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.
spun out in the world
just in sync to break out of my mind
out of this in the world
nothing seems to take me out of my mind
night time in
but with wind
cold winds always push me back inside
I'll hide
when the sun comes in
will you smile at me
and call my name
when it's dark
will I come apart?
this day where we've been alone
I can't seem to get out of my mind
we'll win this race alone
sometimes it really drives me out of my mind
night time in
but with wind
cold winds always push me back inside
I'll hide
when the sun comes in
will you smile at me
and call my name
when it's dark
will I come apart?
and when I see you
see you far up higher than me
I can hear it turn and look the other way
when the sun comes in
will you smile at me
and call my name
but the rain she comes
let the clouds come in
and the clouds will break
when the stars are overhead
will the clouds come in
and carry me away?
when it's dark and it rains
will I come apart?
just in sync to break out of my mind
out of this in the world
nothing seems to take me out of my mind
night time in
but with wind
cold winds always push me back inside
I'll hide
when the sun comes in
will you smile at me
and call my name
when it's dark
will I come apart?
this day where we've been alone
I can't seem to get out of my mind
we'll win this race alone
sometimes it really drives me out of my mind
night time in
but with wind
cold winds always push me back inside
I'll hide
when the sun comes in
will you smile at me
and call my name
when it's dark
will I come apart?
and when I see you
see you far up higher than me
I can hear it turn and look the other way
when the sun comes in
will you smile at me
and call my name
but the rain she comes
let the clouds come in
and the clouds will break
when the stars are overhead
will the clouds come in
and carry me away?
when it's dark and it rains
will I come apart?
Lyrics submitted by ryannichols7
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Several lines of the lyrics are off here:
"just can't seem to break out of my mind At odds in this world"
"Night time air, Unprepared"
"When the sun comes in, will you smile again?"
"You've been away so long, sometimes it really drives me out of my mind"
"I can feel it turn and blow the other way"
"If the rain should come, will I come undone when clouds are grey? When the stars appear, will you come again, and carry me away? When it's dark again will I come apart?"