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.
The eyes around me are so cold
With every chance they steal my soul
So walk with me, talk with me,
Hold my hand I'm stumbling
In consequence it buries me alive
Can you fix what's made to be broken
I can't fix what's made to be
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I'm not hiding
No
It only hurts to breathe
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I know it's blinding
No
It only hurts to breathe
Standing now and alone
I need answers tell me everything you know
So heavy is the night
Exhausted
Whispers tend to crucify my mind
I'm fighting but I'm blind
Can you fix what's made to be broken
I can't fix what's made to be
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I'm not hiding
No
It only hurts to breathe
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I know it's blinding
No
It only hurts,
It only hurts,
It only hurts to breathe
I shout out
Can you hear me?
Mistakes have cost me years
Do they cost you?
Are you like me?
Tell me, please
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I'm not hiding
No
It only hurts to breathe
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I know it's blinding
No
It only hurts,
It only hurts,
It only hurts to breathe
With every chance they steal my soul
So walk with me, talk with me,
Hold my hand I'm stumbling
In consequence it buries me alive
Can you fix what's made to be broken
I can't fix what's made to be
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I'm not hiding
No
It only hurts to breathe
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I know it's blinding
No
It only hurts to breathe
Standing now and alone
I need answers tell me everything you know
So heavy is the night
Exhausted
Whispers tend to crucify my mind
I'm fighting but I'm blind
Can you fix what's made to be broken
I can't fix what's made to be
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I'm not hiding
No
It only hurts to breathe
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I know it's blinding
No
It only hurts,
It only hurts,
It only hurts to breathe
I shout out
Can you hear me?
Mistakes have cost me years
Do they cost you?
Are you like me?
Tell me, please
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I'm not hiding
No
It only hurts to breathe
My heart is tattooed on my sleeve
I know it's blinding
No
It only hurts,
It only hurts,
It only hurts to breathe
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"here is me alive" should be "that buries me alive"
and I think "Standing now and alone" should be "Standing now I'm alone"
the first one I took right from the album's lyric sheet...the second one, I think even they messed up