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.
I feel lonely when you disown me, my friends.
You say used to know me then, now my body's under.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
We are just sinners,
We can tempt to death.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
Forget what you believe in,
Cause this is the end.
You can't find nothing at all,
When there's nothing there all along.
I'm everything that you're not,
Which is what makes you,
What makes you, want me so.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
We are just sinners,
We can tempt to death.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
Forget what you believe in,
Cause this is the end.
Take me home, please take me home.
Take me somewhere I want to go.
Take me home, please take me home.
Take me somewhere I want to go.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
We are just sinners,
We can tempt to death.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
Forget what you believe in,
It's the end.
You say used to know me then, now my body's under.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
We are just sinners,
We can tempt to death.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
Forget what you believe in,
Cause this is the end.
You can't find nothing at all,
When there's nothing there all along.
I'm everything that you're not,
Which is what makes you,
What makes you, want me so.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
We are just sinners,
We can tempt to death.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
Forget what you believe in,
Cause this is the end.
Take me home, please take me home.
Take me somewhere I want to go.
Take me home, please take me home.
Take me somewhere I want to go.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
We are just sinners,
We can tempt to death.
We are not your lovers,
We are not your friends.
Forget what you believe in,
It's the end.
Lyrics submitted by Ollie9108, edited by Flabberjab
Little Death Lyrics as written by Dan Flint Chris Miller
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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It kind of sounds like
"We are just the sinners, We condemn to death."
but I could be wrong.
However I am absolutely sure that it is actually
"we are not your lovers, we are not your friends, Fuck what you believe in, Cause this is the end."
Other than that, great work on the lyrics :)
pretty sure you're right :)
"I'm everything that you're not which is what makes you want me so." I've never heard this song, but that line really sums up human nature. I roll my eyes whenever I hear my sweet elderly mother talk about those who look different (tattoos; blue hair; skinny jeans; piercings) for she honestly does not understand the judgments she's making based on appearances. Imagine if we all looked and acted and sounded alike; what an incredibly boring place this world would be. Like magnets, opposite people often attract. It's what lights that often dormant fire within us. It's the ying and the yang connecting. The song sounds angry...filled with resentment due to someone feeling left behind. Perhaps s/he only imagines that which s/he fears. Perhaps her glasses need cleaning ;)