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.
Pack up the truck and that old road
Headin straight up 395
There ain’t nothing much like freedom and wind
To make a tired man feel quite alive
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Well Bishop has passed and I roll down the glass
To breath elevation and pines
The air way up here takes my soul off somewhere
To a higher ground off by and by
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Oh how the days change here fierce with the wind
From a sunny sky filled with blue
To a white blanket covering the mountains again
in a June Lake Village for two
Oh another cold night comin in
Oh another snowy night closing in
First things first build a fire of course
And settle down to warm up the bones
In for the night and damn it feels right
To sit down and sip something strong
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Oh how the days change here fierce with the wind
From a sunny sky filled with blue
To a white blanket covering the mountains again
in a June Lake Village for two
Oh another cold night comin in
Oh another snowy night closing in
Headin straight up 395
There ain’t nothing much like freedom and wind
To make a tired man feel quite alive
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Well Bishop has passed and I roll down the glass
To breath elevation and pines
The air way up here takes my soul off somewhere
To a higher ground off by and by
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Oh how the days change here fierce with the wind
From a sunny sky filled with blue
To a white blanket covering the mountains again
in a June Lake Village for two
Oh another cold night comin in
Oh another snowy night closing in
First things first build a fire of course
And settle down to warm up the bones
In for the night and damn it feels right
To sit down and sip something strong
Oh and heaven’s having your girl by your side
Oh and heaven’s as close as taking a ride
Oh how the days change here fierce with the wind
From a sunny sky filled with blue
To a white blanket covering the mountains again
in a June Lake Village for two
Oh another cold night comin in
Oh another snowy night closing in
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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