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.
Ooooh,ohhh,ooohh,ooohh,
ooooh,ohhh,ooohh,ooohh,oohhh
yeeeaaa,oooohhh no
This time i'lll spread my wings and fly heey..
dear mama, this goes out to you
I know its hard for you to accept what it is i do(but its you,who said)
Son follow your dreams, jus till then
Let the music isn't all its cracked up to be
(And i know that its hard to let go yea..)
But its time that i shine, and i know
That its this music that influenced me
(to keep on going through with me,)
(you don't know what it do to me)
i love ya moma, watch your boy shine..
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finnally a man) gotta find my won way now
(i know its hurting your soul) gotta find my won way now
(you gotta learn to let me go) gotta find my own way now
Verse 2:
And i pray dear god
(please let it come a day,i can support my family, and everything will be ok)
And i pray dear god
(let me get up out this hood, so brotha and sista can live good, and everything will be all good)
And i know that its hard to let go yea
But its time that i shine and i know yea
That its this music that influenced
To keep on going through with me
You don't know what it do to me
I love you momma but i gotta change...
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finally a man) gotta find my own way now
(and its hurting your soul) gotta find my own way now
(But you gotta let it go) gotta find my own way....
Segway:
(Everything i know i owe it all to you) I owe it all to you
(without your lovin care what would i do) what would i do
(can't imagine my life without you) hey..(momma)oh..(momma)hey..(momma) alrrite
(Everything i know i owe it all to you)I owe it all to you
(without your lovin care what would i do)what would i do
(can't imagine my life without you)hey..(momma) momma, momma, i owe it all to you....
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..(now its time for me to gow up and be mow own man)
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye(its not a goodbye but)
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finally a man) gotta find my own way now
(and its hurting your soul...i know) gotta find my own way now
(But its time to let me go momma) gotta find my own way....
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finally a man) gotta find my own way now
(and its hurting your soul...i know) gotta find my own way now
(But its time,but its time till you let me go...) gotta find my own way
(oh,oh,oh,oh,ohhhh)
(im doing it for.. you)
(ohh don't you worry bout me)
(immm in good hands momma)
(you raised me right, so im gonna fight the fight now)
(lets go, lets go, yea,yeeaa...)
(ohhhh)
(let it play on, play on......)
ooooh,ohhh,ooohh,ooohh,oohhh
yeeeaaa,oooohhh no
This time i'lll spread my wings and fly heey..
dear mama, this goes out to you
I know its hard for you to accept what it is i do(but its you,who said)
Son follow your dreams, jus till then
Let the music isn't all its cracked up to be
(And i know that its hard to let go yea..)
But its time that i shine, and i know
That its this music that influenced me
(to keep on going through with me,)
(you don't know what it do to me)
i love ya moma, watch your boy shine..
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finnally a man) gotta find my won way now
(i know its hurting your soul) gotta find my won way now
(you gotta learn to let me go) gotta find my own way now
Verse 2:
And i pray dear god
(please let it come a day,i can support my family, and everything will be ok)
And i pray dear god
(let me get up out this hood, so brotha and sista can live good, and everything will be all good)
And i know that its hard to let go yea
But its time that i shine and i know yea
That its this music that influenced
To keep on going through with me
You don't know what it do to me
I love you momma but i gotta change...
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finally a man) gotta find my own way now
(and its hurting your soul) gotta find my own way now
(But you gotta let it go) gotta find my own way....
Segway:
(Everything i know i owe it all to you) I owe it all to you
(without your lovin care what would i do) what would i do
(can't imagine my life without you) hey..(momma)oh..(momma)hey..(momma) alrrite
(Everything i know i owe it all to you)I owe it all to you
(without your lovin care what would i do)what would i do
(can't imagine my life without you)hey..(momma) momma, momma, i owe it all to you....
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..(now its time for me to gow up and be mow own man)
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye(its not a goodbye but)
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finally a man) gotta find my own way now
(and its hurting your soul...i know) gotta find my own way now
(But its time to let me go momma) gotta find my own way....
Bridge:
were at the cross roads meet me as far, as you can go
now its time for me to grow, up and be a man so..
Imma spread my wings and fly, this don't mean that its goodbye
But I gotta find, gotta find my own way now
Chorus:
(please understand) gotta find my own way now
(im finally a man) gotta find my own way now
(and its hurting your soul...i know) gotta find my own way now
(But its time,but its time till you let me go...) gotta find my own way
(oh,oh,oh,oh,ohhhh)
(im doing it for.. you)
(ohh don't you worry bout me)
(immm in good hands momma)
(you raised me right, so im gonna fight the fight now)
(lets go, lets go, yea,yeeaa...)
(ohhhh)
(let it play on, play on......)
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My Own Way Lyrics as written by Bryan Cox Sammy Lee Bush
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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