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, a casual affair
That could go anywhere
And only for tonight
Take any moment, any time
A lover on the left
A sinner on the right
Just lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair (hush little baby, don't say a word)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair
Break involuntary ties
A secret so the spies
Could never find us out
Stay for as long as you have time
So the mess that we'll become
Leaves something to talk about
Just lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair (hush little baby, don't say a word)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it again)
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it again)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair (hush little baby, don't say a word)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair
That could go anywhere
And only for tonight
Take any moment, any time
A lover on the left
A sinner on the right
Just lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair (hush little baby, don't say a word)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair
Break involuntary ties
A secret so the spies
Could never find us out
Stay for as long as you have time
So the mess that we'll become
Leaves something to talk about
Just lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair (hush little baby, don't say a word)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it again)
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it
(I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it again)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair (hush little baby, don't say a word)
Lay in the atmosphere
A casual affair
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Obviously it's about an affair. I suspect one is married (the sinner) and the other isn't (the lover). "Just lay in the atmosphere" = that weightless, post-coital feeling of relaxation? "Break involuntary ties" = wedding vows?