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.
Falling in
Six hours from morning
And falling in
Sink me off to, sleep
So come along within, ahh, uhh
I think it's time to let me in
I'm tipping my foot very close to the edge, edge, ahh
Just a few more of your seconds
And I need for me to repair
To neatly stand and spin it around in my head, yeah, ahh
Can I please have some silence
Can I please have some silence (yeah)
Can I please have some silence
How 'bout some space
Almost
Ready to drift now
And I feel myself slipping inside you
Just a little bit further
Before something drags me back
So close, I thought I nearly had you there
I'm so tired
I gotta sleep
I wanna wake up from a dream
I've had enough
I need to sleep
I want to wake up without you, here
So come along within, ahh, uhh
I think it's time to let me in
I'm tipping my foot very close to the edge, edge, ahh
Just a few more of your seconds
And I need for me to repair
To neatly stand and spin it around in my head, yeah, ahh
Can I please have some silence
Can I please have some silence (yeah)
Can I please have some silence
How bout some space
Could I please, have some silence
Could I have some space
Could I have some space
Can I please have some silence
Six hours from morning
And falling in
Sink me off to, sleep
So come along within, ahh, uhh
I think it's time to let me in
I'm tipping my foot very close to the edge, edge, ahh
Just a few more of your seconds
And I need for me to repair
To neatly stand and spin it around in my head, yeah, ahh
Can I please have some silence
Can I please have some silence (yeah)
Can I please have some silence
How 'bout some space
Almost
Ready to drift now
And I feel myself slipping inside you
Just a little bit further
Before something drags me back
So close, I thought I nearly had you there
I'm so tired
I gotta sleep
I wanna wake up from a dream
I've had enough
I need to sleep
I want to wake up without you, here
So come along within, ahh, uhh
I think it's time to let me in
I'm tipping my foot very close to the edge, edge, ahh
Just a few more of your seconds
And I need for me to repair
To neatly stand and spin it around in my head, yeah, ahh
Can I please have some silence
Can I please have some silence (yeah)
Can I please have some silence
How bout some space
Could I please, have some silence
Could I have some space
Could I have some space
Can I please have some silence
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Mindcircus Lyrics as written by Joseph Wisternoff Imogen Jennifer Heap
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