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.
I was standing at the side of the road
with my thumb towards the sky
and I'll go which ever way the wind blows
I've got patients I've got time
This alcomino pulls aside the driver yells
"hey let's go"
I roll the Window down to cope with his
cigarette smoke
His eyes were tired his faced was lined
His voice was coarse while he spoke
He asked me if I ever learned to shoot a firearm
and I remeber
as I was just a boy
playing shot 'em up
We'd be makin' so much noise
we were cowboys we were indians
we were playin' with toys
it was the first time
i wrapped my fingers round a firearm
and as were driving down this long road
His questions soon revealed a plot
He said I'm heading west to Yellowstone
boy I'm runnin' from the law
the sheriff back home got a warrant out for my arrest
The girl I knew she was a tramp
I put her to the test
seven rounds into her lover
saved the last one for her chest
never thought I would be the type to shoot a firearm
and I remeber
as I was just a boy
playing shot 'em up
We'd be makin' so much noise
we were cowboys we were indians
we were playin' with toys
it was the first time
i wrapped my fingers round a firearm
Bodies of forbidden lover
in the trunk of his car
heading west to yellowstone,
we drove until it got dark
Thats when we saw
the flashing lights behind us
cops were not to far
From the Glove box
thats when he pulled out a firearm
and through the evergreens
this dusty narrow road did wind
heading the top of the
highest discarment we could find
over the edge the alcomino drove
the four of us inside
shoulda been afaird of heights instead of firearms
and I remeber
as I was just a boy
playing shot 'em up
We'd be makin' so much noise
we were cowboys we were indians
we were playin' with toys
it was the first time
i wrapped my fingers round a firearm
with my thumb towards the sky
and I'll go which ever way the wind blows
I've got patients I've got time
This alcomino pulls aside the driver yells
"hey let's go"
I roll the Window down to cope with his
cigarette smoke
His eyes were tired his faced was lined
His voice was coarse while he spoke
He asked me if I ever learned to shoot a firearm
and I remeber
as I was just a boy
playing shot 'em up
We'd be makin' so much noise
we were cowboys we were indians
we were playin' with toys
it was the first time
i wrapped my fingers round a firearm
and as were driving down this long road
His questions soon revealed a plot
He said I'm heading west to Yellowstone
boy I'm runnin' from the law
the sheriff back home got a warrant out for my arrest
The girl I knew she was a tramp
I put her to the test
seven rounds into her lover
saved the last one for her chest
never thought I would be the type to shoot a firearm
and I remeber
as I was just a boy
playing shot 'em up
We'd be makin' so much noise
we were cowboys we were indians
we were playin' with toys
it was the first time
i wrapped my fingers round a firearm
Bodies of forbidden lover
in the trunk of his car
heading west to yellowstone,
we drove until it got dark
Thats when we saw
the flashing lights behind us
cops were not to far
From the Glove box
thats when he pulled out a firearm
and through the evergreens
this dusty narrow road did wind
heading the top of the
highest discarment we could find
over the edge the alcomino drove
the four of us inside
shoulda been afaird of heights instead of firearms
and I remeber
as I was just a boy
playing shot 'em up
We'd be makin' so much noise
we were cowboys we were indians
we were playin' with toys
it was the first time
i wrapped my fingers round a firearm
Lyrics submitted by lyssy14
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