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.
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
(Fire burning, fire burning) What a gwaan?
Kingston
Let's go, hey (hey, hey, hey)
RedOne (hey, hey)
Shawty got that super thang
Hotter than the sun of the south of Spain
Got me soon as I walked through the door, oh
My pocket started tickling
The way she dropped it low, that thang
Got me wanna spend my money on her, her
She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it
That birthday cake
Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away
Now take my red, black card and my jewelry
Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
I gotta cool her down
She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
(Fire burning, fire burning)
That body is a masterpiece
The order is one in every hundred years
But ain't no doubt I'm taking it home, home
I'm afraid we'll blow them legs
Little mama game is about to change
She'll be on covers over the world, world
She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it
That birthday cake
Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away
Now take my red, black card and my jewelry
Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
I gotta cool her down
She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She got that fire in her dance
That'll make them fella's run around (hey)
No exit pon the dance floor so them boys want more (hey)
She got that fire in her dance
That'll make them fella's run around
Madem, give them a run, everybody, sing it now, hey
No exit pon the dance floor so them boys want more
What a gwaan?
Let's go
Madem, let's go, hey
She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it
That birthday cake
Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away
Now take my red, black card and my jewelry
Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
I gotta cool her down
She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
(Fire burning, fire burning) What a gwaan?
Kingston
Let's go, hey (hey, hey, hey)
RedOne (hey, hey)
Shawty got that super thang
Hotter than the sun of the south of Spain
Got me soon as I walked through the door, oh
My pocket started tickling
The way she dropped it low, that thang
Got me wanna spend my money on her, her
She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it
That birthday cake
Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away
Now take my red, black card and my jewelry
Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
I gotta cool her down
She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
(Fire burning, fire burning)
That body is a masterpiece
The order is one in every hundred years
But ain't no doubt I'm taking it home, home
I'm afraid we'll blow them legs
Little mama game is about to change
She'll be on covers over the world, world
She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it
That birthday cake
Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away
Now take my red, black card and my jewelry
Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
I gotta cool her down
She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She got that fire in her dance
That'll make them fella's run around (hey)
No exit pon the dance floor so them boys want more (hey)
She got that fire in her dance
That'll make them fella's run around
Madem, give them a run, everybody, sing it now, hey
No exit pon the dance floor so them boys want more
What a gwaan?
Let's go
Madem, let's go, hey
She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it
That birthday cake
Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away
Now take my red, black card and my jewelry
Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire
Somebody call 9-1-1
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
I gotta cool her down
She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor
That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor
Somebody call 9-1-1
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