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.
It was a fine day in the fifth grade
when mary may let bobby walk her home from school
he had her books in hand
and he was listening to every word she said
like it was the gospel of the prophecies
and he loved the way her hair fell across her dress
went home singing who wrote the book of love
and try a little tenderness
the next day on the playground
bobby sat mary down on the swingset behind the sandbox
and she said, "bobby i just wanna play,
so what is it you have to say?"
he said, "mary, marry me.
we could live out by the sea
like they do on the movie screen.
oh, marry me, mary may,
before you go back to play"
it was graduation day
they were waiting on a plane to take mary away
said, "theres nothing left for me here but you
bobby, i hope you can find yourself through
theres so much that i wish to know
and i have to do this on my own
and i hope you can understand
bobby, write me when you can"
he said, "take my highschool ring
so time to time now you can think of me
and there's just one more thing before you leave"
he said, "mary, marry me
we could live out by the sea
oh, like they do on the movie screens
oh, marry me, mary may,
before you are fly away"
theres so much time has past since that day
and mary stopped writing years ago
and bobby never took his music on the road
guess he never really gave up hope
though mary shes got everything she thought she wanted
got a phd, she is an independent business woman
climbin' up the corporate ladder
though it really dont seem to matter,
she is lonely beyond belief
so one day she went home
looking for the only love she'd ever known
she found him once again
playing circuit at the holiday inn
still singing the song about the one he lost long ago
just goes to show you never know
she took his hand in hers
not everything she had planned and rehearsed
she said, "bobby, marry me
we could live in a apartment building with the window hue
we could take in movies on the weekend
or plan our vacation
take a honeymoon by the sea
oh bobby, wont you just marry me?
wont you just marry me?
oh please, marry me"
it was a fine day in the fifth grade
mary may let bobby walk her home from school
when mary may let bobby walk her home from school
he had her books in hand
and he was listening to every word she said
like it was the gospel of the prophecies
and he loved the way her hair fell across her dress
went home singing who wrote the book of love
and try a little tenderness
the next day on the playground
bobby sat mary down on the swingset behind the sandbox
and she said, "bobby i just wanna play,
so what is it you have to say?"
he said, "mary, marry me.
we could live out by the sea
like they do on the movie screen.
oh, marry me, mary may,
before you go back to play"
it was graduation day
they were waiting on a plane to take mary away
said, "theres nothing left for me here but you
bobby, i hope you can find yourself through
theres so much that i wish to know
and i have to do this on my own
and i hope you can understand
bobby, write me when you can"
he said, "take my highschool ring
so time to time now you can think of me
and there's just one more thing before you leave"
he said, "mary, marry me
we could live out by the sea
oh, like they do on the movie screens
oh, marry me, mary may,
before you are fly away"
theres so much time has past since that day
and mary stopped writing years ago
and bobby never took his music on the road
guess he never really gave up hope
though mary shes got everything she thought she wanted
got a phd, she is an independent business woman
climbin' up the corporate ladder
though it really dont seem to matter,
she is lonely beyond belief
so one day she went home
looking for the only love she'd ever known
she found him once again
playing circuit at the holiday inn
still singing the song about the one he lost long ago
just goes to show you never know
she took his hand in hers
not everything she had planned and rehearsed
she said, "bobby, marry me
we could live in a apartment building with the window hue
we could take in movies on the weekend
or plan our vacation
take a honeymoon by the sea
oh bobby, wont you just marry me?
wont you just marry me?
oh please, marry me"
it was a fine day in the fifth grade
mary may let bobby walk her home from school
Lyrics submitted by deedex11
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this is a wonderful song--seriously! i posted it =)
this song is just the story of bobby and mary of how he liked her in 5th grade and she ended up coming back to him. its really self-explanitory because joe purdy flat out says the story line. great song--would recommond it =D