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.
Come down to the sinkhole
Where the mud is thick and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Bring a stick for wild dogs
That hunt in packs at night
Bring firepower, if you can
You might find that you have to fight
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Lay down in the tall grass
Next to the sycamores
Think of those who've come and gone
Slaughtered in the many wars
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Look out at the ocean
To the waters dark and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Where the mud is thick and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Bring a stick for wild dogs
That hunt in packs at night
Bring firepower, if you can
You might find that you have to fight
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Lay down in the tall grass
Next to the sycamores
Think of those who've come and gone
Slaughtered in the many wars
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Look out at the ocean
To the waters dark and deep
Bring your special poison
The one that makes you go to sleep
Go and pack your bag
Make sure you lock the door
Don't think about it very much
It's better to ignore
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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