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.
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When you take me by the hand
Tell me I'm your loving man
When you give me all your love
And do it the very best you can
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When I get to be in your arms
When we're all all alone
When you whisper sweet in my ear
When you turn, turn me on
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I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh
When you take me by the hand
Tell me I'm your loving man
When you give me all your love
And do it the very best you can
Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh
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When I get to be in your arms
When we're all all alone
When you whisper sweet in my ear
When you turn, turn me on
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I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh
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That's The Way (I Like It) Lyrics as written by Harry Casey Richard Raymond Finch
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