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.
Go to the city girl, where the boys want you
If it is your dream
Well its not my dream
Oh, this candy world is getting to me and I need someone
But you ain't got what I need
Would you like to do it if the sun is up?
And we can touch, yeah
I do it always, I do it always
Would you like to say how much it was to be in love?
I've been here always, I've been here always
I have learned a lot
Maybe too much, about myself
Can you change my mind?
People want to tell me things
Like how to be, like I need some help
But none of this is mine
I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me
I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen
I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me
I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen
I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me
I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen
Would you like to do it if the sun is up?
And we can touch
I do it always (I ain't got what you need)
I do it always (I'm full of myself all me)
Would you like to say (I ain't got what you need)
How much it was (my love has never been seen)
To be in love? (I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me)
I've been here always (I ain't got what you need)
I've been here always (my love has never been seen)
Would you like to do it if the sun is up? (I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me)
And we can touch (I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen)
If it is your dream
Well its not my dream
Oh, this candy world is getting to me and I need someone
But you ain't got what I need
Would you like to do it if the sun is up?
And we can touch, yeah
I do it always, I do it always
Would you like to say how much it was to be in love?
I've been here always, I've been here always
I have learned a lot
Maybe too much, about myself
Can you change my mind?
People want to tell me things
Like how to be, like I need some help
But none of this is mine
I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me
I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen
I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me
I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen
I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me
I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen
Would you like to do it if the sun is up?
And we can touch
I do it always (I ain't got what you need)
I do it always (I'm full of myself all me)
Would you like to say (I ain't got what you need)
How much it was (my love has never been seen)
To be in love? (I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me)
I've been here always (I ain't got what you need)
I've been here always (my love has never been seen)
Would you like to do it if the sun is up? (I ain't got what you need, I'm full of myself all me)
And we can touch (I ain't got what you need, my love has never been seen)
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Candy Lyrics as written by Colyn Cameron
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