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.
Fade away
So you don't make a scene
Close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
Afraid of what you are
Afraid of how you
Learn to close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
If you had the mind to just check out
Its something better that nothing
I'm not the type to scream and shout
(yeah)
Pain
In pains me just to see you with
Rather be lost in a river without you
Pain, pain, pain.
You made your point
You don't know what to say
Close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
You never come so close
You never got this far
You close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
If you had the mind to just check out
Its something better that nothing
I'm not the type to scream and shout
(yeah)
Pain
In pains me just to see you with
Rather be lost in a river without you
Pain, pain, pain.
Shamed of what you are and what you been
It must be hard living tired in your shoes
Shame, shame, shame
Shame, shame, shame
So cry bad day
Grey clouds, black haze
So sure the sun could collapse your ways
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
So cry bad day
Grey clouds, black haze
So sure the sun could collapse your ways
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
Pain
In pains me just to see you with
Rather be lost in a river without you
Pain, pain, pain.
Shamed of what you are and what you been
It must be hard living tired in your shoes
Shame, shame, shame
Shame, shame, shame
Pain
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
So you don't make a scene
Close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
Afraid of what you are
Afraid of how you
Learn to close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
If you had the mind to just check out
Its something better that nothing
I'm not the type to scream and shout
(yeah)
Pain
In pains me just to see you with
Rather be lost in a river without you
Pain, pain, pain.
You made your point
You don't know what to say
Close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
You never come so close
You never got this far
You close your mouth and try keeping it closed forever
If you had the mind to just check out
Its something better that nothing
I'm not the type to scream and shout
(yeah)
Pain
In pains me just to see you with
Rather be lost in a river without you
Pain, pain, pain.
Shamed of what you are and what you been
It must be hard living tired in your shoes
Shame, shame, shame
Shame, shame, shame
So cry bad day
Grey clouds, black haze
So sure the sun could collapse your ways
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
So cry bad day
Grey clouds, black haze
So sure the sun could collapse your ways
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
So cry bad day
(So cry bad day)
Pain
In pains me just to see you with
Rather be lost in a river without you
Pain, pain, pain.
Shamed of what you are and what you been
It must be hard living tired in your shoes
Shame, shame, shame
Shame, shame, shame
Pain
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
Keep your mouth closed
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
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