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.
Early in the morning
Your eyes meet the sun
Work so hard to feed your wife
And time is so alone
The madness in the evening
With diamonds in your hand
Came home an hour early
Caught her with another man
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
On your way back home again
Good to smear it in
You see a man stuck in the range, stranded with no friends
From the goodness of your heart, you saved him from the flood
A couple miles down the road, he's covered in his blood
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
Moving around, to never see it coming
Burnt by the light, she thought that she would run you
Blinded again, floating like a feather
Why can't you see you can't control the weather?
Sometimes I caught myself looking in the mirror
With my eyeballs out and I'm looking at the fear
In the bottom of the chains, saw them growing like a plant
But it never works out the way I wrote it in my hand
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
You know it's always something, you know it's always something
Your eyes meet the sun
Work so hard to feed your wife
And time is so alone
The madness in the evening
With diamonds in your hand
Came home an hour early
Caught her with another man
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
On your way back home again
Good to smear it in
You see a man stuck in the range, stranded with no friends
From the goodness of your heart, you saved him from the flood
A couple miles down the road, he's covered in his blood
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
Moving around, to never see it coming
Burnt by the light, she thought that she would run you
Blinded again, floating like a feather
Why can't you see you can't control the weather?
Sometimes I caught myself looking in the mirror
With my eyeballs out and I'm looking at the fear
In the bottom of the chains, saw them growing like a plant
But it never works out the way I wrote it in my hand
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
You know it's always something, you know it's always something
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Clearly a pessimistic view of things; no matter how much good you do, something always is gonna turn around and bite you on the ass.
Love this new album.
He sings about what he genuinely believes in and I completely love that about Matt. This song is haunting my brain.
This song is deliciously pessimistic. Its not depressing or a downer, its sounds more frustrated to me. I feel like this a lot, and here the singer is just venting about it. He points out that sometimes there are just things out of your control "can't make the sun rise," references to weather, etc.
This song has one of the most paranoid sounds to it...you gotta love the direction the band took with this album.
This song is obviously a pessimistic view on how life never goes the way you want it to, and no matter how hard you try to change things, no matter how good life is going at the moment, something else will always step in the way and ruin it.
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Couldn't of said it better myself, Pete.
One of the best songs on the new album.
This song couldn't be more upfront about the performer's disdain for human nature. Despite it's pessimistic thee this song is not to be missed.
here are the correct lyrics:
early in the morning rise to meet the sun work so hard to feed your wife no time to show her loving and in the madness of the evening with diamonds in your hand came home an hour early caught her with another man
it's always something before the late night around the corner there's always something waiting for you can't hold the hands back can't make the sun rise it's always something you know it's always something
on your way back home again a good samaritan you see a man stuck in the rain stranded with no friends and from the goodness of your heart you saved him from the flood a couple miles down the road he's covered in your blood
it's always something before the late night around the corner there's always something waiting for you can't hold the hands back can't make the sun rise it's always something you know it's always something
moving around you never see it coming burned by the light you thought that you were running blinded again you're floating like a feather why can't you see you can't control the weather?
sometimes i caught myself looking in the mirror with my eyeballs and i'm looking at the fear in the bottom of the drain saw it growing like a plant but it never worked out the way i wrote it in my hands i tried, i tried, i tried, decide, decide, decide...
it's always something before the late night around the corner there's always something waiting for you can't hold the hands back can't make the sun rise it's always something you know it's always something
@niacita "in the bottom of the trees saw it growing like a plant" and then "you tried" sixteen times while "it's always something" is sung in the background twice after the first eight times
I just wanted to point out the second verse. "You save him from the flood - a couple miles down the road, he's covered in your blood." This is talking about offering a homeless man a ride because you feel bad and want to help him. Then, after generously inviting him into your car, after driving a few miles he kills you, hence the line, "covered in your blood." It is a good message of not hitchhiking.
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