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.
I don't want you anymore
I don't love you anymore
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Terrible thing
You destroy my head
You uncalibrate my skull
Go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Useless thing
You marginalize me
You sabotage me
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
You horrible thing
You steal my light
You suffocate my life
Go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Miserable thing
Like some childish demon
Who takes pleasure from its sting
You're a bad thing
Bad thing, bad thing
After you'll see that I'll crawl back
You must be sick
Thought she was my Annie Hall
Or at least Ali MacGraw
Now I feel so wilted
It's a famine affair
The whole attempt with shawty
Just put trash in my body
He was nostalgic for the ground
Hope down the drain
Still flew to your tragedy
In a glass-bottom airplane
Looping like a retard
Are you still playing the race card?
She said "You're not boring
I'm just bored with you"
The psychology behind it is ruthless
Wish it weren't true
Wish we weren't so complicated
Wish you weren't so medicated
I don't want you anymore
I don't love you anymore
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Terrible thing
You don't let me sleep
And when you do it's just teeth-falling-out nightmares
Go away
You're a bad thing
Useless thing
You marginalize me
You sabotage me
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
You horrible thing
You've been trying to make me ugly so you'd have a reason to leave
So you could say you were just, like, abandoning the ruins
You bad thing
You miserable thing
Like a childish demon
Who keeps insects on a string
You are a bad thing
Bad thing, bad thing
After you'll see that I'll crawl back
You must be sick
I don't love you anymore
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Terrible thing
You destroy my head
You uncalibrate my skull
Go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Useless thing
You marginalize me
You sabotage me
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
You horrible thing
You steal my light
You suffocate my life
Go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Miserable thing
Like some childish demon
Who takes pleasure from its sting
You're a bad thing
Bad thing, bad thing
After you'll see that I'll crawl back
You must be sick
Thought she was my Annie Hall
Or at least Ali MacGraw
Now I feel so wilted
It's a famine affair
The whole attempt with shawty
Just put trash in my body
He was nostalgic for the ground
Hope down the drain
Still flew to your tragedy
In a glass-bottom airplane
Looping like a retard
Are you still playing the race card?
She said "You're not boring
I'm just bored with you"
The psychology behind it is ruthless
Wish it weren't true
Wish we weren't so complicated
Wish you weren't so medicated
I don't want you anymore
I don't love you anymore
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
Terrible thing
You don't let me sleep
And when you do it's just teeth-falling-out nightmares
Go away
You're a bad thing
Useless thing
You marginalize me
You sabotage me
Go away, go away, go away, go away
You're a bad thing
You horrible thing
You've been trying to make me ugly so you'd have a reason to leave
So you could say you were just, like, abandoning the ruins
You bad thing
You miserable thing
Like a childish demon
Who keeps insects on a string
You are a bad thing
Bad thing, bad thing
After you'll see that I'll crawl back
You must be sick
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