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.
Life's filled with gray
But now, it comes clean
Leaves fall, away
Hip-hop is playing again
And it's bangin', too
Know it's bangin', for you
Don't stop this feeling I feel
I just wanna lay around all day
And feel the breeze upon my knees
I'm so into your rich history
Tell me a story to take me away
Come and take me, oh
Come and take me with you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Uh, uh, one step at a time, a man walked on the moon
One record got played, Kool Herc said boom
One minute young man, your time come soon
We waiting, it was prophesied you loon
We bang our drums, enter message through sound
We wrasslers and we takin' over your town
Hands sweatin', it's critiquing all this vibe I'm gettin'
Playlist setting: Cold Crush, Furious Five, and the Masterdon
Cosmic Force, Bammbaataa, Jazzy 5
Lovebug Starski, Junebug, Busy Bee
Run, D, Jay, LL, Kane, Biz Markie
Doug E., Will, Barry B., Spoonie, Schooly D
Rakim, BDP, Dana Dane, Ricky D
Leaders of the New School, Snoop Dogg, Monie Love
B.I.G. and Pac are up above, Eazy-E and Bone Thugz
Fat and Skinny Boys, Cash Money and the rapper Nas
Large Professor, Lauryn, Wyclef, and Pras
Brand Nubian, Diamond D, Ludacris, and Jay
R.I.P. Pimp C, Common, Lil Wayne, and 'Ye
Primo, OutKast, where my nigga Dilla at?
S.V. uh uh, where my nigga Dilla at
And when you look into my eyes, it makes all these feelings rise
Makes my space better place, can't you see it in my face?
Life is better, since I found you
But now, it comes clean
Leaves fall, away
Hip-hop is playing again
And it's bangin', too
Know it's bangin', for you
Don't stop this feeling I feel
I just wanna lay around all day
And feel the breeze upon my knees
I'm so into your rich history
Tell me a story to take me away
Come and take me, oh
Come and take me with you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Life is, better
Now that, now that I found you
Uh, uh, one step at a time, a man walked on the moon
One record got played, Kool Herc said boom
One minute young man, your time come soon
We waiting, it was prophesied you loon
We bang our drums, enter message through sound
We wrasslers and we takin' over your town
Hands sweatin', it's critiquing all this vibe I'm gettin'
Playlist setting: Cold Crush, Furious Five, and the Masterdon
Cosmic Force, Bammbaataa, Jazzy 5
Lovebug Starski, Junebug, Busy Bee
Run, D, Jay, LL, Kane, Biz Markie
Doug E., Will, Barry B., Spoonie, Schooly D
Rakim, BDP, Dana Dane, Ricky D
Leaders of the New School, Snoop Dogg, Monie Love
B.I.G. and Pac are up above, Eazy-E and Bone Thugz
Fat and Skinny Boys, Cash Money and the rapper Nas
Large Professor, Lauryn, Wyclef, and Pras
Brand Nubian, Diamond D, Ludacris, and Jay
R.I.P. Pimp C, Common, Lil Wayne, and 'Ye
Primo, OutKast, where my nigga Dilla at?
S.V. uh uh, where my nigga Dilla at
And when you look into my eyes, it makes all these feelings rise
Makes my space better place, can't you see it in my face?
Life is better, since I found you
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