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.
(William Cresent Gets) Fired
My ego is in tatters,
As if that really matters, as if that matters at all.
And I’ve been around the world,
Kissed all the pretty girls,
And have always been on time.
So now I find it hard to conceive that
I’m about to receive a slip that’s colored wrong.
Why would you say to me
It’s not my ‘fault, it’s the company’s?’
This isn’t the way my life was supposed to be.
I should be enjoying a symphony
In some foreign land clapping my hands.
So let me react. Let me back.
I just want to be creative.
I got a view but it’s desolated and my 20/20’s a 10.
I’ll be ahead of the rest. I’ll be the best.
I don’t care, I’ll be underrated.
I once had a dream that my dreams had faded.
And now I can’t open my eyes.
A dog is my only friend now.
The water cooler ran out and took my social scene.
I grew a beard so my colleagues wouldn’t recognize me.
I’m sure they all despise me for making such a scene.
So it’s funny to run into you now, sir.
The change you gave was meager,
but my dignity I can’t afford.
Why would you say to me
it’s not my ‘fault, it’s the company’s?’
This isn’t the way my life was supposed to be.
I should be enjoying a symphony
In some foreign land clapping my hands.
So let me react. Let me back.
I just want to be creative.
I got a view but it’s desolated and my 20/20’s a 10.
I’ll be ahead of the rest. I’ll be the best.
I don’t care, I’ll be underrated.
I once had a dream that my dreams had faded.
And now I can’t open my eyes.
My ego is in tatters,
As if that really matters, as if that matters at all.
And I’ve been around the world,
Kissed all the pretty girls,
And have always been on time.
So now I find it hard to conceive that
I’m about to receive a slip that’s colored wrong.
Why would you say to me
It’s not my ‘fault, it’s the company’s?’
This isn’t the way my life was supposed to be.
I should be enjoying a symphony
In some foreign land clapping my hands.
So let me react. Let me back.
I just want to be creative.
I got a view but it’s desolated and my 20/20’s a 10.
I’ll be ahead of the rest. I’ll be the best.
I don’t care, I’ll be underrated.
I once had a dream that my dreams had faded.
And now I can’t open my eyes.
A dog is my only friend now.
The water cooler ran out and took my social scene.
I grew a beard so my colleagues wouldn’t recognize me.
I’m sure they all despise me for making such a scene.
So it’s funny to run into you now, sir.
The change you gave was meager,
but my dignity I can’t afford.
Why would you say to me
it’s not my ‘fault, it’s the company’s?’
This isn’t the way my life was supposed to be.
I should be enjoying a symphony
In some foreign land clapping my hands.
So let me react. Let me back.
I just want to be creative.
I got a view but it’s desolated and my 20/20’s a 10.
I’ll be ahead of the rest. I’ll be the best.
I don’t care, I’ll be underrated.
I once had a dream that my dreams had faded.
And now I can’t open my eyes.
Lyrics submitted by VeganSlaughter
(william Crescent Gets) Fired Lyrics as written by Lewis Bruno Rogers Addison Rogers
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB.
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