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'm always screamin' my lungs out 'til my head starts spinnin'
Playin' my songs is the way I cope with life
Won't keep my voice down
Know the words I speak are the thoughts I think out loud
I like to keep things honest
I'm a safe bet like your life's staked on it, for real
I'd hate to keep you all wonderin'
I'm constant like the seasons, I will never be forgotten, man
Let's leave no words unspoken
And save regrets for the broken
Will you even look back when you think of me?
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Still got something left to prove, it tends to keep things movin'
While everyone around me says my last days are looming overhead
But just what the hell do they think they know?
My head's above the water while they drown in the undertow
Let's leave no words unspoken
And save regrets for the broken
Will you even look back when you think of me?
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
If you take it from me
Live your life for yourself
'Cause when it's all said and done
You don't need anyone else, come on
So let's get back to when everything seemed perfect
Not a worry in the world, tell me, was it all worth it?
I get what I want, so everyone's always judgin' me
Not afraid of anything, I've got the whole world in front of me
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Keep your head down low
Keep your head down low
Keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Playin' my songs is the way I cope with life
Won't keep my voice down
Know the words I speak are the thoughts I think out loud
I like to keep things honest
I'm a safe bet like your life's staked on it, for real
I'd hate to keep you all wonderin'
I'm constant like the seasons, I will never be forgotten, man
Let's leave no words unspoken
And save regrets for the broken
Will you even look back when you think of me?
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Still got something left to prove, it tends to keep things movin'
While everyone around me says my last days are looming overhead
But just what the hell do they think they know?
My head's above the water while they drown in the undertow
Let's leave no words unspoken
And save regrets for the broken
Will you even look back when you think of me?
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
If you take it from me
Live your life for yourself
'Cause when it's all said and done
You don't need anyone else, come on
So let's get back to when everything seemed perfect
Not a worry in the world, tell me, was it all worth it?
I get what I want, so everyone's always judgin' me
Not afraid of anything, I've got the whole world in front of me
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
All I want is a place to call my own
To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
Whoa, you know
To keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Keep your head down low
Keep your head down low
Keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Lyrics submitted by TwilightStar94, edited by xJacksonx
All I Want Lyrics as written by Alexander Thomas Shelnutt Jeremy Wade Mckinnon
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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i didnt like this song at first, but it's growing on me. the music is wayyy lighter, but the vocals and lyrics are also veryyyy good. pumped for the new album though.
I also wasn't too fond of it either. I am still sorta on the line but I think it's growing on me. Just seems too poppy idk. The lyrics I think are what do it for me perhaps. They work very well.
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