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.
Sally, I love you
Sally, I love you
Sally, I need you
Sally, I need you, too
I need to be with you
But I don't just love and need you
I love and need and want you, too
I don't just love and need you
I love and need and want you, too, too
Yeah, well I love and need and want you, too, too, too
That's too many- That's just ridiculous
Oh, you could be with me
Or you could be with me
If you wanted to be
If you wanted to be with me
Or me
The only thing stopping you from being with me
Is that you don't want to be with me
It's the same with me
Except with me
But if you did I'd hold you tight
Every single night
And we'd fall asleep together
And we'd wake up in the sunlight
Well, maybe I'm a dreamer
But maybe one day you'll see
That dreams are-
Yeah, yeah
She gets it
Stop cockblocking me
'Cause who knows what makes love stop or start
I can't help but think that now you're engaged we're drifting apart
And who am I to say that love will last?
It won't or it will
But maybe Mark will be involved in an accident
And you'll get a life insurance payment of half a mil
It's not about the money, but it could set us up financially
If you came back to me
Or me.
Sally, I wrote this song to tell you know much I love you
Quite a lot, actually
Even sometimes more than my current girlfriend
I love you so much
I love you, sometimes, even more than my current girlfriend
Sally, I co-wrote this song to tell you how much I love you
It's quite a lot, actually
Well, he's said basically just the same thing
I think he's been looking over at my bit of paper
Except with the girlfriend bit
Ooh, I love you
I love you you you you
Ooh, and I need you
I need you you you you you you you you
I need to be with you
Ditto that
'Cause you and me, we were meant to be
Bret's got a girlfriend
But Sally and me, we were meant to be
Bret, you've got a girlfriend
Yeah well, I'd break it off with her if I knew Sally wanted to be with me
Just so you know Sally, unlike Bret I'm available immediately
Sally, I love you
Sally, I love you
Sally, I need you
Sally, I need you, too
I need to be with you
But I don't just love and need you
I love and need and want you, too
I don't just love and need you
I love and need and want you, too, too
Yeah, well I love and need and want you, too, too, too
That's too many- That's just ridiculous
Oh, you could be with me
Or you could be with me
If you wanted to be
If you wanted to be with me
Or me
The only thing stopping you from being with me
Is that you don't want to be with me
It's the same with me
Except with me
But if you did I'd hold you tight
Every single night
And we'd fall asleep together
And we'd wake up in the sunlight
Well, maybe I'm a dreamer
But maybe one day you'll see
That dreams are-
Yeah, yeah
She gets it
Stop cockblocking me
'Cause who knows what makes love stop or start
I can't help but think that now you're engaged we're drifting apart
And who am I to say that love will last?
It won't or it will
But maybe Mark will be involved in an accident
And you'll get a life insurance payment of half a mil
It's not about the money, but it could set us up financially
If you came back to me
Or me.
Sally, I wrote this song to tell you know much I love you
Quite a lot, actually
Even sometimes more than my current girlfriend
I love you so much
I love you, sometimes, even more than my current girlfriend
Sally, I co-wrote this song to tell you how much I love you
It's quite a lot, actually
Well, he's said basically just the same thing
I think he's been looking over at my bit of paper
Except with the girlfriend bit
Ooh, I love you
I love you you you you
Ooh, and I need you
I need you you you you you you you you
I need to be with you
Ditto that
'Cause you and me, we were meant to be
Bret's got a girlfriend
But Sally and me, we were meant to be
Bret, you've got a girlfriend
Yeah well, I'd break it off with her if I knew Sally wanted to be with me
Just so you know Sally, unlike Bret I'm available immediately
Sally, I love you
Lyrics submitted by Sunset Rubdown
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'yeah yeah she gets it stop cock-blocking me'
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