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.
A seam across the sky
As if it was torn
The sky is filling
With flocks and swarms
They burst through the branches
They tumble and fall
Little gods surveying their worlds
Examining it all
My wings are dusted
With frost and cold
For a little thing like you
I'm too heavy a load
You'll struggle and falter
Amble around
Just follow some other storm
Cause I'll only weigh you down
You carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
A change in the winds
Smoke on the breeze
The sky is filled
With the scent of burning leaves
The vapors rise
From the glen in the east
Where the path is clear for you and me
You carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
You'll ride towards the sun
As it guides you home
But don't be afraid,little bird
You aren't alone
A hoard of friends
Will keep darkness at bay
You're the needle
In the hay
I'll take you with a steady hand
Make the seam reborn
The rip will be sewn up again
By the same hand that had it torn
You carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
Still you carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
Hear it approaching
The shuffle of feet
The clamor of metal
And hounds in heat
We'll steal away
To the glen in the east
Where the path is clear
For you and me
As if it was torn
The sky is filling
With flocks and swarms
They burst through the branches
They tumble and fall
Little gods surveying their worlds
Examining it all
My wings are dusted
With frost and cold
For a little thing like you
I'm too heavy a load
You'll struggle and falter
Amble around
Just follow some other storm
Cause I'll only weigh you down
You carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
A change in the winds
Smoke on the breeze
The sky is filled
With the scent of burning leaves
The vapors rise
From the glen in the east
Where the path is clear for you and me
You carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
You'll ride towards the sun
As it guides you home
But don't be afraid,little bird
You aren't alone
A hoard of friends
Will keep darkness at bay
You're the needle
In the hay
I'll take you with a steady hand
Make the seam reborn
The rip will be sewn up again
By the same hand that had it torn
You carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
Still you carry me home
My love
Still you carry me home
Little dove
Hear it approaching
The shuffle of feet
The clamor of metal
And hounds in heat
We'll steal away
To the glen in the east
Where the path is clear
For you and me
Lyrics submitted by a_melancholy_soul, edited by Mellow_Harsher, DiesisKey
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Without all the squares:
A seam across the sky As if it was torn The sky is filling With flocks and swarms They burst through the branches They tumble and fall Little gods surveying their worlds Examining it all
My wings are dusted With frost and cold For a little thing like you I'm too heavy a load You'll struggle and falter Amble around Just follow some other storm Cause I'll only weigh you down
You carry me home My love Still you carry me home Little dove
A change in the winds Smoke on the breeze The sky is filled With the scent of burning leaves The vapors rise From the glen in the east Where the path is clear for you and me
You carry me home My love Still you carry me home Little dove
You'll ride towards the sun As it guides you home But don't be afraid,little bird You aren't alone A hoard of friends Will keep darkness at bay You're the needle In the hay
I'll take you with a steady hand Make the seam reborn The rip will be sewn up again By the same hand that had it torn
You carry me home My love Still you carry me home Little dove Still you carry me home My love Still you carry me home Little dove
Hear it approaching The shuffle of feet The clamor of metal And hounds in heat We'll steal away To the glen in the east Where the path is clear For you and me