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.
Everybody thinks its to steal and rob
But the real crime is how we all think alike
Because one drink is never enough
No one drink is never enough
Everybody thinks that they're different than most
But they're related by what they don't know
Because one look is never enough
No one look is never enough
In a stranger's apartment i sit on the couch
I'm so shy i wont even look out
Open windows at bullhorn cops
Or the untouched door to the empty lot
Don't say i hold no empathy
Because what i'm doing is never easy
Even though my heart is made of gold
I will leave like the ashes from the fire i will go.
Everybody stares at my place
But the real crime is beyond the tape
Because one drink is never enough
No one drink is never enough
To survive
But the real crime is how we all think alike
Because one drink is never enough
No one drink is never enough
Everybody thinks that they're different than most
But they're related by what they don't know
Because one look is never enough
No one look is never enough
In a stranger's apartment i sit on the couch
I'm so shy i wont even look out
Open windows at bullhorn cops
Or the untouched door to the empty lot
Don't say i hold no empathy
Because what i'm doing is never easy
Even though my heart is made of gold
I will leave like the ashes from the fire i will go.
Everybody stares at my place
But the real crime is beyond the tape
Because one drink is never enough
No one drink is never enough
To survive
Lyrics submitted by AMinorBird
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