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.
Another night
I’ll be good
Make sure not to take as many chances as I could
While I’m away
I’ll be sure
Not to taste as much sweetness as I should
And though it does appeal to me
Someone seeming real to be filling up this empty space tonight
My mind it quickly changes
When I’m witness to the game and I realize that none of this is right
And I must get some consolation
Out of being no one’s consolation prize.
I get the funniest sensation when you look my way
Object of your appreciation but you will not say
How you feel
No, no, for real
Not pretending to be someone
Tell the truth and I’ll do the same
I’ll do the same
And I get the most awkward of notions when you hook my eyes
Quiet, yet a hard determination I cannot quite surmise
And I feel it’s a scheme
When it’s clear that you want something more from me
And I only can scream
When it’s clear you want to take me out of a beautiful day
And it makes me want to say
I’m not your consolation prize
I’m not your consolation prize
And with this attitude it seems
That you surely must be dreaming
I will not conversate with a disguise
And I get the distinct feeling that you could hit me when I look away
Little comments to break me down or get me
But I will not sway
For a breeze of hot air
Play coy with me a little more
Turn around again I will not be there
Beware…
I’m not your consolation prize
I’m not your consolation prize
And with this attitude it seems that you surely must be dreaming
I will not spend my time with a disguise
I’m not your consolation
I’m not your consolation
I’m not your consolation prize.
I’ll be good
Make sure not to take as many chances as I could
While I’m away
I’ll be sure
Not to taste as much sweetness as I should
And though it does appeal to me
Someone seeming real to be filling up this empty space tonight
My mind it quickly changes
When I’m witness to the game and I realize that none of this is right
And I must get some consolation
Out of being no one’s consolation prize.
I get the funniest sensation when you look my way
Object of your appreciation but you will not say
How you feel
No, no, for real
Not pretending to be someone
Tell the truth and I’ll do the same
I’ll do the same
And I get the most awkward of notions when you hook my eyes
Quiet, yet a hard determination I cannot quite surmise
And I feel it’s a scheme
When it’s clear that you want something more from me
And I only can scream
When it’s clear you want to take me out of a beautiful day
And it makes me want to say
I’m not your consolation prize
I’m not your consolation prize
And with this attitude it seems
That you surely must be dreaming
I will not conversate with a disguise
And I get the distinct feeling that you could hit me when I look away
Little comments to break me down or get me
But I will not sway
For a breeze of hot air
Play coy with me a little more
Turn around again I will not be there
Beware…
I’m not your consolation prize
I’m not your consolation prize
And with this attitude it seems that you surely must be dreaming
I will not spend my time with a disguise
I’m not your consolation
I’m not your consolation
I’m not your consolation prize.
Lyrics submitted by peytm83
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