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.
She put $900 on the fifth horse in the sixth race
I think its name is "chips ahoy!"
It came in six lengths ahead, we spent the whole next week getting high
At first I thought that she hit off some tip that she got from some other boy
We were overjoyed
Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh
Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh
Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh
Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh
I got a girl and she don't have to work
She can tell which horse is gonna finish in first
Some nights the painkillers make the pain even worse
Came in six lengths ahead
We spent the whole next week getting high
I love this girl but I can't tell when she's having a good time
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
She's hard on the heart and she's soft to the touch
She gets migraine headaches when she does it too much
She always does it too much
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
And you won't even dance
I think its name is "chips ahoy!"
It came in six lengths ahead, we spent the whole next week getting high
At first I thought that she hit off some tip that she got from some other boy
We were overjoyed
Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh
Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh
Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh
Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh
I got a girl and she don't have to work
She can tell which horse is gonna finish in first
Some nights the painkillers make the pain even worse
Came in six lengths ahead
We spent the whole next week getting high
I love this girl but I can't tell when she's having a good time
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
She's hard on the heart and she's soft to the touch
She gets migraine headaches when she does it too much
She always does it too much
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't let me touch you?
(Wo-ah-oh-ee-ah-oh-ee-oh)
How am I supposed to know that you're high if you won't even dance?
(Wo-ah-oh-a-ee-oh-oh)
And you won't even dance
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I agree with elstongunnn on here (except all the cookie analogies). She uses painkillers but they make it worse. She has all this money that buys her a materialistic high, but she never gets the paralell high (enjoyment-which is what high implies). She makes him want her with her looks, money, and sex. However, she never feels fulfilled with her. they both are not getting what they think they are getting.