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’ll I’ve seen a thousand faces in my dreams all lined in rows,
Beckoning to come back home
Why these faces haunt me I will never know
Oh my god, I think that I might explode
In this world I hardly know,
It’s got me thinking that I’ll never get back home
If we are dead.
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your dreams say to stay
(When we were safe)
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your heart says it’s free
Well I’m oh so superstitious, and I finally think you know
That we all can’t live forever and we’ll probably die alone
So what’s the point?
Oh my god, I think that I might explode
In this world I hardly know,
It’s got me thinking that I’ll never get back home
If we are dead
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your dreams say to stay
(When we were safe)
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your heart says it’s free
If I lose face and up grace for those
With no patience left to save our foes
There’s nothing left to beat it
My energy’s depleting [x4]
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your dreams say to stay
(When we were safe)
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your heart says it’s free [x2]
Beckoning to come back home
Why these faces haunt me I will never know
Oh my god, I think that I might explode
In this world I hardly know,
It’s got me thinking that I’ll never get back home
If we are dead.
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your dreams say to stay
(When we were safe)
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your heart says it’s free
Well I’m oh so superstitious, and I finally think you know
That we all can’t live forever and we’ll probably die alone
So what’s the point?
Oh my god, I think that I might explode
In this world I hardly know,
It’s got me thinking that I’ll never get back home
If we are dead
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your dreams say to stay
(When we were safe)
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your heart says it’s free
If I lose face and up grace for those
With no patience left to save our foes
There’s nothing left to beat it
My energy’s depleting [x4]
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your dreams say to stay
(When we were safe)
Don’t give up if your feet stop moving
Don’t give up if your heart says it’s free [x2]
Lyrics submitted by TheHeartNeverLies-x
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