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.
They got a mirror full of 'caine in the bathroom
Because nobody here knows when to stop
For now we're just making out with the door unlocked
Back in the atrium the music's slowing down
The party's thinning out for the late crowd
Fixes her lipstick, fixes his belt
The coast is clear as he walks out
She whispers, you get what you pay for
We could cost a lot.
You get what you pay for
And we do it for the taste of a good high
We do it for the sake of a hot night
The man on the couch in the blue room
With everyone stoned and talking at once
With no thought to where they've been
What they could've done
She sits down beside him
Without a hint of shame
Because every thing's the same in it's own way
Kisses her man's cheek
Her hunter eyes lock on her prey
She signals, you get what you pay for
And we could play a lot
You get what you pay for
But you do it for the taste of a good high
You do it for the sake of a hot night
She senses the mirror in him
For one irresistible kiss
And the lie that she hangs on his neck
Like a sliver chain to her whim
Pull him into the mirror
There's a mirror full of 'caine in the bathroom
Because nobody here knows when to stop
And their hands along the rail
Seems he hangs out here a lot
Because nobody here knows when to stop
For now we're just making out with the door unlocked
Back in the atrium the music's slowing down
The party's thinning out for the late crowd
Fixes her lipstick, fixes his belt
The coast is clear as he walks out
She whispers, you get what you pay for
We could cost a lot.
You get what you pay for
And we do it for the taste of a good high
We do it for the sake of a hot night
The man on the couch in the blue room
With everyone stoned and talking at once
With no thought to where they've been
What they could've done
She sits down beside him
Without a hint of shame
Because every thing's the same in it's own way
Kisses her man's cheek
Her hunter eyes lock on her prey
She signals, you get what you pay for
And we could play a lot
You get what you pay for
But you do it for the taste of a good high
You do it for the sake of a hot night
She senses the mirror in him
For one irresistible kiss
And the lie that she hangs on his neck
Like a sliver chain to her whim
Pull him into the mirror
There's a mirror full of 'caine in the bathroom
Because nobody here knows when to stop
And their hands along the rail
Seems he hangs out here a lot
Lyrics submitted by HellionChild
Into the Mirror Lyrics as written by Cory Micheal Murchy Alexander David Rose
Lyrics © SONGS MUSIC PUBLISHING
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Oh, man, this song is SOOO GOOD. So pissed that I missed them in SLO a few weeks ago. This song is really twisted if it is about kppolo says it's about...but the idea reminds me of being at a party that you throw and there's just the atmosphere....the quiet of the room that they're in.....all your friends out in the front room, everybody stoned and laughing and happy..... and the girl just walking back in smiling and the party goes on, nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors except for the two..............It just brings back memories of parties come and gone. It's amazing that Jake and the rest of the band are able to still write songs that just capture these moments of theirs(and our) young lives so well.
'for now we're just making out with the door unlocked'-LOVE this line.
The last line is really sad though..... 'seems like he hangs out here alot' it sounds like her boyfriend really does love her and is outside waiting for her...or it could go the opposite direction....they boy outside is her mystery lover and he just waits..