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.
She's such a beauty, so young and so lovely
And all her time is spent by her mother's side
Washing the dishes and ironing her dresses
And hanging them up in the sunshine to dry.
My, my, my, my
And then she hangs them in the sunshine to dry.
Her mother's quite strict with her little lady
She doesn't let her go out and have fun
She stays at home and does the chores daily
It seems that her work is never quite done.
My, my, my, my
It seems that her work is never quite done.
And if you see her, tell her hello
From someone who knows the family
And if she tells you she doesn't know
Who you're speaking of, mention Stanley.
And if you see her, tell her hello
From someone who knows the family
And if she tells you she doesn't know
Who you're speaking of, mention Stanley.
She's such a beauty, so young and so lovely
And all her time is spent by her mother's side.
And all her time is spent by her mother's side
Washing the dishes and ironing her dresses
And hanging them up in the sunshine to dry.
My, my, my, my
And then she hangs them in the sunshine to dry.
Her mother's quite strict with her little lady
She doesn't let her go out and have fun
She stays at home and does the chores daily
It seems that her work is never quite done.
My, my, my, my
It seems that her work is never quite done.
And if you see her, tell her hello
From someone who knows the family
And if she tells you she doesn't know
Who you're speaking of, mention Stanley.
And if you see her, tell her hello
From someone who knows the family
And if she tells you she doesn't know
Who you're speaking of, mention Stanley.
She's such a beauty, so young and so lovely
And all her time is spent by her mother's side.
Lyrics submitted by joelm
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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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