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.
Can you reach my hand, I reckon you may need
I know you felt as I'm feeling now
Falling to rise
Just get me in
And I don't know how
what
Someday the feeling goes that bad
I'm full enough
I saw you close to another girl
yeah
And givin' her my chance
she wasn't what you guess
You bound me to stand against the wall and
I keep on dream isn't wrong
keep on dream isn't wrong
But I connect n' do realize
what
I'm falling from grace......and when it's over
Break
Shall rise I little bit higher
Down
I care a lot of things smaller than you care
So I'm not like this...Break
Shall rise I little bit stronger
Down
Much more than all of your damn anger pushed to me
I'm not like this
And I don't know why
what
Can't you simply be your self
I'm not fake
Went to my place on a brand new car
Stolen in the morning
(That's true)
You bug me up and I would tell ya
come on
There's no more club or show that I'd go to with you and your silly friends
What
I'm falling from grace......and when it's overwait I never meant to hurt you
Girl, I've done for you
Hey, no more lies
I'm gonna be my self
Why you fuckin' want me to be like that?
Why you really want me?
Falling to rise, it's over
I know you felt as I'm feeling now
Falling to rise
Just get me in
And I don't know how
what
Someday the feeling goes that bad
I'm full enough
I saw you close to another girl
yeah
And givin' her my chance
she wasn't what you guess
You bound me to stand against the wall and
I keep on dream isn't wrong
keep on dream isn't wrong
But I connect n' do realize
what
I'm falling from grace......and when it's over
Break
Shall rise I little bit higher
Down
I care a lot of things smaller than you care
So I'm not like this...Break
Shall rise I little bit stronger
Down
Much more than all of your damn anger pushed to me
I'm not like this
And I don't know why
what
Can't you simply be your self
I'm not fake
Went to my place on a brand new car
Stolen in the morning
(That's true)
You bug me up and I would tell ya
come on
There's no more club or show that I'd go to with you and your silly friends
What
I'm falling from grace......and when it's overwait I never meant to hurt you
Girl, I've done for you
Hey, no more lies
I'm gonna be my self
Why you fuckin' want me to be like that?
Why you really want me?
Falling to rise, it's over
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