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.
Can't live today off that minimum wage
unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state
it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel
and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience,
strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
Slay Goliath, slay Goliath
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop
from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door
and discovered some more,
A hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget
We are legion, expect us, you'll see
The righteous will resist,
underfed eat the rich
And the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We're the Tattletale
We'll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
unless you sleep on the factory floor
If there is anything great left in this sorry state
it was built on the backs of the poor
So we buy and we sell for your corporate cartel
and we vote when the contestant sings
A mind-control mix for our obedience,
strong sleep-aids and hard energy drinks
Cause Freedom is not free
Neither is apathy
Slay Goliath, slay Goliath
The flashmob all held up their phones
But you cannot predict when the students riot
And a big machine always moves slow
So throw your little stone
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
A half-dozen cops came to seize a laptop
from a sleeping fifteen year old kid
They broke down the door
and discovered some more,
A hundred million exactly like him
So we do not forgive and we do not forget
We are legion, expect us, you'll see
The righteous will resist,
underfed eat the rich
And the data mines finally come clean
Cause Freedom is not free
And neither is secrecy
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
You can't stop us
We are Anonymous
Expect us
We know what all of us know
We know what Big Brother did
We're the Tattletale
We'll see your All-Seeing-Eye in hell
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Great version of a great song,
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@nnewman158 I actually feel the total opposite. The 1st album didn't really stand out to me but I absolutely love Payola. It feels like the soundtrack for mainstreet.