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.
Looking back on the years you see
It was you and me but I gave too much you see
And now it seems you've grown tired
And wanna walk away, but you feel obliged to stay
We break up and make up
And everything would be brand new
We gotta face up there ain't no make up
I said there's nothing left to do, and
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
I'd rather be without you
Livin' with you is too hard to take
And I know you don't feel the same
Cause it's written, it's written, it's written all over your face
Remember when we break up and make up
And everything would be brand new
We got to face up there ain't no make up
I said there's nothing left to do, and
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
It's so hard what I got to do, oh
I gotta make you leave, for both me and you
And it's so crazy how things have changed
Cause we ain't the same, and
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
I'ma be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
I'ma be alright
I'ma be alright
It was you and me but I gave too much you see
And now it seems you've grown tired
And wanna walk away, but you feel obliged to stay
We break up and make up
And everything would be brand new
We gotta face up there ain't no make up
I said there's nothing left to do, and
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
I'd rather be without you
Livin' with you is too hard to take
And I know you don't feel the same
Cause it's written, it's written, it's written all over your face
Remember when we break up and make up
And everything would be brand new
We got to face up there ain't no make up
I said there's nothing left to do, and
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
It's so hard what I got to do, oh
I gotta make you leave, for both me and you
And it's so crazy how things have changed
Cause we ain't the same, and
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
Don't stay, if you don't wanna stay
Baby I'll be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
I'ma be okay, believe me when I say
I'ma be alright
I'ma be alright
I'ma be alright
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
Don't Stay Lyrics as written by Chester Charles Bennington Brad Delson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Yes, I will be alright! Sometimes it's just better to walk away. Don't Stay... sometimes the dream is better than the reality... so don't stay... walk away and I will be okay.