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.
Well I know you like the party, but the party never stops
I know you like the party, but the party never stops
well I know you
I know you
I know you
I know you want to be here so you just let go
and no one?s ever gonna tell you no
but I want to, cause I know you I know you
But you party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on
[Chorus:]
This is my last advice leave with me cause you could die tonight
(I got this, I got this, I got this so go ahead home)
the drugs you used as a place to hide, it?s really bad if you don?t get this right
(I got this, I got this, I got this I don?t need you)
You got kicked out of your mothers house
You stole money from her purse she finally found you out
You should be ashamed, (don't sit there judging me)
what a waste (you'd be the same if you could see, so lets have another drink)
And we'll party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on
[Chorus]
February is still as scary, the month your father died
a little girl in a shrieking world, looking for her place
to run and hide
Well I know you like the party, but the party never stops
I know you like the party, but the party never stops
well I know you
I know you
I know you
But you party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on
give it one last time cause this is all you?ve got!
[Chorus]
I know you like the party, but the party never stops
well I know you
I know you
I know you
I know you want to be here so you just let go
and no one?s ever gonna tell you no
but I want to, cause I know you I know you
But you party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on
[Chorus:]
This is my last advice leave with me cause you could die tonight
(I got this, I got this, I got this so go ahead home)
the drugs you used as a place to hide, it?s really bad if you don?t get this right
(I got this, I got this, I got this I don?t need you)
You got kicked out of your mothers house
You stole money from her purse she finally found you out
You should be ashamed, (don't sit there judging me)
what a waste (you'd be the same if you could see, so lets have another drink)
And we'll party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on
[Chorus]
February is still as scary, the month your father died
a little girl in a shrieking world, looking for her place
to run and hide
Well I know you like the party, but the party never stops
I know you like the party, but the party never stops
well I know you
I know you
I know you
But you party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on
give it one last time cause this is all you?ve got!
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by FacelessJoe
The Party Song Lyrics as written by Betty Comden Adolph Green
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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i hope that emery doesn't sell out on this new album of theirs :/
doesnt sound like they will sounds like emery but better......a new and improved emery if you will. and in my opinion selling out is where it's at man!
sell out? sell out?... not with this song at least
song seems pretty clearly about a girl that has been hurt since the passing of her father and has turned to drugs and alcohol to "cope" and the narrator of the song is trying to be a friend and help her stop this
doesn't even have to be a girl it could be about multi people, but yeah sounds like the main point is him/her trying to avoid their problems but then again theirs danger in what they do
ya, it's definitely about a girl cause it says "a little girl in a shrinking world" and ya, it's totally about her trying to deal with her father having died and turning to drugs and alcohol, meanwhile the narrarator is telling her to stop cause "This will end bad if you don't get this right" and "cause you could die tonight." So ya, it's pretty NOT-vague, which I think is weird for Emery, and their sound is more unoriginal I think, but you can still tell it's them and their sick-nasty skills. :)
to me this song is about a girl running from her problems in drugs and alchohol but i feel it goes a bit deeper than that. Emery being a christian band. the line "leave with me cause you could die tonight" could have a double meaning. not only could she literally drink herself to death, the more she shrinks and hides in the alchohol the further she slips from God and therefore is spiritually dying as well. as for the sound of this song, it does sound like a different direction for emery because in many of their songs they never had an actual chorus line, however this song goes by the usual song setup of verse, chorus verse, chorus, bridge, reprise, and then chorus again. so in that way yes...it is slightly unoriginal, but at the same time, their sound is in no way unoriginal, they still have the multivocal melodic screamo sound they had back in The Weak's End. the only difference is that it's a bit more refined.
Of the three new Emery songs i've heard, this one is my favorite by a long shot, but it also sounds the most like their previous albums. Anyways, great song, great message.
It's "What a waste," not "of the waste." Also, it's "I know you like THE party," not "a party," and the line "You'd be the same if you could see" is actually "you'd be the same if you were me."
I got this from the actual emery album packaging so I know those are the correct lyrics.
I'd also like to mention that this seems to be one of those cases where the CD booklet with the lyrics says one thing, while the band sings something else entirely. Such is the case with the line I quoted above that says "you'd be the same if you were me," which is what the CD booklet says but in the song he definitely sings, "you'd be the same if you could see." Just thought I'd point that out.
just wondering...how do you have the cd booklet when the cd itself has not even dropped yet...just an observation