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.
Sell your soul, cash it in, sell the house and the children
Fix it up and shoot it in and confront your demons like an exorcist
Red moon rising high, no one's safe tonight
The voices in your head are going to wake the dead
Easy killer, slow your tragedy down, 'cause I'm drowning in your tear
Homicidal prom queen of the school, what the hell are you doing here?
They'll find a way under your skin and they'll play your veins like a violin
The midnight circus comes to town as your head's spinning round and round
Red moon rising high, no one's safe tonight
The voices in your head are going to wake the dead
Easy killer, slow your tragedy down, 'cause I'm drowning in your tear
Homicidal prom queen of the school, what the hell are you doing here?
Easy killer's got a gun, and she's standing on top of the world
Focus in and aim clear, my love, you've got the perfect shot from here
They're all completely oblivious and smiling like a scarecrow in a burning field
They're all completely oblivious and holding on for dear life like it's something real
Easy killer, slow your tragedy down, 'cause I'm drowning in your tear
Homicidal prom queen of the school, what the hell are you doing here?
Fix it up and shoot it in and confront your demons like an exorcist
Red moon rising high, no one's safe tonight
The voices in your head are going to wake the dead
Easy killer, slow your tragedy down, 'cause I'm drowning in your tear
Homicidal prom queen of the school, what the hell are you doing here?
They'll find a way under your skin and they'll play your veins like a violin
The midnight circus comes to town as your head's spinning round and round
Red moon rising high, no one's safe tonight
The voices in your head are going to wake the dead
Easy killer, slow your tragedy down, 'cause I'm drowning in your tear
Homicidal prom queen of the school, what the hell are you doing here?
Easy killer's got a gun, and she's standing on top of the world
Focus in and aim clear, my love, you've got the perfect shot from here
They're all completely oblivious and smiling like a scarecrow in a burning field
They're all completely oblivious and holding on for dear life like it's something real
Easy killer, slow your tragedy down, 'cause I'm drowning in your tear
Homicidal prom queen of the school, what the hell are you doing here?
Lyrics submitted by stu19224
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