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.
What do you want?
Deep underground
Hear the mice make a sound
As they scramble around
Gathering ground
Of the seasons abound
All the things that you found
Calvary fall
And artillery fall
And then infantry fall
Do you think the battle's won?
(When on the road)
Are the Spartans overcome?
(What did you see?)
Are they sighing in their sleep?
(Why won't you tell, tell me?)
This is not a dry run
Howl of the hound
Leaving thoughts to be proud
Through the feet of the crowd
Deep underground
Mice make a sound
Scramble around
March as before
We are here, we applaud
Want you want we adore
Do you think the battle's won?
(When on the road)
Are the Spartans overcome?
(What did you see?)
Are they sighing in their sleep?
(Why won't you tell, tell me?)
This is not a dry run
(We're on a rock)
(And it's gonna roll)
Do you think the battle's won?
(It gathers space)
(It's all you stole)
Are the Spartans overcome?
(And when they rise)
(What did you see?)
Are the sighing in their sleep
(Why won't you tell, tell me?)
This is not a dry run.
Deep underground
Hear the mice make a sound
As they scramble around
Gathering ground
Of the seasons abound
All the things that you found
Calvary fall
And artillery fall
And then infantry fall
Do you think the battle's won?
(When on the road)
Are the Spartans overcome?
(What did you see?)
Are they sighing in their sleep?
(Why won't you tell, tell me?)
This is not a dry run
Howl of the hound
Leaving thoughts to be proud
Through the feet of the crowd
Deep underground
Mice make a sound
Scramble around
March as before
We are here, we applaud
Want you want we adore
Do you think the battle's won?
(When on the road)
Are the Spartans overcome?
(What did you see?)
Are they sighing in their sleep?
(Why won't you tell, tell me?)
This is not a dry run
(We're on a rock)
(And it's gonna roll)
Do you think the battle's won?
(It gathers space)
(It's all you stole)
Are the Spartans overcome?
(And when they rise)
(What did you see?)
Are the sighing in their sleep
(Why won't you tell, tell me?)
This is not a dry run.
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