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.
Cover it up all that I've done
Wipe it away with the stains of Your blood
?Cause this is the last time that I'm letting You down
All of the past times, couldn't figure it out
And I was thinking when I was sinking
Shouldn't be scared of believing
?Cause this is the last time that I'm letting You down
I think that I figured it out
You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love, love
And we all fall so short of loving You
But this is the last time that I'm letting You down
All of the past times, couldn't figure it
And we all fall so short of getting through
This is the last time that I'm letting You down
I think that I figured it out
You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love, love
And we all fall so short of loving You
This is the last time that I'm letting You down
I think that I figured it out
You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love, love
You, You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love
Love, love
Wipe it away with the stains of Your blood
?Cause this is the last time that I'm letting You down
All of the past times, couldn't figure it out
And I was thinking when I was sinking
Shouldn't be scared of believing
?Cause this is the last time that I'm letting You down
I think that I figured it out
You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love, love
And we all fall so short of loving You
But this is the last time that I'm letting You down
All of the past times, couldn't figure it
And we all fall so short of getting through
This is the last time that I'm letting You down
I think that I figured it out
You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love, love
And we all fall so short of loving You
This is the last time that I'm letting You down
I think that I figured it out
You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love, love
You, You didn't have to love me like You do
You take care of me when I am running from You
Love
Love, love
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Love Me Like You Do Lyrics as written by Matthew M. Huesmann Grant Evan Cunningham
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Capitol CMG Publishing
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