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.
Twenty five the season dark
Three sheets to the wind like a close line rope
He's a spider on the web
She was a tiny woman, he could sense
Her developing body was just the beginning
She said, "Is anybody out there?"
She was bruised like a cherry
Ripe as a peach
How could he have known that she was only 15
And she came to him like a tick on the noose
Little blue eyed soul for his black and blues
This too much a move for the likes of me
Our skin is like grass let's smoke it real fast
Is anybody out there?
He was deep like a graveyard
Wired like TV
And how could he have known that she'd be down for almost anything
But she was only only only 15
My oh my you pretty thing
It's about that time for us to meet
Does your Daddy have a shotgun?
He was deep like a graveyard
She was ripe as a peach
And how could he have known she was only 15
She was only only only 15
She was only only only 15
Three sheets to the wind like a close line rope
He's a spider on the web
She was a tiny woman, he could sense
Her developing body was just the beginning
She said, "Is anybody out there?"
She was bruised like a cherry
Ripe as a peach
How could he have known that she was only 15
And she came to him like a tick on the noose
Little blue eyed soul for his black and blues
This too much a move for the likes of me
Our skin is like grass let's smoke it real fast
Is anybody out there?
He was deep like a graveyard
Wired like TV
And how could he have known that she'd be down for almost anything
But she was only only only 15
My oh my you pretty thing
It's about that time for us to meet
Does your Daddy have a shotgun?
He was deep like a graveyard
She was ripe as a peach
And how could he have known she was only 15
She was only only only 15
She was only only only 15
Lyrics submitted by punkybreester
15 Lyrics as written by Jenny Lewis Blake Sennett
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I could be wrong, but I really deeply feel like it's not as literal as everyone is taking it. I think when she sings "how could he have know..." it's actually cynical and sarcastic. Like obviously he knows she's way too young for him, but he chooses to do it anyway. Not thinking about the girl and not even caring about the trouble he might get himself into. And in phrasing it the way she does, i think it's much more scathing. how could he know? i mean, after all her body was developing. it just comes off to me like she's saying, "what a fucking loser." and i really like this. it almost makes me ashamed of my gender.
I love the metaphor of "our skin is like grass so let's smoke it real fast." It's so amazing.
i saw them in chicago tonight
blake stated strumming his guitar and said something like..
"ohhh yea.. you like that? uh huh? yea i could do that allllllllllllllllllll night."
everyone started laughing.
"this song is about two people who like to get it on.."
and jenny said "..VIRTUALLY!"
I always though it was "25, seasoned adult..." As in he is a seasoned adult relationship wise while she is only 15.
I'd venture to say this song is about a man flirting with a young girl on the internet. He's a pervert and she's young and willing, but he doesn't know she's only fifteen.
i do not understand the metaphor of "our skin is like grass so let's smoke it real fast". i'm not really sure what that's supposed to mean, hah. but i'd def agree with punkybreester that it's about an internet pedophile ("he's a spider on the web"), and that this girl is so jaded that he couldn't know she was only 15.
OK mania, Our skin is like grass lets smoke it real fast means our skin (bodies) is like grass (marijuana) lets smoke it real fast (lets get it on) I HEART RILO KILEY ~Peace
This is about, to me, two very damaged people finding each other, in a destructive way. The girl is 15, but the guy doesn't realize it because she already seems jaded, though he knows she's young. I imagine that the girl has been abused in the past.
My favorite line? "Does your daddy have a shotgun?" Hee.
I know this isn't relevant to the song or anything, but I was in this same exact situation I was 15 and he was 26. This song is completely cynical towards him, she's basically saying 'you're a total fucking loser preying on girls that don't know right from left and will believe anything'. Oh my god, I love this song.
I know this isn't relevant to the song or anything, but I was in this same exact situation I was 15 and he was 26. This song is completely cynical towards him, she's basically saying 'you're a total fucking loser preying on girls that don't know right from left and will believe anything'. Oh my god, I love this song.