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.
Yeah, I could go outside today but I won't' cause I won't.
Yeah, I could look alive today but I won't cause I won't.
But somewhere on the radio could you hear me? Can you heal me?
Somewhere on the radio can you hear me 'cause I'm Screamin' screamin'...
When I don't want to miss you anymore.
No, I don't want to miss you anymore.
Or the lines on your face or the things I can't change
No I don't want to miss them anymore
'Cause today is the first time, the first in a long time, where i've felt the need to hold on.
And I'll be damned if you take this, this day that i've made, and make it where I shouldn't be strong.
I would have murdered for it
I'll put words to this
When it hurts a bit
Then I thank god for this...
Yeah, I could go to town today
But I won't, cause I won't
Yeah, I could play the clown today,
But I won't, cause I won't
When somewhere in the place I love
Does he hold you? like I used to?
As you stare at his microphone do you choke and then
call out my name?
Screamin'...
And somewhere on the radio can you hear me? Could you heal me?
And somewhere on the radio did you hear me? Can you heal me?
Yes, somewhere on the radio can you hear me? Can you heal me?
Somewhere out there where the fiddles play could you hear me? Can you heal me?
Yeah, I could look alive today but I won't cause I won't.
But somewhere on the radio could you hear me? Can you heal me?
Somewhere on the radio can you hear me 'cause I'm Screamin' screamin'...
When I don't want to miss you anymore.
No, I don't want to miss you anymore.
Or the lines on your face or the things I can't change
No I don't want to miss them anymore
'Cause today is the first time, the first in a long time, where i've felt the need to hold on.
And I'll be damned if you take this, this day that i've made, and make it where I shouldn't be strong.
I would have murdered for it
I'll put words to this
When it hurts a bit
Then I thank god for this...
Yeah, I could go to town today
But I won't, cause I won't
Yeah, I could play the clown today,
But I won't, cause I won't
When somewhere in the place I love
Does he hold you? like I used to?
As you stare at his microphone do you choke and then
call out my name?
Screamin'...
And somewhere on the radio can you hear me? Could you heal me?
And somewhere on the radio did you hear me? Can you heal me?
Yes, somewhere on the radio can you hear me? Can you heal me?
Somewhere out there where the fiddles play could you hear me? Can you heal me?
Lyrics submitted by Pentagrammaton
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