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.
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
Trust me, dirt tastes dusty
My demons push me and rush me
They got me by the throat like a goat
So I wrote these notes that everybody can see
You know when you're all alone and you're on your own
And you feel stripped down to the bone
Just lying down in the dust and a bloody dirty crust
Is running up and down your nose
Spit it out brother, say it loud brother
(Come on) Enough is enough, I'm too tough to give it away
One of my demons will pay
For these crazy puzzles I face everyday
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
Good better best, mi na go rest till mi good is better
You ain't gonna see me rest till I made my better best
To the good, to the better, to the best
Never gonna let good be my measure
This gonna be my quest mi na go sleep, mi na go rest
More mountains to top, more oceans to dive in
And more beauty to drop and our soul makes it up
We go dead or alive, right now we sing our life
See how these words can drive, where do you wanna arrive?
We wanna move non-stop seeing all your heads up
Don't need a roof on our club, we are all part of the mob
Wanna rock your soul, that's our goal
Gonna pick you up truck around the clock
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound (stand up my friend)
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on (get up again)
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound (stand up my friend)
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on (get up again)
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
Trust me, dirt tastes dusty
My demons push me and rush me
They got me by the throat like a goat
So I wrote these notes that everybody can see
You know when you're all alone and you're on your own
And you feel stripped down to the bone
Just lying down in the dust and a bloody dirty crust
Is running up and down your nose
Spit it out brother, say it loud brother
(Come on) Enough is enough, I'm too tough to give it away
One of my demons will pay
For these crazy puzzles I face everyday
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
Good better best, mi na go rest till mi good is better
You ain't gonna see me rest till I made my better best
To the good, to the better, to the best
Never gonna let good be my measure
This gonna be my quest mi na go sleep, mi na go rest
More mountains to top, more oceans to dive in
And more beauty to drop and our soul makes it up
We go dead or alive, right now we sing our life
See how these words can drive, where do you wanna arrive?
We wanna move non-stop seeing all your heads up
Don't need a roof on our club, we are all part of the mob
Wanna rock your soul, that's our goal
Gonna pick you up truck around the clock
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound (stand up my friend)
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on (get up again)
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound (stand up my friend)
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on (get up again)
You're fallin' down, you hit the ground
You must rebound, stand up my friend
When morning come, you can get some
Keep movin' on, get up again
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Stand Up Lyrics as written by Pierre Baigorry Onosizo Sibongiseni Ngcala
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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