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.
It just wouldn't be
Right to say I love you
It just wouldn't be
Accurate at all
I've been waiting here
Since the day I met you
Thought I knew how to run
But I could barely crawl
It just wouldn't be
Right to say I need you
It just doesn't seem
To cover it at all
I thought the stars were bright
But they were just a preview
You shine like the sun to me
And that's not nearly all
Things get weird sometimes
And life just hates me
But I really just
Don't mind it anymore
I will win you over
Someday
You're the only girl
I'd write this for
It just doesn't feel
Right when I'm without you
I'm just a basketcase
And it's so sad
So go ahead
And do what you have to, girl
I'll be here when you get back
And I'll pay for the cab
Things get weird sometimes
And life just hates me
But I really just
Don't mind it anymore
I will win you over
Someday
You're the only girl
I'd write this for
Just when I don't think
I can last another night
Alone and dreaming of you
And I could kill
Just when I don't think
I can make it without you
I do, I do, I do
And I always will
Things get weird sometimes
And life just hates me
But I really just
Don't mind it anymore
I'll win you over
Someday
You're the only girl
I'd write this for
I'd write this for
I'd write this for
Now close the door
Right to say I love you
It just wouldn't be
Accurate at all
I've been waiting here
Since the day I met you
Thought I knew how to run
But I could barely crawl
It just wouldn't be
Right to say I need you
It just doesn't seem
To cover it at all
I thought the stars were bright
But they were just a preview
You shine like the sun to me
And that's not nearly all
Things get weird sometimes
And life just hates me
But I really just
Don't mind it anymore
I will win you over
Someday
You're the only girl
I'd write this for
It just doesn't feel
Right when I'm without you
I'm just a basketcase
And it's so sad
So go ahead
And do what you have to, girl
I'll be here when you get back
And I'll pay for the cab
Things get weird sometimes
And life just hates me
But I really just
Don't mind it anymore
I will win you over
Someday
You're the only girl
I'd write this for
Just when I don't think
I can last another night
Alone and dreaming of you
And I could kill
Just when I don't think
I can make it without you
I do, I do, I do
And I always will
Things get weird sometimes
And life just hates me
But I really just
Don't mind it anymore
I'll win you over
Someday
You're the only girl
I'd write this for
I'd write this for
I'd write this for
Now close the door
Lyrics submitted by a_melancholy_soul
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