in the mood for it
Don't matter who wore it, you wore it
Look how ya coordinated man that's my favorite
I love the way that it
Number one (fits on you)
Smash hit (baby girl, that's the shit on you)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (t-tell me how you love that)
I'm dashing (number one, can't put nothing above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary)
Number one (come on, come on)
Smash hit (you're my number one girl)
Off the charts
Classic (you're my number one girl)
Soon as I'm done (come on, come on)
I'm dashin' (you're my number one girl)
Home to hold your heart
And smash it (you're my number one girl)
World's, world's, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
World, world, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
World's, world's, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
World, world, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
World, world, world's famous
You're now listening to (girl)
Skateboard P and the Louis Vuitton Don (I'm back)
It's so unfair, it's so unreasonable
Let's go
I must've hurt your feelings (come on)
Your temper hit the ceiling (come on)
You know I wanna talk to you (get 'em P)
Oh girl, come on (come on)
But to maintain this livin' (come on, come on)
God knows it's not given (come on)
You know I got a lots to do (let's take 'em up)
Oh girl, come on (come on)
I know this part ain't pretty (come on, come on)
But you know I been busy (yeah)
That's why I can't talk long on the phone (uh-huh)
Oh girl, come on (come on)
So honey, if you with me (come on, come on)
Know I'll look for your pretty (yeah)
Face to smile when I get home
And when we make love you know it's gon' be amazin' (yeah)
'Cause you're my number one (baby girl, you and me)
Smash hit (that's a hit to me)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (tell me how you love that)
I'm dashin (number one, can't put nothin' above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary, go)
Didn't I just tell ya (go)
That you're my Cinderella (get 'em p)
My dream ball ain't fixed one sight (come on)
Oh girl, come on (come on, come on)
Baby, you know I'd rather be where you are (world's famous)
You are my shining star
But last night, uh, that just wasn't right
Oh girl, come on (come on, come on)
I know this part ain't pretty (come on)
But you know I been busy
That's why I can't talk long on the phone (the international)
It's hard for you, baby girl, come on (world's famous)
So honey if you with me (yeah, yeah)
Know I'll look for your pretty (everybody)
Face to smile when I get home (I need you to sing along with me)
And when we make love you know it's gon' be amazin (this part, it's comin' up check it out)
Number one (baby girl, you and me)
Smash hit (that's a hit to me)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (tell me how you love that)
I'm dashin' (number one, can't put nothin above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary, go)
Number one (baby girl, you and me)
Smash hit (that's a hit to me)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (tell me how you love that)
I'm dashin' (number one, can't put nothin above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary, go)
Yesterday I was half the man you see
Baby that's because you the other half of me
You my number one hit on the line of the charts
I'ma FedEx my love and have you sign for my heart
For my number one I keep ya dumb fly
Fresh to death you like after death
I resurrected my gold Jesus of Nazareth
Now we fresh as a prince while they Jazzy Jeff
And you don't be sayin shit when they askin' questions
A-a-and you be givin' me my space a-a-and
You don't be runnin' on myspace a-a-and
You know some other shit I hate w-w-what
W-w-when they violate b-but
Tonight man I ain't in the mood for it
Don't matter who wore it, you wore it
Look how ya coordinated man that's my favorite
I love the way that it
Number one (fits on you)
Smash hit (baby girl, that's the shit on you)
Off the charts (look how she get to me)
Classic (she might be nothin' to you but she the shit to me)
Soon as I'm done (t-tell me how you love that)
I'm dashing (number one, can't put nothing above that)
Home to hold your heart (you deserve a verse from me)
And smash it (we gon' party like it's our anniversary)
Number one (come on, come on)
Smash hit (you're my number one girl)
Off the charts
Classic (you're my number one girl)
Soon as I'm done (come on, come on)
I'm dashin' (you're my number one girl)
Home to hold your heart
And smash it (you're my number one girl)
World's, world's, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
World, world, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
World's, world's, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
World, world, world's famous (you're my number one girl)
Lyrics submitted by tobeforgotten
Number One Lyrics as written by Pharrell L. Williams Kanye Omari West
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I'm resurrecting my gold Jesus Of Nazareth.. Is he talking about jewelry?
Oh, that FedEx line is classic!
I really like this song...meaning wise is he saying that through out it all a certain girl will always be special to him, his 'number 1'
I think in the chorus the lyrics are something like "soon as I'm done...dashing...to hold your heart...smash it.." or something.
pretty good song.
omg i expected SOOOO much more from these two musical geniuses. thi is bullshit. its okay for anyother artist but from PHARRELL and KANYE??? this is simply uneacceptable
Jassss, I think I heard somewhere that Pharrell didn't necessarily want to make a chart topping album, but he wanted to give his fans some music by him. "In My Mind" is one of my favorite albums of all time even though it hasn't created any major "hits" for Pharrell.
I agree. I think it's a great album. I'm glad it didn't have any songs that got played out on it because it's an album that has no songs that I have gotten tired of. I like In My Mind more and more with each listen, to this day.
i wasn't talking about how it wasn't a major hit i'm talking about the lack of creativity. kanye and pharrell make the best hits in the industry and together i just expected something more original.
jass learn how to spell my man. This is good. Cheap jew Son of a bitch
Can someone explain to me Kanyes part?
For my number one, I, keep ya dumb fly, you fresh to def, you life after death. I'm resurrecting my gold Jesus of Nazareth, now we fresh as a Prince while they Jazzy Jeff. And you don't be saying shit when they asking questions (hehehe) And you be givin' me my space (hehehe) You don't be runnin' on myspace (hehehe) You know some other shit I hate? (whawhawha) Wha-wha-when they violate bu-bu, tonight man I ain't in the mood for it, don't matter who would, you would, look how you coordinated it, man that's my favorite.
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