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.
She can bring back the days when the night never ends
She will you find you flyin'
Around life again
Think about your world now, a walk through the park
Bet you nearly lost it, this time worlds apart
Never though much about it
And you never really do
Til when the day comes she's leavin you
She'll be your hero, when the lightning falls
She'll tend to your head and break down the walls
She can promise you heaven, then drag you through hell
And she'll never look back, you might as well
You'll be draggin this dragon around your life
She'll be ragin' inside you, looks like another fight
Backed up and burned out, like a flame at both ends
Scorchin' and thirstin' for some time to mend
Never though much about it
And you never really do
Til when the day comes, she's leavin you
She never meant to hurt you, don't you think it's true
She wouldn't want to leave you, just had to break on through
Sometimes when you're alone, and think about the day
And love will never find her, she's asked for it that way
She will you find you flyin'
Around life again
Think about your world now, a walk through the park
Bet you nearly lost it, this time worlds apart
Never though much about it
And you never really do
Til when the day comes she's leavin you
She'll be your hero, when the lightning falls
She'll tend to your head and break down the walls
She can promise you heaven, then drag you through hell
And she'll never look back, you might as well
You'll be draggin this dragon around your life
She'll be ragin' inside you, looks like another fight
Backed up and burned out, like a flame at both ends
Scorchin' and thirstin' for some time to mend
Never though much about it
And you never really do
Til when the day comes, she's leavin you
She never meant to hurt you, don't you think it's true
She wouldn't want to leave you, just had to break on through
Sometimes when you're alone, and think about the day
And love will never find her, she's asked for it that way
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Hero [Live from the Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna/2006] Lyrics as written by Pat Mc Gee Marti Frederiksen
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