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.
I wanna live alone
Because the greatest love's always ruined by the bickering
The argument of living
I wanna live alone
I could be happy on my own
Spend test of my life
With the vaguest of feelings
I
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
I'm not saying that our love is the greatest, but
I'm in love with you
And I'd like to stay in love with you
So I'm gonna live alone
Yeah, I'll be happy on my own
For the rest of a life
In the Las Vegas of feelings
I
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
In New York City
When I get in the taxi
I say, "man" to driver
So he'll say, "man"
"I can imagine having drink with that guy"
Because he's alright
He's alright
Oh, he's alright
He's alright
He's alright
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
Whoever you are
Wherever is there
You know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
Oh, I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
Because the greatest love's always ruined by the bickering
The argument of living
I wanna live alone
I could be happy on my own
Spend test of my life
With the vaguest of feelings
I
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
I'm not saying that our love is the greatest, but
I'm in love with you
And I'd like to stay in love with you
So I'm gonna live alone
Yeah, I'll be happy on my own
For the rest of a life
In the Las Vegas of feelings
I
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
In New York City
When I get in the taxi
I say, "man" to driver
So he'll say, "man"
"I can imagine having drink with that guy"
Because he's alright
He's alright
Oh, he's alright
He's alright
He's alright
Wherever you are
Whoever is there
You'll know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
Whoever you are
Wherever is there
You know that I'll be here, I'll be here
Wishing I could be there
Oh, I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
I want to live alone
So I'll never be alone
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Live Alone Lyrics as written by Nicholas John Mccarthy Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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