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.
Piece it all together now
Because I sell myself short every time
Oh
How you became my life
You took me in before I could back out
Well I still have faith
It will start again
Oh, I still have faith
Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire
Erasing all the stains
So here's to starting over
We could be the same
We'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim
Claim
Mine to claim
You can't get out
Fear, couldn't place its hands on us my dear
My pride has dropped
Because I couldn't sell short myself this time
String it along
Say you'll love me either way
Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire
Erasing all the stains
So here's to starting over
We could be the same
We'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim
Seeing past
It's about time I asked for more
Watching my life, at the distance we have come
While I bled
While I've learned
But I always seem to give up on my self (self, self, self, self)
String it along (love, love, love, love)
Say you'll love me either way (self, self, self, self)
Say you'll love me any way (self, self, self, self)
While I'm alone (love, love , love, love)
Say you'll love me either way (self, self, self, self, love, love, love, love)
Mine to claim
Claim!
Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire
Erasing all the stains
So here's to starting over
We could be the same
We'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim
Because I sell myself short every time
Oh
How you became my life
You took me in before I could back out
Well I still have faith
It will start again
Oh, I still have faith
Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire
Erasing all the stains
So here's to starting over
We could be the same
We'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim
Claim
Mine to claim
You can't get out
Fear, couldn't place its hands on us my dear
My pride has dropped
Because I couldn't sell short myself this time
String it along
Say you'll love me either way
Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire
Erasing all the stains
So here's to starting over
We could be the same
We'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim
Seeing past
It's about time I asked for more
Watching my life, at the distance we have come
While I bled
While I've learned
But I always seem to give up on my self (self, self, self, self)
String it along (love, love, love, love)
Say you'll love me either way (self, self, self, self)
Say you'll love me any way (self, self, self, self)
While I'm alone (love, love , love, love)
Say you'll love me either way (self, self, self, self, love, love, love, love)
Mine to claim
Claim!
Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire
Erasing all the stains
So here's to starting over
We could be the same
We'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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"Watching my life, at the distance we have come While I bled, while I've learned But I always seem to give up on my self"
It's: "Watching my life, and the distance we have come, Well I've lived, well I've learned, But I always seem to give up on myself." (: