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.
Sugar-coated white lies can only get you so far
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
Good morning, time to wake up
Sugar-coated white lies, in the middle
If this is a lie then what am I?
Now I'm standing on my rooftop
I sure could use someone to talk to
Someone to make it alright
'Cause I'm done pretending
Sugar-coated white lies can only get you so far
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
I never thought that I would live to see
Everyone and me struggling to breathe
If this is a lie then what am I?
When the power of love
Exceeds the love for power
The world will finally, finally know peace
They'll fight for the center of the universe with the sun
You're trapped in your tube and blind from the truth
This is the future that's in store for you
Sugar-coated white lies can only get you so far
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
And sugar-coated white lies can only get you so far
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
This is the portrait the man behind the curtain
Has painted for you
As long as you choose to be separate
You leave yourselves completely enslaved
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
Good morning, time to wake up
Sugar-coated white lies, in the middle
If this is a lie then what am I?
Now I'm standing on my rooftop
I sure could use someone to talk to
Someone to make it alright
'Cause I'm done pretending
Sugar-coated white lies can only get you so far
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
I never thought that I would live to see
Everyone and me struggling to breathe
If this is a lie then what am I?
When the power of love
Exceeds the love for power
The world will finally, finally know peace
They'll fight for the center of the universe with the sun
You're trapped in your tube and blind from the truth
This is the future that's in store for you
Sugar-coated white lies can only get you so far
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
And sugar-coated white lies can only get you so far
Before you get caught up in the middle and
I'm a human too
My life has value
And everybody will think the same
This is the portrait the man behind the curtain
Has painted for you
As long as you choose to be separate
You leave yourselves completely enslaved
Lyrics submitted by Dynamite Devil, edited by BlueDiamondx3
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