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.
To feel her touch
It's almost impossible to hold still
Maybe we can go back to the way it was
Well at least let me love you the same
I got lies to tell your children
When my smile pierces through your bones
Right through your bones
(Through your bones)
The grass is green inside my yard
I can make you laugh so fucking hard it hurts you
Inside your bones
(Inside your bones)
She talks, I listen, she's in the shower and her skin glistens
Like oh my god I like it
Like oh oh god I like it
I suggest a drive, lets take the back road
Lets get lost lets lose our minds
Hey, little girl, I think we found it tonight
I think we glow that fucking bright, oh
And when she laughs I like it
Like "oh ha ha ha ha ha"
I got lies to tell your children
When my smile pierces through your bones
Right through your bones
(Through your bones)
The grass is green inside my yard
I can make make you laugh so fucking hard it hurts you
Inside your bones
(Inside your bones)
"Holy shit she smells like heaven
Been best friends since we were eleven
And oh my god I like her"
"Yeah, I heard you like her
Baby, I thought that we had something
Compared to him I'm next to nothing
Oh my god I like her"
"Yeah I heard you like her"
I am a million fucking bucks
I am a thousand fucking bucks
Your bitch is dead she was hit by a truck
What the fuck!
"Holy shit she smells like heaven
Been best friends since we were eleven
And oh my god I like her.."
"Yeah, I heard you like her...
Baby, I thought that we had something
Compared to him I'm next to nothing
Oh my god I like her"
"Yeah I heard you like her"
It's almost impossible to hold still
Maybe we can go back to the way it was
Well at least let me love you the same
I got lies to tell your children
When my smile pierces through your bones
Right through your bones
(Through your bones)
The grass is green inside my yard
I can make you laugh so fucking hard it hurts you
Inside your bones
(Inside your bones)
She talks, I listen, she's in the shower and her skin glistens
Like oh my god I like it
Like oh oh god I like it
I suggest a drive, lets take the back road
Lets get lost lets lose our minds
Hey, little girl, I think we found it tonight
I think we glow that fucking bright, oh
And when she laughs I like it
Like "oh ha ha ha ha ha"
I got lies to tell your children
When my smile pierces through your bones
Right through your bones
(Through your bones)
The grass is green inside my yard
I can make make you laugh so fucking hard it hurts you
Inside your bones
(Inside your bones)
"Holy shit she smells like heaven
Been best friends since we were eleven
And oh my god I like her"
"Yeah, I heard you like her
Baby, I thought that we had something
Compared to him I'm next to nothing
Oh my god I like her"
"Yeah I heard you like her"
I am a million fucking bucks
I am a thousand fucking bucks
Your bitch is dead she was hit by a truck
What the fuck!
"Holy shit she smells like heaven
Been best friends since we were eleven
And oh my god I like her.."
"Yeah, I heard you like her...
Baby, I thought that we had something
Compared to him I'm next to nothing
Oh my god I like her"
"Yeah I heard you like her"
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your bitch is dead she was hit by a truck. what the fuck?! i love this new album. i just saw them at the social and got a picture with mr. mingus. hes is god.