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.
Hey girl, I'm waitin' on ya, I'm waitin' on ya
Come on and let me sneak you out
And have a celebration, a celebration
The music up, the windows down
Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool and we know it, too
Yeah, we'll keep doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool, so tonight
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh and live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Hey girl, it's now or never, it's now or never
Don't over-think just let it go
And if we get together, yeah, get together
Don't let the pictures leave your phone
Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool, so tonight
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, wanna live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
And girl, you and I
We're about to make some memories tonight
I wanna live while we're young
We wanna live while we're young
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Wanna live, wanna live (wanna live while we're young)
Come on, young
Wanna live while we're young
Wanna live, wanna live (wanna live while we're young)
Tonight let's get some, and live while we're young
Come on and let me sneak you out
And have a celebration, a celebration
The music up, the windows down
Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool and we know it, too
Yeah, we'll keep doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool, so tonight
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh and live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Hey girl, it's now or never, it's now or never
Don't over-think just let it go
And if we get together, yeah, get together
Don't let the pictures leave your phone
Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're cool, so tonight
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, wanna live while we're young
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
And girl, you and I
We're about to make some memories tonight
I wanna live while we're young
We wanna live while we're young
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get some and live while we're young
Wanna live, wanna live (wanna live while we're young)
Come on, young
Wanna live while we're young
Wanna live, wanna live (wanna live while we're young)
Tonight let's get some, and live while we're young
Lyrics submitted by nothingpersonalkaylee
Live While We're Young Lyrics as written by Rami Yacoub Carl Falk
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Anthem Entertainment, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Hnestly think SOME of you all our a bit too much. Look ''these kids'' have their own minds the guys wrote the song about having fun and yes the ''get some'' part is about sex but they can't control who listens to them. They didn't know how big their music does that. PLUS they don't sing it for little kids, they sing for teenagers. The wild ones of kids. The ones that like having fun and being free and being young and ''getting some'' and it seems like some of you can't control your kids but don't blame it on 1D or anyone else. If anyone's to blame it's you. Music is music. Doesn't mean they bad people, they are teenage boys themselves. One of them is in his early 20s thou. But that ain't a big deal. So grow up! Please!!!!
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Amen