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.
Passez notre amour à la machine
Faites le bouillir
Pour voir si les couleurs d'origine
Peuvent rev'nir
Est-ce qu'on peut ravoir à l'eau d'Javel
Des sentiments
La blancheur qu'on croyait éternelle
Avant
Pour retrouver le rose initial
De ta joue, devenue pâle
Le bleu de nos baisers du début
Tant d'azur perdu
Passez notre amour à la machine
Faites le bouillir
Pour voir si les couleurs d'origine
Peuvent rev'nir
Est-ce qu'on peut ravoir à l'eau d'Javel
Des sentiments
La blancheur qu'on croyait éternelle
Avant
Matisse, l'amour c'est bleu difficile
Les caresses rouges, fragiles
Le soleil de la vie les tabasse
Et alors, elles passent
Allez
À la machine
Le rouge pour faire tomber la misère
de nos gentils petits grands-pères
Noires, les mains dans les boucles blondes
Tout autour du monde
Passez notre amour à la machine
Faites le bouillir
Pour voir si les couleurs d'origine
Peuvent rev'nir
Est-ce qu'on peut ravoir à l'eau d'Javel
Des sentiments
La blancheur qu'on croyait éternelle
Avant
Allez
À la machine
Faites le bouillir
Pour voir si les couleurs d'origine
Peuvent rev'nir
Est-ce qu'on peut ravoir à l'eau d'Javel
Des sentiments
La blancheur qu'on croyait éternelle
Avant
Pour retrouver le rose initial
De ta joue, devenue pâle
Le bleu de nos baisers du début
Tant d'azur perdu
Passez notre amour à la machine
Faites le bouillir
Pour voir si les couleurs d'origine
Peuvent rev'nir
Est-ce qu'on peut ravoir à l'eau d'Javel
Des sentiments
La blancheur qu'on croyait éternelle
Avant
Matisse, l'amour c'est bleu difficile
Les caresses rouges, fragiles
Le soleil de la vie les tabasse
Et alors, elles passent
Allez
À la machine
Le rouge pour faire tomber la misère
de nos gentils petits grands-pères
Noires, les mains dans les boucles blondes
Tout autour du monde
Passez notre amour à la machine
Faites le bouillir
Pour voir si les couleurs d'origine
Peuvent rev'nir
Est-ce qu'on peut ravoir à l'eau d'Javel
Des sentiments
La blancheur qu'on croyait éternelle
Avant
Allez
À la machine
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L'amour à la machine Lyrics as written by Alain Souchon
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