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.
We were two in a million
Stars like the ones in the sky
A love scene and a vision
We saw the world and we waved goodbye
Watched the fireworks falling
We kissed and innocence died
The sound of certainty calling
A world that wouldn't be satisfied
I said, you only get one hit, that's the beauty of it
What's the good in crying?
It's always been that way at the end of the day
You gotta keep on trying
Life's a one take movie
And I don't care what it means
I'm saving up my tears
For the crying scene
Tears fall and they haunt me
The sad words of the song
It's like necessity wants me
Sometimes, I long just to belong
I dream of demons and money
I see the straights in the rain
I gotta keep on movin'
Before they drag me down again
You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it
What's the good in crying?
It's always been that way at the end of the day
You gotta keep on trying
I said, life's a one take movie
And I don't care what it means
I'm saving up my tears
For the crying scene
I said, you only get one hit, that's the beauty of it
What's the good in crying?
It's always been that way at the end of the day
You gotta keep on trying
Life's a one take movie
And I don't care what it means
I'm saving up my tears
For the crying scene
The crying scene
The crying scene
Stars like the ones in the sky
A love scene and a vision
We saw the world and we waved goodbye
Watched the fireworks falling
We kissed and innocence died
The sound of certainty calling
A world that wouldn't be satisfied
I said, you only get one hit, that's the beauty of it
What's the good in crying?
It's always been that way at the end of the day
You gotta keep on trying
Life's a one take movie
And I don't care what it means
I'm saving up my tears
For the crying scene
Tears fall and they haunt me
The sad words of the song
It's like necessity wants me
Sometimes, I long just to belong
I dream of demons and money
I see the straights in the rain
I gotta keep on movin'
Before they drag me down again
You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it
What's the good in crying?
It's always been that way at the end of the day
You gotta keep on trying
I said, life's a one take movie
And I don't care what it means
I'm saving up my tears
For the crying scene
I said, you only get one hit, that's the beauty of it
What's the good in crying?
It's always been that way at the end of the day
You gotta keep on trying
Life's a one take movie
And I don't care what it means
I'm saving up my tears
For the crying scene
The crying scene
The crying scene
Lyrics submitted by shewouldnt
The Crying Scene Lyrics as written by Roddy Frame
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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