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.
All I want to do is write a song
One I haven't ever sung before
I don't want to sing the same old thing
It wouldn't mean anything to me
All I want to do is write a song
But everything I say just comes out wrong
I guess I'll just put my thoughts away
Maybe pick them up another day
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible
I want to write a song that makes you smile
And one that keeps you around for a while
I wish for small things ? this fearing
I've seen this coming, I've seen you leaving
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible
I know it's sad to turn slowly ?
Coulda made you feel a little in sync
I've got a whole lot to learn
Every bridge I see I seem to burn
So, all I've gotta do is sing a song
And tell a little truth to everyone
Sick of saying sorry when I'm not
But after a little love hurts
It's all I've, it's all I've got
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible, invincible
One I haven't ever sung before
I don't want to sing the same old thing
It wouldn't mean anything to me
All I want to do is write a song
But everything I say just comes out wrong
I guess I'll just put my thoughts away
Maybe pick them up another day
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible
I want to write a song that makes you smile
And one that keeps you around for a while
I wish for small things ? this fearing
I've seen this coming, I've seen you leaving
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible
I know it's sad to turn slowly ?
Coulda made you feel a little in sync
I've got a whole lot to learn
Every bridge I see I seem to burn
So, all I've gotta do is sing a song
And tell a little truth to everyone
Sick of saying sorry when I'm not
But after a little love hurts
It's all I've, it's all I've got
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible, invincible
Lyrics submitted by geehavepluto
Little Bit of Truth Lyrics as written by Dan Flint Chris Miller
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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Great version of a great song,
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Ok I think the first question mark is
"I want to write a song that makes you smile, And one that keeps you around for a while, I wish for small things, Like losing this feeling, I've seen this coming, I've seen you leaving."
The second is harder, but I think that it is something along the lines of; "I know it's sad to [touch?] some things, that made you feel a little empty."
but Touch seems weird, maybe "touch on"? I can't quite get that word and it took me ages even to get to touch so it has great potential to be wrong, but I think the rest of it is right. It's what I hear anyway.
Oh and the end of that verse sounds like: "But after a little love that's, that's all I've, that's all I've got."