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.
Not far from the rigors of the city
There is a paved road that unwinds
If you go there you will find me sitting
On a broken bench breathing the night
So hard for you to tell me what you're thinking
Always a stranger, always a stranger
So far for you to see me now you're blinking
I think you're amazing, girl, I think you're amazing
I turn my hands, my palms are libraries
And now the evening swallowed me
If you go there you will find me sitting (we are snowflakes driving cars, together two of us alike)
On a broken bench breathing the night (our temperatures the same we melt, this night, this night, this night)
So hard for you to tell me what you're thinking
Always a stranger, always a stranger
So far for you to see me now you're blinking
I think you're amazing, girl, I think you're amazing
Yehhh
Girl I think you're amazing
I'm waiting here alone
I'm waiting here alone
So hard for you to tell me what you're thinking
Always a stranger, always a stranger
So far for you to see me now you're blinking
I think you're amazing, girl, I think you're amazing
Yehhh
There is a paved road that unwinds
If you go there you will find me sitting
On a broken bench breathing the night
So hard for you to tell me what you're thinking
Always a stranger, always a stranger
So far for you to see me now you're blinking
I think you're amazing, girl, I think you're amazing
I turn my hands, my palms are libraries
And now the evening swallowed me
If you go there you will find me sitting (we are snowflakes driving cars, together two of us alike)
On a broken bench breathing the night (our temperatures the same we melt, this night, this night, this night)
So hard for you to tell me what you're thinking
Always a stranger, always a stranger
So far for you to see me now you're blinking
I think you're amazing, girl, I think you're amazing
Yehhh
Girl I think you're amazing
I'm waiting here alone
I'm waiting here alone
So hard for you to tell me what you're thinking
Always a stranger, always a stranger
So far for you to see me now you're blinking
I think you're amazing, girl, I think you're amazing
Yehhh
Lyrics submitted by CharliesAngels
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Always a stranger - Well, this is a good one! As are all the others, but hey! (Shelby) In this song I like the lyrics ;- So hard for you to tell me what your thinking, Always a stranger, always a stranger, I like these lyrics cause, it says, you think you know someone, but yet, you can't always tell what's wrong, or something like that, like the person you know has another side to them, which you've never known before, and even though you have known them for so long, they're still a stranger in your mind, if that makes sense to anyone out there.
I also like, 'I turn my hands my palms are libaries, and now the evening's swallowed me' It's hard for me to explain why I like this, but I'll have a go, It's like you know someone who generally knows everything, and can never admit that they are wrong, and they are so wrapped up in their own thoughts, that they don't think about anything else (and now the evening's swallowed me)
Admitidly, people may think that it's a weird explanation to how I see the song, but oh well ;)
I love this song! (Ellie) not that i dont love the rest of the songs butt this one is the 1 yhoo can really sing too on a bloomin good day!
I love every single lyric in this song it gets me in such a good mood for the whole day! i love the same lyrics as shelby really: So hard for you to tell me what you’re thinking Always a stranger, always a stranger So far for you to see me now you’re blinking I think your amazing, girl I think you’re amazing! i mostly just love these lyrics beacause when Roy starts singing them and the beat comes in,it just makes yhoo start jumping and singin round the room-well it does too mee! :p
this was the first song i heard by Myforever and am so glad i did,these guys are truly amazing and am proud to say i really do love these guys! <3 :D
I have to say i really do love this song i know am going to say that alot about all of the songs ;).But I just love how this song get me in a good mood of I'm feeling low it put a smile on my face :). The lyrics that mean something to me is:"So hard for you to tell me what you're thinking Always a stranger, always a stranger So far for you to see me now you're blinking" I have to say this lyrics mean you know some one but you really don't know them like you think you do so then are really a stranger of you think about it of you guys know what i mean. and this lyrics "I turn my hands, my palms are libraries And now the evening swallowed me" To me it means you have so much on your mend and you don't know what to do with it all so it get to you. i don't know of that it does mean that but to me it does. :)It is a really good song and I love how Roy song it and ever than about it. I have to say to I really love the music video to this song to.
Here is the music video of you haven't seen it at ---------------------> youtu.be/TsOYvKDQez4 check it out ;) Xx