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.
When I came to pick you up
The color of my eyes blazed
Telling all the mistakes
Once again I made
You knew instantly
So disappointed
Fell without warning
Taking me forever to accept this weakness
That I've been defeated
I need help, I need you
For I have lost control and can't be trusted
If I won't stop for you, I won't stop for myself
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I'll do better
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better
Cause you, you're losing faith in me
It's frightening to think that
Concious that I had somehow slipped away
I couldn't feel a thing
Devil's made a new friend
But we get closer every day
Taking me forever to accept this weakness
That I've been defeated
I need help, I need you
Cause I have lost control and can't be trusted
If I won't stop for you, I won't stop for myself
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I'll do better
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better
And I want more than anything to prove
That I am the one, the one for you
And I want more than anything to prove
That I am the one, the one for you
Oh you
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I'll do better
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear...
Taking me forever to accept this weakness
That I've been defeated
I need help, I need you
Cause I have lost control and can't be trusted
If I won't stop for you, I won't stop for myself
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I will
I'll do better, I swear I will
And I'll do better
The color of my eyes blazed
Telling all the mistakes
Once again I made
You knew instantly
So disappointed
Fell without warning
Taking me forever to accept this weakness
That I've been defeated
I need help, I need you
For I have lost control and can't be trusted
If I won't stop for you, I won't stop for myself
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I'll do better
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better
Cause you, you're losing faith in me
It's frightening to think that
Concious that I had somehow slipped away
I couldn't feel a thing
Devil's made a new friend
But we get closer every day
Taking me forever to accept this weakness
That I've been defeated
I need help, I need you
Cause I have lost control and can't be trusted
If I won't stop for you, I won't stop for myself
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I'll do better
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better
And I want more than anything to prove
That I am the one, the one for you
And I want more than anything to prove
That I am the one, the one for you
Oh you
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I'll do better
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear...
Taking me forever to accept this weakness
That I've been defeated
I need help, I need you
Cause I have lost control and can't be trusted
If I won't stop for you, I won't stop for myself
Give you all my love
But it's not enough
I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I will
I'll do better, I swear I will
And I'll do better
Lyrics submitted by alinamatters
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