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, oh, yeah
You're so bright
Like a dream
You burn up
Everything
We might make a scene
Ignite gasoline
When the music goes up
And the sun goes down
Lightning strikes
And I'm on the ground
Only one that I want around
Is you
Yeah
Spark and it's like gasoline
I start purring like a machine
My heart only runs on supreme
So hot, give me your gasoline
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
Heat wave
On the floor
Escape, exit door
Your touch, burning me
Is too much, gasoline
When the music goes up
And the sun goes down
Lightning strikes
And I'm on the ground
Only one that I want around
Is you
Yeah
Spark and it's like gasoline
I start purring like a machine
My heart only runs on supreme
So hot, give me your gasoline
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
Yeah, damn boy, what you do to me?
Yeah
You set me on fire
Yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Spark and it's like gasoline
I start purring like a machine
My heart only runs on supreme
So hot, give me your gasoline
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah, aww
You're so bright
Like a dream
You burn up
Everything
We might make a scene
Ignite gasoline
When the music goes up
And the sun goes down
Lightning strikes
And I'm on the ground
Only one that I want around
Is you
Yeah
Spark and it's like gasoline
I start purring like a machine
My heart only runs on supreme
So hot, give me your gasoline
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
Heat wave
On the floor
Escape, exit door
Your touch, burning me
Is too much, gasoline
When the music goes up
And the sun goes down
Lightning strikes
And I'm on the ground
Only one that I want around
Is you
Yeah
Spark and it's like gasoline
I start purring like a machine
My heart only runs on supreme
So hot, give me your gasoline
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
Yeah, damn boy, what you do to me?
Yeah
You set me on fire
Yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Spark and it's like gasoline
I start purring like a machine
My heart only runs on supreme
So hot, give me your gasoline
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
You set me on fire
Yeah, aww
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Gasoline Lyrics as written by Lukasz Gottwald Benjamin Joseph Levin
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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You're so bright like a dream, you burn up everything We might make a scene, ignite gasoline When the music goes up and the sun goes down Lightning strikes and I'm on the ground Only one that I want around is you
Yeahh, spark and it's like gasoline, I start purring like a machine My heart only runs on supreme, so hot, give me your gasoline Yeahh, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire Yeahh, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire, yeahh
Heatwave on the floor, escape, exit door Your touch, burning me, it's too much gasoline When the music goes up and the sun goes down Lightning strikes and I'm on the ground Only one that I want around is you
Yeahh, spark and it's like gasoline, I start purring like a machine My heart only runs on supreme, so hot, give me your gasoline Yeahh, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire Yeahh, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire, you're setting me on fire, yeahh
Yeahh, damn boy, what you do to me Yeahh, you set me on fire, fire, fire... Yeahh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh