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.
Can you hear the call?
Can you hear Him calling us all?
Tons of elder souls,
Sons of an old distant world
Ancient fallen angels whirlwind
We're the ones denied in paradise
Hey ! Fallen angels fall
Hear us shouting out loud
Now, Fallen angels fall
Surrender to the call
Call of fate, Taking our wishes away
Call of fate, Telling us this is the day
Call of fate, Leaves us to pieces to decay
Everlasting debt to pay !
If we could fool him, If we could fight
If only shadows could bring the light
We would alight the steps yet unknown
Back to the light...
When the night has come, the light has gone, we're all as one
Fallen angels
In agony, we're gonna be, eternally
Fallen angels
For when the night has come
And when the light has gone
We're gonna be as one
Fallen angels
Living in agony
We'll always gonna be
Now and eternally,
Fallen angels fall, fall, final helping call !
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling overboard into the seas of doubt, into the seas of doubt !
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling overboard into the seas of doubt, into the seas of doubt !
Hadn't heard the call, wouldn't have had to fall
Now we've lost it all
Nothing's left and time has passed us by
Haven't got a door to the room before
Heaven yet adored
Ain't no turning back, it's all past now
Can you hear Him calling us all?
Tons of elder souls,
Sons of an old distant world
Ancient fallen angels whirlwind
We're the ones denied in paradise
Hey ! Fallen angels fall
Hear us shouting out loud
Now, Fallen angels fall
Surrender to the call
Call of fate, Taking our wishes away
Call of fate, Telling us this is the day
Call of fate, Leaves us to pieces to decay
Everlasting debt to pay !
If we could fool him, If we could fight
If only shadows could bring the light
We would alight the steps yet unknown
Back to the light...
When the night has come, the light has gone, we're all as one
Fallen angels
In agony, we're gonna be, eternally
Fallen angels
For when the night has come
And when the light has gone
We're gonna be as one
Fallen angels
Living in agony
We'll always gonna be
Now and eternally,
Fallen angels fall, fall, final helping call !
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling overboard into the seas of doubt, into the seas of doubt !
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling overboard into the seas of doubt, into the seas of doubt !
Hadn't heard the call, wouldn't have had to fall
Now we've lost it all
Nothing's left and time has passed us by
Haven't got a door to the room before
Heaven yet adored
Ain't no turning back, it's all past now
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Fallen Angels Lyrics as written by Tanya Self Rick Price
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