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.
Halfway to the bottom
You, me and our problems
Stone cold when we let it slip away
Is it unfair to miss ya?
Is it unkind to hate ya?
To feel some kind of pleasure in the pain?
Wish I could skip ahead to somewhere near the end
And maybe then, I guess, I'll forget you ever left
Oh my
Damn, this hurts so good
Always knew it would
Stop it if I could
Going on for 24/5
I still feel your touch
Never hurt so much
Haunted by your love
Going on for 24/5
I let you change me
But you were the one to break me
And buried all my feelings underneath
Maybe someday I won't miss ya
Maybe someday I won't hate ya
But right now it's too heavy to breathe
Wish I could skip ahead to somewhere near the end
And maybe then, I guess, I'll forget you ever left
Oh my
Damn, this hurts so good
Always knew it would
Stop it if I could
Going on for 24/5
I still feel your touch
Never hurt so much
Haunted by your love
Going on for 24/5
Replays in my head
Of all the things you said
I know you're lying in somebody else's bed
Thought we could make it work
But then you hurt me first
Trust me, I felt it worse
Oh my! (ooh)
Damn, this hurts so good
Always knew it would
Stop it if I could
Going on for 24/5
I still feel your touch
Never hurt so much
Haunted by your love
Going on for 24/5
You, me and our problems
Stone cold when we let it slip away
Is it unfair to miss ya?
Is it unkind to hate ya?
To feel some kind of pleasure in the pain?
Wish I could skip ahead to somewhere near the end
And maybe then, I guess, I'll forget you ever left
Oh my
Damn, this hurts so good
Always knew it would
Stop it if I could
Going on for 24/5
I still feel your touch
Never hurt so much
Haunted by your love
Going on for 24/5
I let you change me
But you were the one to break me
And buried all my feelings underneath
Maybe someday I won't miss ya
Maybe someday I won't hate ya
But right now it's too heavy to breathe
Wish I could skip ahead to somewhere near the end
And maybe then, I guess, I'll forget you ever left
Oh my
Damn, this hurts so good
Always knew it would
Stop it if I could
Going on for 24/5
I still feel your touch
Never hurt so much
Haunted by your love
Going on for 24/5
Replays in my head
Of all the things you said
I know you're lying in somebody else's bed
Thought we could make it work
But then you hurt me first
Trust me, I felt it worse
Oh my! (ooh)
Damn, this hurts so good
Always knew it would
Stop it if I could
Going on for 24/5
I still feel your touch
Never hurt so much
Haunted by your love
Going on for 24/5
Lyrics submitted by JohnnyLurg
24/5 Lyrics as written by Fridolin Walcher Emilia Webb
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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