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.
Slowdancing
With someone who is a thousand miles away
Settling someone else's argument
And he doesn't even know how it started
Strangers dance with strangers
But they watch her every move
Sit swallowing cocktails
Better get your head down
Slowdancing
In a minefield where everybody knows your name
And every familiar face just makes her lonely
Distance and the weeks gone by
Strangers dance with strangers
Trying to keep a brave face
Far away from danger
You better get your head down
[Repeat: x2]
Better get your head down
[Repeat: x4]
You'll be the talk of the town
Slowdancing
A thousand miles away
Settling someone else's argument
[Repeat: x3]
Watch her every move
With someone who is a thousand miles away
Settling someone else's argument
And he doesn't even know how it started
Strangers dance with strangers
But they watch her every move
Sit swallowing cocktails
Better get your head down
Slowdancing
In a minefield where everybody knows your name
And every familiar face just makes her lonely
Distance and the weeks gone by
Strangers dance with strangers
Trying to keep a brave face
Far away from danger
You better get your head down
[Repeat: x2]
Better get your head down
[Repeat: x4]
You'll be the talk of the town
Slowdancing
A thousand miles away
Settling someone else's argument
[Repeat: x3]
Watch her every move
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But... What? No comments for one of the best SFK songs? I think this song's pretty self explanitory... Not quite, but more so than most of theirs. "slowdancing with some one who is a thousand miles away" This could be taken literally or metaphorically - slowdancing could be just what it seems, but it's probably not. Maybe just close, intimate, but with some one who isn't at all there. This song almost represents slowdancing as a twisted contest, trying to see who'll crack first. The chorus explains itself - she feels like everyone is watching her, even when they may well not be. It's that feeling of being so self concious that it feels as though every one in the room is looking at you. Slowdancing In a minefield where everybody knows your name And every familiar face just makes her lonely Distance and the weeks gone by Not only some of my favourite lines ever, but also the verse that sums up the song. If you make a mistake, miss a single step, everything could be blown to pieces. And everytime she sees another fairweather friends it tears her to shreds, because everything has changed and they could never know her. The rest is almost a conclusion for the song - you'll be the talk of the town. Her paranoia and self conciousness makes her feel as though she is the talk of the town, as though everyone's watching her.
Another theory on this song is that the girl has done something like tried to kill herself, or been through a horrible break up that everyone knows about. That would mean that her paranoia is almost justified - they're watching her because they know what's happened. And though she tries to piece her life together, she can't do it under pressure and the watchful eyes of all who know her.
There's my 2 cents :)