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.
Simple things, you bury in complexity
to add a little mystery.
I’m digging all the time.
I’ll wave, wait, wave and wait again.
What you want is to get back my company,
and all I need is to know that you’ll welcome me.
And I don’t care what you say,
‘cause the thought of us is just enough for me.
As you stare at me you could lie and cheat— you’re just as sweet,
‘cause anything you’ll do it’s hard to rattle me.
My whole life is inked in blue,
You drew the weather with a magic marker.
All my lies have all become truths.
I told you that I loved her, but it’s only getting harder.
Remember the time we were bored out of our minds?
You laughed at something I said that wasn’t even funny.
And drawing on my hand sent shivers down my spine,
‘cause it was so sunny.
Wave, I’ll wait, just wave.
What you want is to get back my company,
and all I need is to know that you’d welcome me.
And I don’t care what you say,
‘cause the thought of us is just enough, for me.
As you stare at me you could lie and cheat— you’re just as sweet,
‘cause anything you do it’s hard to rattle me.
‘Cause anything you do it’s hard to rattle me.
Oh anything you do, I guess I’m easy to please.
‘Cause anything you do it’s hard to rattle me.
to add a little mystery.
I’m digging all the time.
I’ll wave, wait, wave and wait again.
What you want is to get back my company,
and all I need is to know that you’ll welcome me.
And I don’t care what you say,
‘cause the thought of us is just enough for me.
As you stare at me you could lie and cheat— you’re just as sweet,
‘cause anything you’ll do it’s hard to rattle me.
My whole life is inked in blue,
You drew the weather with a magic marker.
All my lies have all become truths.
I told you that I loved her, but it’s only getting harder.
Remember the time we were bored out of our minds?
You laughed at something I said that wasn’t even funny.
And drawing on my hand sent shivers down my spine,
‘cause it was so sunny.
Wave, I’ll wait, just wave.
What you want is to get back my company,
and all I need is to know that you’d welcome me.
And I don’t care what you say,
‘cause the thought of us is just enough, for me.
As you stare at me you could lie and cheat— you’re just as sweet,
‘cause anything you do it’s hard to rattle me.
‘Cause anything you do it’s hard to rattle me.
Oh anything you do, I guess I’m easy to please.
‘Cause anything you do it’s hard to rattle me.
Lyrics submitted by throughghosts
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