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 know you've been waiting
Yeah, I've been watching you
Yeah, I know you wanna get up
Yeah, come on
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Let the music take control
Find a groove and let yourself go
When the room begins to sway
You know what I'm trying to say
Come on take a chance
Get up and start to dance
Let the DJ shake you
Let the music take you
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Let your body take a ride
Feel the beat and step inside
Music makes the world go 'round
You can turn you troubles upside down
Gonna have to change your mind
Gonna leave your troubles behind
Your body gets the notion
When your feet can make the motion
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
I know you've been waiting (yeah)
Yeah, (I see you sittin' there) I've been watching you
(Across the room) yeah (yeah)
(I've been watchin' you) I see you sittin' there by yourself (yeah)
Yeah (come on) come on (come on)
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody get up and do your thing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody come on, dance and sing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody get up and do your thing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody come on
everybody you can do your thing
Everybody come on
everybody you can do your thing
Everybody come on (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
everybody you can do your thing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody come on (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
everybody you can do your thing
Yeah, I've been watching you
Yeah, I know you wanna get up
Yeah, come on
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Let the music take control
Find a groove and let yourself go
When the room begins to sway
You know what I'm trying to say
Come on take a chance
Get up and start to dance
Let the DJ shake you
Let the music take you
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Let your body take a ride
Feel the beat and step inside
Music makes the world go 'round
You can turn you troubles upside down
Gonna have to change your mind
Gonna leave your troubles behind
Your body gets the notion
When your feet can make the motion
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
Dance and sing, get up and do your thing
I know you've been waiting (yeah)
Yeah, (I see you sittin' there) I've been watching you
(Across the room) yeah (yeah)
(I've been watchin' you) I see you sittin' there by yourself (yeah)
Yeah (come on) come on (come on)
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing
Everybody get up and do your thing
Everybody come on, dance and sing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody get up and do your thing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody come on, dance and sing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody get up and do your thing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody come on
everybody you can do your thing
Everybody come on
everybody you can do your thing
Everybody come on (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
everybody you can do your thing (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
Everybody come on (dance and sing, get up and do your thing)
everybody you can do your thing
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