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.
You don’t have to be afraid, it’s getting warmer day by day
and pretty soon the days will all belong to us
You got all year figured out, figured out
You’ve planned each day and every night, every night
This way feelings never have to interfere
so look outside the window and listen to the sound
you just assume your heart is beating but baby…
Someday it will not, someday it will not, no, someday it will not, no no
Someday it will not, no, someday it will not, someday it will not, no no
I know I am in your way
I know what your schedules say
But I’m afraid if I walk away, you’ll be alright
My plan is to be lost, to be lost
To be on time, or late or not, late or not
And every season changing will feel like the first time
but look outside the window and listen to the sound
you just assume your heart is beating but baby…
Someday it will not, someday it will not, no, someday it will not, no no
Someday it will not, no, someday it will not, someday it will not, no no
and pretty soon the days will all belong to us
You got all year figured out, figured out
You’ve planned each day and every night, every night
This way feelings never have to interfere
so look outside the window and listen to the sound
you just assume your heart is beating but baby…
Someday it will not, someday it will not, no, someday it will not, no no
Someday it will not, no, someday it will not, someday it will not, no no
I know I am in your way
I know what your schedules say
But I’m afraid if I walk away, you’ll be alright
My plan is to be lost, to be lost
To be on time, or late or not, late or not
And every season changing will feel like the first time
but look outside the window and listen to the sound
you just assume your heart is beating but baby…
Someday it will not, someday it will not, no, someday it will not, no no
Someday it will not, no, someday it will not, someday it will not, no no
Lyrics submitted by KarlKante
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