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.
All these distant faded memories
of everything I used to be are bringing me down
yeah - they're bringing me down
And the leading cause of death I plead
is from my insecurity and it's bringing me down,
yeah-it's bringing me down.
Down...
Down...
Yeah, hope is all I really need
to wash my selfishness and greed,
but theres no hope to be found,
no i've looked all around
And if this life that I've lead,
only leads to tears in bed
then I wont hang around, no I wont hang around.
Down...
Down...
Down...
Down...
and now I've come to conclusions that I'm empty,
and I thought, I still had everything in me...
All these distant faded memories
of everything I used to be are bringing me down
yeah - they're bringing me down
And the leading cause of death I plead
is from my insecurity and it is bringing me down,
Down...
He left us on a sunday
When I first find out I was shocked
I just couldn't believe you were actually gone
Gone forever...
I know now that life isn't perfect
Going on without you has been the hardest thing I've ever had to do
But I know in time we'll see each other someday
And we can be together again, forever...
of everything I used to be are bringing me down
yeah - they're bringing me down
And the leading cause of death I plead
is from my insecurity and it's bringing me down,
yeah-it's bringing me down.
Down...
Down...
Yeah, hope is all I really need
to wash my selfishness and greed,
but theres no hope to be found,
no i've looked all around
And if this life that I've lead,
only leads to tears in bed
then I wont hang around, no I wont hang around.
Down...
Down...
Down...
Down...
and now I've come to conclusions that I'm empty,
and I thought, I still had everything in me...
All these distant faded memories
of everything I used to be are bringing me down
yeah - they're bringing me down
And the leading cause of death I plead
is from my insecurity and it is bringing me down,
Down...
He left us on a sunday
When I first find out I was shocked
I just couldn't believe you were actually gone
Gone forever...
I know now that life isn't perfect
Going on without you has been the hardest thing I've ever had to do
But I know in time we'll see each other someday
And we can be together again, forever...
Lyrics submitted by mtrach88
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