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.
My broken heart made it quite able to say
She was a devil in disguise
I loved her and she loved me, so she said
Should have known I wasn't the only one
But it really didn't matter to me
I was too blind with the love to see she only havin' fun
And my friends say that I'm a fool, a victim of her crime
But to me there'll never be another love
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
The emptiness in my life was [?]
She meant everything to me
Reality that she hurt me, yeah, she did
But I never thought that she would leave
I didn't care if she had her fun
Make love to someone else, baby, as long as I was number one
An angel she may not have been, still I loved her so
You know, girl, you never never had to go
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
My broken heart made it quite able to say
She was a devil in disguise
I loved her and she loved me, so she said
Should have known I wasn't the only one
But it really didn't matter to me
I was too blind with the love to see she only havin' fun
And my friends say that I'm a fool, a victim of her crime
But to me there'll never be another love
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
She was a devil in disguise
I loved her and she loved me, so she said
Should have known I wasn't the only one
But it really didn't matter to me
I was too blind with the love to see she only havin' fun
And my friends say that I'm a fool, a victim of her crime
But to me there'll never be another love
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
The emptiness in my life was [?]
She meant everything to me
Reality that she hurt me, yeah, she did
But I never thought that she would leave
I didn't care if she had her fun
Make love to someone else, baby, as long as I was number one
An angel she may not have been, still I loved her so
You know, girl, you never never had to go
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
My broken heart made it quite able to say
She was a devil in disguise
I loved her and she loved me, so she said
Should have known I wasn't the only one
But it really didn't matter to me
I was too blind with the love to see she only havin' fun
And my friends say that I'm a fool, a victim of her crime
But to me there'll never be another love
I want my girl, I want back my girl
I want my girl, I want back my girl
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I Want My Girl Lyrics as written by Jesse Woods Johnson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Fortnight
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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