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.
Someday I'll toss all your presents
And bury the letters left unsent
'Cos it's bad to do what's easy
Just 'cos it's easy
And I wanna do what pleases me but I can't
And the road, she'd roll round the side of the mountain
With nowhere to go
But the heart, we know
When it's needin', it's careenin' toward bein' alone
Someday I'll find the mind to mend it
And make dry these eyes I've gotten wet
'Cos it's bad to do what's easy just 'cos it's easy
And I wanna do what pleases me but I can't
The crow, he'd mow half the grass on the knoll
With nowhere to go
But the heart, we know
When it's lovin', it's leanin' toward bein' alone
And the oats we sow
They could seed on forever with nowhere to grow
But the heart, we know
When it's askin' its exact twin, it will not be alone
And bury the letters left unsent
'Cos it's bad to do what's easy
Just 'cos it's easy
And I wanna do what pleases me but I can't
And the road, she'd roll round the side of the mountain
With nowhere to go
But the heart, we know
When it's needin', it's careenin' toward bein' alone
Someday I'll find the mind to mend it
And make dry these eyes I've gotten wet
'Cos it's bad to do what's easy just 'cos it's easy
And I wanna do what pleases me but I can't
The crow, he'd mow half the grass on the knoll
With nowhere to go
But the heart, we know
When it's lovin', it's leanin' toward bein' alone
And the oats we sow
They could seed on forever with nowhere to grow
But the heart, we know
When it's askin' its exact twin, it will not be alone
Lyrics submitted by marcysashes, edited by Stockholm, cakeybees
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
real lyrics (from gath's site)
someday i'll toss all your presents and bury the letters left unsent cause it's bad to do what's easy just cause it's easy and i wanna do what pleases me but i can't
the road, she'd roll round the side of the mountain with nowhere to go but the heart, we know, when it's needin it's careenin toward bein alone
someday i'll find the mind to mend it and make dry these eyes i've gotten wet cause it's bad to do what's easy just cause it's easy i wanna do what pleases me but i can't
the crow, he'd mow half the grass on the knoll with nowhere to go but the heart, we know, when it's lovin it's leanin toward bein alone
the oats we sow, they could seed on forever with nowhere to grow but the heart, we know, when it's askin its exact twin it will not be alone
funny how this song once brought me so much happiness now the lyrics have become my life. started out as our song, ended up as just mine.
I think the obvious here is that she just can't let go of that someone whom she had loved. "Some day I'll toss all your letters" - She just can't accept that it's over.
Though, there is an underlying meaning here because of all the references to different things. I really enjoy this song.
this song is spectacular, its like somewhere between milk-eyed mender and ys. im surprised it hasnt attracted much attention here yet
this song is amazing, i love how its got such a strong feeling to it. she usually has good songs but this one is a lot bolder, theres more depth to it i guess
No one could write a song like this woman does, simple but I find it so amazing. i think she's basically saying that she's not okay with ending a relationship with someone but she will be.
This song makes me so sad, because it reminds me so much of my situation.
These are the lyrics.
someday i'll toss all your presents and bury the letters left unsent cause it's bad to do what's easy just cause it's easy and i wanna do what pleases me but i can't
the road, she'd roll round the side of the mountain with nowhere to go but the heart, we know, when it's lovin it's leanin toward bein alone
someday i'll find the mind to mend it and make dry these eyes i've gotten wet cause it's bad to do what's easy just cause it's easy i wanna do what pleases me but i can't
the crow, he'd mow half the grass on the knoll with nowhere to go but the heart, we know, when it's needin it's careenin toward bein alone
the oats we sow, they could seed on forever with nowhere to grow but the heart, we know, when it's askin its exact twin it will not be alone
Obviously, this is a breakup song. But maybe, they didn't break up. I think he died and she can't get over it. If he'd be alive, he would take all his things from her eyes but he didn't. He was sick for a long time. The easy thing to do was leaving him to die alone in the hospital. But she couldn't, and now, she suffers. He died, she saw all his pain, there was nothing she could do. And she can't do nothing after his death.