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.
I left the west coast, watched the palm trees
Wave goodbye, it was a hard drive,
I had to say goodbye to you.
I stopped for some Coca-Cola and some Corn Nuts too.
I thought about turning back, I already missed you.
If you need me, burn it up, bend the rules, leave right away
If you need me, take a four-lane headed my way
Take a bus, take a plane, take a car, take a train,
Take a bike, hitch a ride, you decide.
If you need me you know where I'll be, yeah
In Tennessee
Going through my boxes, found a photograph
Where you're sitting on a mule in Mexico, picture perfect point of view
And then a post card dropped from the book you gave me
On my birthday, and it hit me baby
If you need me, burn it up, bend the rules, leave right away
If you need me, take a four-lane, headed my wayTake a bus, take a plane, take a car, take a train
Take a bike, hitch a ride, you decide
If you need me, leave LA, we'll take it day by day,
All alone, here I am, by the phone, understand
It's not too late, what are you waiting for
If you need me, you know where I'll be, yeah
In Tennessee
It's a Sunday morning, I awake, it's just another lonely day
I lie in bed and wonder how long is this gonna takeThen I think to myself, will I ever get a break
Or did I make a big mistake?
Well, I'll light the fire, I'll draw the bubble bath, hey, you do the math
It's just me, and I'm without you, what else could I do?
If you need me, burn it up, bend the rules, leave right away
If you need me, take a four-lane headed my way
Take a bus, take a plane, take a car, take a train,
Take a bike, hitch a ride, you decide.
If you need me you know where I'll be, yeah
In Tennessee
Wave goodbye, it was a hard drive,
I had to say goodbye to you.
I stopped for some Coca-Cola and some Corn Nuts too.
I thought about turning back, I already missed you.
If you need me, burn it up, bend the rules, leave right away
If you need me, take a four-lane headed my way
Take a bus, take a plane, take a car, take a train,
Take a bike, hitch a ride, you decide.
If you need me you know where I'll be, yeah
In Tennessee
Going through my boxes, found a photograph
Where you're sitting on a mule in Mexico, picture perfect point of view
And then a post card dropped from the book you gave me
On my birthday, and it hit me baby
If you need me, burn it up, bend the rules, leave right away
If you need me, take a four-lane, headed my wayTake a bus, take a plane, take a car, take a train
Take a bike, hitch a ride, you decide
If you need me, leave LA, we'll take it day by day,
All alone, here I am, by the phone, understand
It's not too late, what are you waiting for
If you need me, you know where I'll be, yeah
In Tennessee
It's a Sunday morning, I awake, it's just another lonely day
I lie in bed and wonder how long is this gonna takeThen I think to myself, will I ever get a break
Or did I make a big mistake?
Well, I'll light the fire, I'll draw the bubble bath, hey, you do the math
It's just me, and I'm without you, what else could I do?
If you need me, burn it up, bend the rules, leave right away
If you need me, take a four-lane headed my way
Take a bus, take a plane, take a car, take a train,
Take a bike, hitch a ride, you decide.
If you need me you know where I'll be, yeah
In Tennessee
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Tennessee Lyrics as written by Marcel Francois Chagnon James Thomas Slater
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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