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.
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Oh, but, God, I want to let it go
Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone
Couldn't hide the emptiness; you let it show
Never wanted it to be so cold
Just didn't drink enough to say you love me
I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Don't want to let it lay me down this time
Drown my will to fly
Here in the darkness I know myself
Can't break free until I let it go
Let me go
Darling, I forgive you after all
Anything is better than to be alone
And in the end I guess I had to fall
Always find my place among the ashes
I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Oh, but, God, I want to let it go
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Oh, but, God, I want to let it go
Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone
Couldn't hide the emptiness; you let it show
Never wanted it to be so cold
Just didn't drink enough to say you love me
I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Don't want to let it lay me down this time
Drown my will to fly
Here in the darkness I know myself
Can't break free until I let it go
Let me go
Darling, I forgive you after all
Anything is better than to be alone
And in the end I guess I had to fall
Always find my place among the ashes
I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Oh, but, God, I want to let it go
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Lithium Lyrics as written by Amy Lee
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Great version of a great song,
depression can be an addiction. if you're depressed long enough, it feels unnatural to be happy.
i've been bipolar in the past. during that time, it felt like hell whenever i was merely content instead of manic or depressed.
you can't be "bipolar" for a period of time.. it's a permanent illness.. aka forever.
Maybe you should learn what you're talking about. Depression and BPD can come and go; also, manic or depressive phases in BPD can last for YEARS at a time, so it might not seem like you're bipolar.
I didn't know that. Neat. I think this song is about someone who has been depressed for a very long time and she's with someone who is trying to help her, but she doesn't know if she should stay in love with her sorrow or to get better. In the end she chooses to get better.
Um no. As a psychologist - I know what I'm talking about. Bipolar stays with you for life, it doesn't "come and go". You can take medication to control it, but if you stop taking it you go back to the mood swings (using laymans terms here) so you aren't cured. When you say "in the past" you may mean that you weren't on medication and now you are. But the statement that they "come and go" is so wrong that I joined this site just to place this one comment.
@MarinaRose... THANK YOU<br /> I'm sick of misconceptions about it.<br /> I'm bipolar, and I have been since I was 9.<br /> I know people say you have to be 20 or whatever to be diagnosed, but I went on mood stablizers... Lithium, coincedentaly... when I was 9 and stopped actual rapid-cycling. <br /> Too bad I got diabetes and had to stop the lithium because I couldn't check my glucose because of the damn tremors.<br /> My meds are getting better, though!<br /> I had to put that in there, because I'm just so excited. Ignore me if you want.<br /> Yeah, I found this song when doing research on mood stablizers. I don't really like it that much though.
Um....yeah, ONCE AGAIN, this song is a METAPHOR for a relationship gone bad, it is NOT about bipolar or depression. Amy has never taken Lithium for any mental illness..geez.
@ ArchimedesTheOwl, If you're bi-polar you didn't develop it...You've had it ALL your life...It's hereditary...It never goes away and it's always been there. Medication doesn't make it go away. It eases it, make life more manageable, but you CAN live a very functional and happy life OFF medication having Bi-polar Disorder...You learn coping skills and ways to function. Medication isn't always the answer, but in some cases it's a good start to hopefully one day be able to function the same off the medication as you would with it without the side affects.
@amber33, Just because Amy isn't bipolar doesn't mean that she can't write a song about it. Ben Moody, one of Evanescence's founding members is bipolar.
@zoooooomzooooom As someone who currently HAS bipolar disorder, and is taking lithium right now, I have NOT always had bipolar disorder. Typically, it develops in late teens, early adulthood. Some people get it as children. Yes, it is hereditary, as is diabetes. Bipolar is not there from birth, it's just in the genes. On lithium, I am at 100%. It is not like this for everyone, but it's great for me. I could not imagine living my life off of lithium. I have bipolar 1, meaning I get delusional when I am manic. It sucked. I have no side effects on lithium. No disrespect, just wanted to get the truth out there.
@zooooomzooom You're right about one thing, though; bipolar disorder is a chronic illness. Once it surfaces, it never truly leaves.