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.
Dead men
They celebrate
As the final chapter fades away
'Cause they can't hide
We can see their flesh is rotten
The band plays a hopeful tune
The champagne is poured
As they socialize
The look in their eyes
Hide in the light
Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin' in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin' in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin' in their graves
Bones covered up by suit
As the visible scars
They multiply
Kiss it good bye
Too stubborn and I'll destroy
Tick, tock
The time bomb has been
Recognized and pressurized
Nowhere to hide
Swallowing light
Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin' in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin' in their graves
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
(background chatter & guitar solo)
Why'd you have to go ...
You told me that's all that you know ...
Oh what a mighty fall ...
Yeah
Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin' in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin in their graves
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
They celebrate
As the final chapter fades away
'Cause they can't hide
We can see their flesh is rotten
The band plays a hopeful tune
The champagne is poured
As they socialize
The look in their eyes
Hide in the light
Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin' in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin' in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin' in their graves
Bones covered up by suit
As the visible scars
They multiply
Kiss it good bye
Too stubborn and I'll destroy
Tick, tock
The time bomb has been
Recognized and pressurized
Nowhere to hide
Swallowing light
Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin' in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin' in their graves
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
(background chatter & guitar solo)
Why'd you have to go ...
You told me that's all that you know ...
Oh what a mighty fall ...
Yeah
Everything is paid for tonight
While at the party of the
Dead dancin' in their graves
The drinks here are free so relax
Enjoy the sight of all the
Dead dancin in their graves
And while the world that they built
Told them to change
Told them to listen
They just kept it the same
And now that midnight has come
I'll get a room watchin the
Dead dancin in their graves
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
Feel, feel a coming strength
And now it's too late
To change
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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I can't help but think this has a deeper meaning somewhere.
and me :S