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.
Ten past three in the afternoon
In nineteen ninety-six an eight pound baby arrived
That was me
I don't know why I was brought to life
But I swear that I'm the luckiest girl alive to be
Part of this family
And now I miss the times when you'd hold my hand
When I'm crossing the road
You'd never let me fall
Until it was time for you to let me go
And who knows when you're old and grey
Who you're gonna grow up to be
But every day I love you more
You did it all for me
I met my best friend by the age of three
And she grew up watching episodes of Lizzy McGuire with me
On T.V.
Oh, we used to share our secrets
Didn't care about what we would say
But when it got embarrassing, I'd let you in
And now I want to go back to when
We dressed up and we put on a magic show
And I bossed you around, but you never frowned
Never wanted to go home
And who knows when we're old and grey
Who we're gonna grow up to be
But every day I love you more
You did it all for me
I won't let these moments fade away
It's 'cause of you I'm who I am today
Little miss from ninety-six
And how I miss the times when you'd hold my hand
When I'm crossing the road
You'd never let me fall until
It was time for you to let me go
And who knows when you're old and grey
Who you're gonna grow up to be
But every day I love you more
You did it all for me
And every day I love you more
You did it all for me
In nineteen ninety-six an eight pound baby arrived
That was me
I don't know why I was brought to life
But I swear that I'm the luckiest girl alive to be
Part of this family
And now I miss the times when you'd hold my hand
When I'm crossing the road
You'd never let me fall
Until it was time for you to let me go
And who knows when you're old and grey
Who you're gonna grow up to be
But every day I love you more
You did it all for me
I met my best friend by the age of three
And she grew up watching episodes of Lizzy McGuire with me
On T.V.
Oh, we used to share our secrets
Didn't care about what we would say
But when it got embarrassing, I'd let you in
And now I want to go back to when
We dressed up and we put on a magic show
And I bossed you around, but you never frowned
Never wanted to go home
And who knows when we're old and grey
Who we're gonna grow up to be
But every day I love you more
You did it all for me
I won't let these moments fade away
It's 'cause of you I'm who I am today
Little miss from ninety-six
And how I miss the times when you'd hold my hand
When I'm crossing the road
You'd never let me fall until
It was time for you to let me go
And who knows when you're old and grey
Who you're gonna grow up to be
But every day I love you more
You did it all for me
And every day I love you more
You did it all for me
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