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 was never one to back out of an argument
And say I was wrong.
Even when I'd seen the other side
I'd hide my foolishness and carry on.
But still I'd embarrassed
'Cause they'd seen what happened and they playin' along.
Until I backed myself into a corner
I will only realize when they had gone.
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change.
Every
Everything
Everything must change
And like a world this earth and seasons
Everything must change.
Every
Everything
Everything must change
In the same way when we disagree
I wouldn't be the one to back down.
Still I'd know that you had faith in me
Tell me something am I letting you down?
'Cause when I woke up and I saw the note
You pressed into the mirror frame
But it was easy to be angry at you
But deep inside I know
We share the blame.
And now
Like a dream alive
A reason
Everything must change
I'm going back to the top to start myself off
But first of all something's I need to know:
When I'm scared of being wrong again
Won't you be the one I turn to
To let me know
Oh let me know.
Oh
Please
Let me be right for once
'Cause right now all I feel
I do is wrong.
And it's never too late to learn about love
And this victim needs your hand to hold on.
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change.
And like a world this earth and seasons
Everything must change
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change
And say I was wrong.
Even when I'd seen the other side
I'd hide my foolishness and carry on.
But still I'd embarrassed
'Cause they'd seen what happened and they playin' along.
Until I backed myself into a corner
I will only realize when they had gone.
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change.
Every
Everything
Everything must change
And like a world this earth and seasons
Everything must change.
Every
Everything
Everything must change
In the same way when we disagree
I wouldn't be the one to back down.
Still I'd know that you had faith in me
Tell me something am I letting you down?
'Cause when I woke up and I saw the note
You pressed into the mirror frame
But it was easy to be angry at you
But deep inside I know
We share the blame.
And now
Like a dream alive
A reason
Everything must change
I'm going back to the top to start myself off
But first of all something's I need to know:
When I'm scared of being wrong again
Won't you be the one I turn to
To let me know
Oh let me know.
Oh
Please
Let me be right for once
'Cause right now all I feel
I do is wrong.
And it's never too late to learn about love
And this victim needs your hand to hold on.
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change.
And like a world this earth and seasons
Everything must change
And like a dream alive
A reason everything must change
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