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.
This is so annoying
I'd say grow up but I know that you won't
I don't understand what's so hard (whoa)
You either wanna be with me or you don't
One day you love me
Next day, you wanna leave
You're so up and down (off on your own)
Well, I'm about good and tired of this
Too fly for you to not know what you want
So let me know
What you gonna do?
Stay or go?
'Cause I'm not waiting
Baby, yes or no?
I'm about to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go?
Tried to give you real love (real love)
That's when you up and run away
But when I act like I'm done with you
(So done, so done, so done)
That's when you decide (you wanna stay)
I don't got time to waste like this
Too fly to put up with your day to day
So let me know
What you gonna do?
Stay or go?
'Cause I'm not waiting (hey)
Yes or no?
I'm about to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Let me know
What you gonna do?
I gotta know, know
'Cause I'm not waiting
I'm not anymore (hey)
'Bout to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
I gotta know (stay or go?)
Yes or no?
What you gonna do?
Stay or go?
'Cause I'm not waiting (hey)
Yes or no?
I'm 'bout to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Oh
I'd say grow up but I know that you won't
I don't understand what's so hard (whoa)
You either wanna be with me or you don't
One day you love me
Next day, you wanna leave
You're so up and down (off on your own)
Well, I'm about good and tired of this
Too fly for you to not know what you want
So let me know
What you gonna do?
Stay or go?
'Cause I'm not waiting
Baby, yes or no?
I'm about to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go?
Tried to give you real love (real love)
That's when you up and run away
But when I act like I'm done with you
(So done, so done, so done)
That's when you decide (you wanna stay)
I don't got time to waste like this
Too fly to put up with your day to day
So let me know
What you gonna do?
Stay or go?
'Cause I'm not waiting (hey)
Yes or no?
I'm about to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Let me know
What you gonna do?
I gotta know, know
'Cause I'm not waiting
I'm not anymore (hey)
'Bout to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
I gotta know (stay or go?)
Yes or no?
What you gonna do?
Stay or go?
'Cause I'm not waiting (hey)
Yes or no?
I'm 'bout to decide for you
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Stay or go? (Stay or go?)
Oh
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