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.
Oh my
I never would have known how I’d feel
Once in a life time love
I’m in heaven now
Still it somehow hurts, but I feel
No more the pain
Heal these wounds I always felt in my heart
No one will hear us breathe
Together so close now
Life’s about again to begin
No one will ever
Know how I feel
I’ve never been so home
To know my demon’s gone
I’d be nothing without you
And no more days alone
I feel our love is strong
I’d be nothing without you (honestly)
Without you (honestly)
My heart returns to stone
Once in a lifetime
You hear this kind of calling
So leave the words out
And lay by my side
We share the moments
From morning to the evening
Until the night time
We’ve made it all right
The one and only
My life philosophy
Believe in nothing else
Than truth without words
Mind once so lonely
Is set for someone else
I care for nothing more
Just to have you for me
Heal these wounds I always felt in my heart
No one will hear us breathe
Together so close now
Life’s about again to begin
No one will ever
Know how I feel
I’ve never been so home
To know my demon’s gone
I’d be nothing without you
And no more days alone
I feel our love is strong
I’d be nothing without you (honestly)
Without you (honestly)
My heart returns to stone
Once in a lifetime
You hear this kind of calling
So leave the words out
And lay by my side
We share the moments
From morning to the evening
Until the night time
We’ve made it all right
My testimony
That stands for nothing else
I got what I need
But still you give more
Mind once so lonely
Is set for someone else
Oh Tinja, Tinja
You’re the one made for me
Oh
Oh
The one made for me
Darling
You're the one made for me
I, I never would have known how I’d feel
Once in a life time love
I’m in heaven now
Still it somehow hurts, but I feel
No more the pain
I never would have known how I’d feel
Once in a life time love
I’m in heaven now
Still it somehow hurts, but I feel
No more the pain
Heal these wounds I always felt in my heart
No one will hear us breathe
Together so close now
Life’s about again to begin
No one will ever
Know how I feel
I’ve never been so home
To know my demon’s gone
I’d be nothing without you
And no more days alone
I feel our love is strong
I’d be nothing without you (honestly)
Without you (honestly)
My heart returns to stone
Once in a lifetime
You hear this kind of calling
So leave the words out
And lay by my side
We share the moments
From morning to the evening
Until the night time
We’ve made it all right
The one and only
My life philosophy
Believe in nothing else
Than truth without words
Mind once so lonely
Is set for someone else
I care for nothing more
Just to have you for me
Heal these wounds I always felt in my heart
No one will hear us breathe
Together so close now
Life’s about again to begin
No one will ever
Know how I feel
I’ve never been so home
To know my demon’s gone
I’d be nothing without you
And no more days alone
I feel our love is strong
I’d be nothing without you (honestly)
Without you (honestly)
My heart returns to stone
Once in a lifetime
You hear this kind of calling
So leave the words out
And lay by my side
We share the moments
From morning to the evening
Until the night time
We’ve made it all right
My testimony
That stands for nothing else
I got what I need
But still you give more
Mind once so lonely
Is set for someone else
Oh Tinja, Tinja
You’re the one made for me
Oh
Oh
The one made for me
Darling
You're the one made for me
I, I never would have known how I’d feel
Once in a life time love
I’m in heaven now
Still it somehow hurts, but I feel
No more the pain
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