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.
This is when your heart stops!
Aren't you just dying to be here
Lose yourself, lose yourself, lose yourself
Light this direction
March on the wicked one
My inspiration
I saw you for what you're not inside
Who do you think you are?
I won't be with you
Who do you think you are?
I wont destroy myself not for you
Found such a perfect way to lie
You said You found a better taste than god
Look at me!
You found a secret
You'd kill it just the keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
You found a secret
You'd kill it just to keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
Aren't you just dying to be here
Lose yourself, lose yourself, lose yourself
This is when you heart stops
I caught myself at the scene of the crime
What could I have done to get this far?
Displaying lines unquestioned
I'm fighting just to do what is right
Enclosed and shaking
I can tell you're breaking
So break in
Tell me what you see
Look at me
You found a secret
You'd kill it just the keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
You found a secret
You'd kill it just the keep it
Believe you in what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
I've seen the best in you
(I've seen the best in you)
For what it's worth
I'm consumed and confused by the truth
When the day is done
(When the day is done)
When the day is done
(When the day is done)
I'm playing this one close to my chest
I'll never let go
Say you'll never let go
Stealing a part of me
And claim it was the best
I'm playing this one close to my chest
I'll never let go
Say you'll never let go
Get on your knees
And show me how you please
This is when your heart stops!
You found the secret
You've killed it just the keep it
Believe you in what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
You found a secret
You'd kill it just to keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
The moments get slow
The further you go
I'll pull you close but never show
I'd kill it just to keep it
The moments get slow
The further you go
I'll pull you close but never show
I'd kill it just the keep it
The moments get slow
The further you go
The further you go
The moments get slow
The further you go
I'll pull you close but never show
I'd kill it just the keep it
The moments get slow
Whoa And you know
I'd kill it just the keep it
Don't you know?
Don't you know?
I'd killed it just to keep it
Aren't you just dying to be here
Lose yourself, lose yourself, lose yourself
Light this direction
March on the wicked one
My inspiration
I saw you for what you're not inside
Who do you think you are?
I won't be with you
Who do you think you are?
I wont destroy myself not for you
Found such a perfect way to lie
You said You found a better taste than god
Look at me!
You found a secret
You'd kill it just the keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
You found a secret
You'd kill it just to keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
Aren't you just dying to be here
Lose yourself, lose yourself, lose yourself
This is when you heart stops
I caught myself at the scene of the crime
What could I have done to get this far?
Displaying lines unquestioned
I'm fighting just to do what is right
Enclosed and shaking
I can tell you're breaking
So break in
Tell me what you see
Look at me
You found a secret
You'd kill it just the keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
You found a secret
You'd kill it just the keep it
Believe you in what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
I've seen the best in you
(I've seen the best in you)
For what it's worth
I'm consumed and confused by the truth
When the day is done
(When the day is done)
When the day is done
(When the day is done)
I'm playing this one close to my chest
I'll never let go
Say you'll never let go
Stealing a part of me
And claim it was the best
I'm playing this one close to my chest
I'll never let go
Say you'll never let go
Get on your knees
And show me how you please
This is when your heart stops!
You found the secret
You've killed it just the keep it
Believe you in what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
You found a secret
You'd kill it just to keep it
Believed you and what you say
I never thought you'd find a way
The moments get slow
The further you go
I'll pull you close but never show
I'd kill it just to keep it
The moments get slow
The further you go
I'll pull you close but never show
I'd kill it just the keep it
The moments get slow
The further you go
The further you go
The moments get slow
The further you go
I'll pull you close but never show
I'd kill it just the keep it
The moments get slow
Whoa And you know
I'd kill it just the keep it
Don't you know?
Don't you know?
I'd killed it just to keep it
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