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.
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Oh, baby, baby, have you seen Amy tonight?
Is she in the bathroom, is she smokin' up outside? (Oh)
Oh baby, baby, does she take a piece of lime
For the drink that I'ma buy her?
Do you know just what she likes? (Oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) la, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Amy told me that she's gonna meet me up
I don't know where or when and now they're closin' up the club (oh)
I've seen her once or twice before, she knows my face
But it's hard to see with all the people standin' in the way (oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la)
So tell me if you see her
(Let me know what she was wearing and what she was like)
'Cause I've been waiting here forever
(Let me know where she was going, I don't mind)
Oh, baby, baby, if you seek Amy tonight (oh)
Oh, baby, baby, we'll do whatever you'll like
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Oh, baby, baby, baby
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me (yeah)
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la) yeah
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Oh, baby, baby, have you seen Amy tonight?
Is she in the bathroom, is she smokin' up outside? (Oh)
Oh baby, baby, does she take a piece of lime
For the drink that I'ma buy her?
Do you know just what she likes? (Oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) la, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Amy told me that she's gonna meet me up
I don't know where or when and now they're closin' up the club (oh)
I've seen her once or twice before, she knows my face
But it's hard to see with all the people standin' in the way (oh)
Oh, oh
Tell me have you seen her? 'Cause I'm so (oh)
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home?
Haha, hehe, haha, ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la)
So tell me if you see her
(Let me know what she was wearing and what she was like)
'Cause I've been waiting here forever
(Let me know where she was going, I don't mind)
Oh, baby, baby, if you seek Amy tonight (oh)
Oh, baby, baby, we'll do whatever you'll like
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Oh, baby, baby, baby
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me (yeah)
(La, la, la, la-la, la, la, la) yeah
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
(Love me, hate me) oh, say what you want about me
Oh, but can't you see what I see?
(Love me, hate me) yeah, say what you want about me
All of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy
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If U Seek Amy'' - the third single from herCircus'' album -amid much controversy and public outcry. It was produced and co-written by Swedish songwriter Max Martin (... Baby One More Time,''Oops!... I Did It Again'').Love me hate me, say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls are beggin' to If You Seek Amy
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