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 brought my love to life
But sure when it is here
Dueling in your eyes
Means let them go, our fears
You are gone but it's alright
Don't fell like horse in nun?
Love is in my life
Not somewhere always knew but... now I flow
In a jumble of our time
I was restless on the run
Never seeks and stays to be
Always trying to become
You are gone but out of time
We are for more to come
Love is in my life
I give it a wig... it flows
Moving round the whole wide world
You key and me around the whole wide world, we
Giving it the way is it to be
You and me around the whole wide word
Moving around the whole wide world, we
We keep what we have but giving it away
You are gone but it's alright
Don't fell like horse in nun?
Love is in my life
Not somewhere always knew but... now I flow
Moving around the whole wide world
You key and me around the whole wide world, we
Giving it the way is it to be
You and me around the whole wide word
Moving around the whole wide world, we
We keep what we have but giving it away
Moving around the whole wide world
You key and me around the whole wide world, we
Giving it the way is it to be
You and me around the whole wide word
Moving around the whole wide world, we
We keep what we have but giving it away
But sure when it is here
Dueling in your eyes
Means let them go, our fears
You are gone but it's alright
Don't fell like horse in nun?
Love is in my life
Not somewhere always knew but... now I flow
In a jumble of our time
I was restless on the run
Never seeks and stays to be
Always trying to become
You are gone but out of time
We are for more to come
Love is in my life
I give it a wig... it flows
Moving round the whole wide world
You key and me around the whole wide world, we
Giving it the way is it to be
You and me around the whole wide word
Moving around the whole wide world, we
We keep what we have but giving it away
You are gone but it's alright
Don't fell like horse in nun?
Love is in my life
Not somewhere always knew but... now I flow
Moving around the whole wide world
You key and me around the whole wide world, we
Giving it the way is it to be
You and me around the whole wide word
Moving around the whole wide world, we
We keep what we have but giving it away
Moving around the whole wide world
You key and me around the whole wide world, we
Giving it the way is it to be
You and me around the whole wide word
Moving around the whole wide world, we
We keep what we have but giving it away
Lyrics submitted by xERa
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