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.
I'm a ticking time bomb
Waiting to blow my top
No one would ever know
Not til I grew up
No one would believe it
He was such a normal guy
Shake their heads and wonder why
Martians fell from the sky
What would that do to god?
Would we put the weapons down
Or aim it up at the sky
No one would believe it
Except the fucking nut jobs
They laugh and cry we told you so
Baby when I get home
I want to believe in Jesus
Hammer in the final nail
Help me pick up the pieces
When everything starts to fall
So fast that it terrifies you
When will you hit the wall?
Are you gonna learn to fly?
No one would believe it
Except for all the people
Watching as you fly away
Baby when I get home
I want to pick up the pieces
Hammer in the final nail
And lean me up against Jesus
Baby when I get home
I want to pick up the pieces
Hammer in the final nail
I want to believe in Jesus
Waiting to blow my top
No one would ever know
Not til I grew up
No one would believe it
He was such a normal guy
Shake their heads and wonder why
Martians fell from the sky
What would that do to god?
Would we put the weapons down
Or aim it up at the sky
No one would believe it
Except the fucking nut jobs
They laugh and cry we told you so
Baby when I get home
I want to believe in Jesus
Hammer in the final nail
Help me pick up the pieces
When everything starts to fall
So fast that it terrifies you
When will you hit the wall?
Are you gonna learn to fly?
No one would believe it
Except for all the people
Watching as you fly away
Baby when I get home
I want to pick up the pieces
Hammer in the final nail
And lean me up against Jesus
Baby when I get home
I want to pick up the pieces
Hammer in the final nail
I want to believe in Jesus
Lyrics submitted by MidwestDrummer
Time Bomb Lyrics as written by David John Matthews
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I hate to just blow off what most people think....ya know how dave hates God, but i think its a bit of a show. if you truely listen to every lyric he has wrote it Jesus or God, its not i hate you. i feel a bit of respect somewhat... i believe this song has alot to do with him wanting to believe. you guys i think hit it head on with his sis, but i think that when he says
"baby when i get home help me pick up the pieces hammer in the final nail i want to believe in Jesus"
that he has decided he wants to believe. no more questioning it?
I think what he is saying with that, pastorant, is that he wants to believe in Jesus but can't because of such a terrible thing happening to someone so close to him. He is saying he wish he could.
i read in an interview this morning that he doesnt like to talk about lyrics because he likes to keep it open.... i totally agree. nothing raises more question than dave matthews lyrics. all in all i think he is a lyrical genius. i just kinda get tired of the dave hates God thing, when that would be close to impossible listening to his lyrics. but like he said he likes to keep it open...he plays with our mind and makes us want more!