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.
You're killing everything you've made and everything you've done
With my feet firm on the ground
Why do I, why is it me who runs?
Looking through these photographs there's one thing on my mind
Even if I really try
I could never ever find that time
Leave me now, won't you fall asleep inside me
In the night I wake up to a million dreams
And it's always about
It's always about the same thing
I tell myself time after time to stop writing these rhymes
But when I do I think of you
And I don't have to, I don't have to lie
Do you feel the guilt inside when you turn out the light?
Because in the night the truth can fall out
It can fall out when you don't try
Leave me now, won't you fall asleep inside me
In the night I wake up to a million dreams
And it's always about
It's always about the same thing
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Leave me now, won't you fall asleep inside me
In the night I wake up to a million dreams
And it's always about
It's always about the same thing
With my feet firm on the ground
Why do I, why is it me who runs?
Looking through these photographs there's one thing on my mind
Even if I really try
I could never ever find that time
Leave me now, won't you fall asleep inside me
In the night I wake up to a million dreams
And it's always about
It's always about the same thing
I tell myself time after time to stop writing these rhymes
But when I do I think of you
And I don't have to, I don't have to lie
Do you feel the guilt inside when you turn out the light?
Because in the night the truth can fall out
It can fall out when you don't try
Leave me now, won't you fall asleep inside me
In the night I wake up to a million dreams
And it's always about
It's always about the same thing
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna go when you fall?
Leave me now, won't you fall asleep inside me
In the night I wake up to a million dreams
And it's always about
It's always about the same thing
Lyrics submitted by Paronomasia
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