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.
[Music: Shermann/Lyrics: Diamond]
Darkness we are here tonight to select who's gonna die
Has everyone arrived?
Darkness open wide and let the lights go dim
While I dig into your soul my friend...
Looking for sin...sin...sin. Looking for sin..sin
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Darkness we are here tonight to select who's gonna die
Has everyone arrived?
Darkness open wide and let the show begin
While we look into the Southern wind
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
[SOLO: Shermann]
Someone here will not survive the night that's creeping by
This is your time, not mine, for another life...
Don't you see...don't you see
You took a chance, now you must pay, say your last goodbye
This is your time, not mine, for another life...
Now die, die, die...
It is so much colder in here, hold on to your soul my dear
It is so much colder in here, hold on to...Nothing!!!
Who should I let go? Who needs to know...
[SOLO: Shermann]
The journey of a lonely soul, now you're on your own...yeah
The maker's waiting down the road, the dying has begun
Now my finger points at you
It is time for you to pay what's due
Now my finger points at you
And you must know...what you never ever knew
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
[SOLO: Denner]
Now my finger points at you, and you must know...
What you never ever knew
[SOLO: Denner]
Darkness we are here tonight to select who's gonna die
Has everyone arrived?
Darkness open wide and let the lights go dim
While I dig into your soul my friend...
Looking for sin...sin...sin. Looking for sin..sin
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Darkness we are here tonight to select who's gonna die
Has everyone arrived?
Darkness open wide and let the show begin
While we look into the Southern wind
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
[SOLO: Shermann]
Someone here will not survive the night that's creeping by
This is your time, not mine, for another life...
Don't you see...don't you see
You took a chance, now you must pay, say your last goodbye
This is your time, not mine, for another life...
Now die, die, die...
It is so much colder in here, hold on to your soul my dear
It is so much colder in here, hold on to...Nothing!!!
Who should I let go? Who needs to know...
[SOLO: Shermann]
The journey of a lonely soul, now you're on your own...yeah
The maker's waiting down the road, the dying has begun
Now my finger points at you
It is time for you to pay what's due
Now my finger points at you
And you must know...what you never ever knew
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
Oh yeah, You're going into the unknown
[SOLO: Denner]
Now my finger points at you, and you must know...
What you never ever knew
[SOLO: Denner]
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Into The Unknown Lyrics as written by Hank Shermann Kim Bendix Petersen
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Fintage House Publishing
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