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.
Dear when I touch your face
I can no longer hear
The sound of a million hearts
Beating together as one
And when the night is gone
And when the dawn has come
I will take the daylight on
My cheeks will dry off in the sun
Though my heart once was broke, it's been mended
And the sting of the fracture has ended
But still the sound of the hearts that are breaking
And boots that are knocking pervades
Before the day that I first touched your face
Oh, the roar of these things filled my ears
Then I embraced you and (made partly deaf)
I could just hear our breath as we breathed
Up 'til that day I could hear them
And the sound as they broke, it was fearsome
That was until your arms opened up wide
And the treasure therein was made mine
There is a noise that is taking their place
In the hollow of my inner ear
It is far more than the sum of its parts
A white noise as warm as the sun
Now that I've found you dear
Their plight has lost immediacy
And now that I've touched your face
The noise fades from memory
I guess we'll forget the sound
I guess, I guess
My cheeks will dry off in
The sun, the sun
I guess we'll forget the sound
I guess, I guess
I can no longer hear
The sound of a million hearts
Beating together as one
And when the night is gone
And when the dawn has come
I will take the daylight on
My cheeks will dry off in the sun
Though my heart once was broke, it's been mended
And the sting of the fracture has ended
But still the sound of the hearts that are breaking
And boots that are knocking pervades
Before the day that I first touched your face
Oh, the roar of these things filled my ears
Then I embraced you and (made partly deaf)
I could just hear our breath as we breathed
Up 'til that day I could hear them
And the sound as they broke, it was fearsome
That was until your arms opened up wide
And the treasure therein was made mine
There is a noise that is taking their place
In the hollow of my inner ear
It is far more than the sum of its parts
A white noise as warm as the sun
Now that I've found you dear
Their plight has lost immediacy
And now that I've touched your face
The noise fades from memory
I guess we'll forget the sound
I guess, I guess
My cheeks will dry off in
The sun, the sun
I guess we'll forget the sound
I guess, I guess
Lyrics submitted by kittenchowmein
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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Great version of a great song,
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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From the booklet:
Dear when I touch your face I can no longer hear The sound of a million hearts Beating together as one
And when the night is gone And when the dawn has come I will take the daylight on My cheeks will dry off in the sun
Though my heart once was broke, it's been mended And the sting of the fracture has ended But still the sound of the hearts that are breaking And boots that are knocking pervades
Before the day that I first touched your face Oh, the roar of these things filled my ears Then I embraced you and (made partly deaf) I could just hear our breath as we breathed
Up 'til that day I could hear them And the sound as they broke, it was fearsome That was until your arms opened up wide And the treasure therein was made mine
There is a noise that is taking their place In the hollow of my inner ear It is far more than the sum of its parts A white noise as warm as the sun
Now that I've found you dear Their plight has lost immediacy And now that I've touched your face The noise fades from memory I guess we'll forget the sound I guess, I guess My cheeks will dry off in The sun, the sun I guess we'll forget the sound I guess, I guess