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.
And I had a dream
About my old school
And she was there all pink and gold and glittering
I threw my arms around her legs
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
And the grass was so green against my new clothes
And I did cartwheels in your honor
Dancing on tiptoes, my own secret ceremonials
Before the service began
In the graveyard doing handstands
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
My doe, my dear, my darling
Tell me what all this sighing's about
Tell me what all this sighing's about
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
About my old school
And she was there all pink and gold and glittering
I threw my arms around her legs
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
And the grass was so green against my new clothes
And I did cartwheels in your honor
Dancing on tiptoes, my own secret ceremonials
Before the service began
In the graveyard doing handstands
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
My doe, my dear, my darling
Tell me what all this sighing's about
Tell me what all this sighing's about
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ohh oh)
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Only If for a Night Lyrics as written by Florence Welch Paul Epworth
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Isn't it: And the only solution was to stand and fight And my body was loose and I was set alight But you came over me like some holy rite And although I was burning, you're the only light
Anyway, my personal favourite off the album, I really hope she makes it a single <3