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.
Meet me in the blue bed, I'll be drying out your flaws
And clawing out to cause my knees to tremble
Meet me in the back shed, I'll be hanging up the knives
Humming melodies that rhyme, building castles out of shovels
Hang my head about as if we never had the time
To draw it on the walls, what's all the trouble?
Push my mind around as if it's warming up your hand
As if it's softer than the land, all silked and supple
Don't be afraid if it's a little bit close
I built a kingdom of your throats, I'm seeing double
Don't be afraid if there's no wind in my hair
There's a stillness left in there, I'm seeing double
I'm seeing double, I, oh
I'm seeing double, double
Ah, ah, uh, oh
I'm seeing double, double
Dry it out for days and then I'll beckon every ray
I'll hover like a frame or push the crowd out
Meet me in the back shed, throw the wind and he'll not pass
Hold up what's cast to listen close to how my knees pray
I'll pry the door from its post
I've hiding out for days and nothing's growing
There's a breath left in there, all I would say
Wait for the storm, take it away, I'm seeing double
Don't be afraid if it's a little bit close
I built a kingdom of your throats, I'm seeing double
Don't be afraid if there's no wind in my hair
There's a stillness left in there, I'm seeing double
I'm seeing double, I, oh
I'm seeing double, double
Ah, ah, uh, oh
I'm seeing double, double
I built a kingdom of your throats (don't be afraid)
But it's a little bit close (if it's a little bit close)
There is a stillness in our woes (don't be afraid)
If it's a little bit cold (if it's a little bit cold)
And clawing out to cause my knees to tremble
Meet me in the back shed, I'll be hanging up the knives
Humming melodies that rhyme, building castles out of shovels
Hang my head about as if we never had the time
To draw it on the walls, what's all the trouble?
Push my mind around as if it's warming up your hand
As if it's softer than the land, all silked and supple
Don't be afraid if it's a little bit close
I built a kingdom of your throats, I'm seeing double
Don't be afraid if there's no wind in my hair
There's a stillness left in there, I'm seeing double
I'm seeing double, I, oh
I'm seeing double, double
Ah, ah, uh, oh
I'm seeing double, double
Dry it out for days and then I'll beckon every ray
I'll hover like a frame or push the crowd out
Meet me in the back shed, throw the wind and he'll not pass
Hold up what's cast to listen close to how my knees pray
I'll pry the door from its post
I've hiding out for days and nothing's growing
There's a breath left in there, all I would say
Wait for the storm, take it away, I'm seeing double
Don't be afraid if it's a little bit close
I built a kingdom of your throats, I'm seeing double
Don't be afraid if there's no wind in my hair
There's a stillness left in there, I'm seeing double
I'm seeing double, I, oh
I'm seeing double, double
Ah, ah, uh, oh
I'm seeing double, double
I built a kingdom of your throats (don't be afraid)
But it's a little bit close (if it's a little bit close)
There is a stillness in our woes (don't be afraid)
If it's a little bit cold (if it's a little bit cold)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Stillness in Woe Lyrics as written by Megan James Corin Roddick
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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