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.
We wrote the story of our lives on this bus into town
November's been coming
Winter wears us down
I wipe the fog off the mirrors even though it comes back
I've got no idea where I started to think like that
Doing homework while Jimmy's band is on tour
Writing songs while Par 6's record's in stores
We gave it all for nothing
They gave nothing for all
All I ask is that we just sing along
Maybe I seem down, but I swear I'm looking up
But in the meantime, you should do the same
We won't give up on ourselves
And I swear we'll make it out just fine
Keep your head up
We'll make this year alright
We spent nights outside Cumberland just wasting away
And I swear I wouldn't have it any other way
Taco Bell in Clifton's where we figure it out
There's nothing else I would have been thinking about
Anyway, there's nothing left to say
We built this
It's been one year long
And now we'll never go down, never go down
Maybe I seem down, but I swear I'm looking up
But in the meantime, you should do the same
We won't give up on ourselves
And I swear we'll make it out just fine
Keep your head up
We'll make this year alright
Make this year alright
Maybe I seem down, but I swear I'm looking up
But in the meantime, you should do the same
We won't give up on ourselves
And I swear we'll make it out just fine
Keep your head up
We'll make this year alright
November's been coming
Winter wears us down
I wipe the fog off the mirrors even though it comes back
I've got no idea where I started to think like that
Doing homework while Jimmy's band is on tour
Writing songs while Par 6's record's in stores
We gave it all for nothing
They gave nothing for all
All I ask is that we just sing along
Maybe I seem down, but I swear I'm looking up
But in the meantime, you should do the same
We won't give up on ourselves
And I swear we'll make it out just fine
Keep your head up
We'll make this year alright
We spent nights outside Cumberland just wasting away
And I swear I wouldn't have it any other way
Taco Bell in Clifton's where we figure it out
There's nothing else I would have been thinking about
Anyway, there's nothing left to say
We built this
It's been one year long
And now we'll never go down, never go down
Maybe I seem down, but I swear I'm looking up
But in the meantime, you should do the same
We won't give up on ourselves
And I swear we'll make it out just fine
Keep your head up
We'll make this year alright
Make this year alright
Maybe I seem down, but I swear I'm looking up
But in the meantime, you should do the same
We won't give up on ourselves
And I swear we'll make it out just fine
Keep your head up
We'll make this year alright
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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