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 remember when I gave my life to You
Never took a second thought to take it back from You, why?
You're loving me, I'm loving You from day to day
I really wanna please You with my love Your way
y'all hear me praise Him till it shake your core
We can do the thing, we still need Him more and more
We lift high up Your name and we do proclaim
We're not the same in the game, everybody come on
Lord we enter in with thanksgiving
Hearts are filled with praise and we're lifting
Hands in adoration with a song of joy and peace
A never ending celebration to the One who died for me
There's something we long for
Can't help but ask for more
I know you've heard me say this time and time again
Satisfy this deep yearning within
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory makes us cry holy
Fall and embrace us, Your touch so contagious
It fills us with life and we're never the same
Surrounded by Your power, Your love it knows no end
Heart full of compassion draws us close again
There's nothing, there is no one who compels us like You do
We will not be satisfied till we have all of You
There's something we long for
Can't help but ask for more
I know you've heard me say this time and time again
Satisfy this deep yearning within
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory makes us cry holy
Fall and embrace us, Your touch so contagious
It fills us with life and we're never the same
Lord we truly wait, with our hearts anticipate
With our mouth we sing Your praise
Let Your presence fill this place, yeah
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory makes us cry holy
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory, makes us cry holy
Fall and embrace us, Your touch so contagious it
Fills us with life and we're never the same
Oh Lord we want Your presence
Right now we need Your presence
We're hungry for Your presence
Can't live without Your presence
This place, right now
Hear our praise and come down
Fill us with Your life
And we're never the same, no, no
Oh Lord we want Your presence
Right now we need Your presence
We're hungry for Your presence
Can't live without Your presence
This place, right now
Hear our praise and come down
Fill us with Your life
And we're never the same
Never took a second thought to take it back from You, why?
You're loving me, I'm loving You from day to day
I really wanna please You with my love Your way
y'all hear me praise Him till it shake your core
We can do the thing, we still need Him more and more
We lift high up Your name and we do proclaim
We're not the same in the game, everybody come on
Lord we enter in with thanksgiving
Hearts are filled with praise and we're lifting
Hands in adoration with a song of joy and peace
A never ending celebration to the One who died for me
There's something we long for
Can't help but ask for more
I know you've heard me say this time and time again
Satisfy this deep yearning within
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory makes us cry holy
Fall and embrace us, Your touch so contagious
It fills us with life and we're never the same
Surrounded by Your power, Your love it knows no end
Heart full of compassion draws us close again
There's nothing, there is no one who compels us like You do
We will not be satisfied till we have all of You
There's something we long for
Can't help but ask for more
I know you've heard me say this time and time again
Satisfy this deep yearning within
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory makes us cry holy
Fall and embrace us, Your touch so contagious
It fills us with life and we're never the same
Lord we truly wait, with our hearts anticipate
With our mouth we sing Your praise
Let Your presence fill this place, yeah
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory makes us cry holy
Lord we are waiting, anticipating
Your presence and glory, makes us cry holy
Fall and embrace us, Your touch so contagious it
Fills us with life and we're never the same
Oh Lord we want Your presence
Right now we need Your presence
We're hungry for Your presence
Can't live without Your presence
This place, right now
Hear our praise and come down
Fill us with Your life
And we're never the same, no, no
Oh Lord we want Your presence
Right now we need Your presence
We're hungry for Your presence
Can't live without Your presence
This place, right now
Hear our praise and come down
Fill us with Your life
And we're never the same
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Never the Same Lyrics as written by Fred Hammond Denise Yvonne Walls
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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