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 always fear that I'm not living right
So I feel guilty when I go to church
The pastor tells me I've been saved, I'm fine
Then please explain to me why
My chest still hurts
I spent four thousand on the Mart McFlys
Yet I'm still petrified of going broke
There's someone gorgeous in my bed tonight
Yet I'm still petrified that I'll die alone
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being
Na, na, na na, oh, nay nan, nan, nan, nan
Ooh, ah ah, aye
My mother calls I have no time to talk
But I can find the time to drink and smoke
Took 15 hit's 'till I can barely walk
I threw up on the lawn, I can't find my phone
I got no nuts to tell the one I love
That she's the reason that I wrote this song
And that's some coward shit
I know it's sucks
But Lauren call me when you hear this on
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being
Na, na, na na, oh, nay nan, nan, nan, nan
Ooh, ah ah, aye
See I got GPS on my phone
And I can follow it to get home
If my location's never unknown
Then tell me why I still feel lost
Tell me why I still feel lost
Tell me why I still feel
Tell me why I still feel
Tell me why I still feel human
Tell me why I still feel
Tell me why I still feel
(Human, human, human, human)
So I feel guilty when I go to church
The pastor tells me I've been saved, I'm fine
Then please explain to me why
My chest still hurts
I spent four thousand on the Mart McFlys
Yet I'm still petrified of going broke
There's someone gorgeous in my bed tonight
Yet I'm still petrified that I'll die alone
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being
Na, na, na na, oh, nay nan, nan, nan, nan
Ooh, ah ah, aye
My mother calls I have no time to talk
But I can find the time to drink and smoke
Took 15 hit's 'till I can barely walk
I threw up on the lawn, I can't find my phone
I got no nuts to tell the one I love
That she's the reason that I wrote this song
And that's some coward shit
I know it's sucks
But Lauren call me when you hear this on
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being human
I'm just so sick of being
Na, na, na na, oh, nay nan, nan, nan, nan
Ooh, ah ah, aye
See I got GPS on my phone
And I can follow it to get home
If my location's never unknown
Then tell me why I still feel lost
Tell me why I still feel lost
Tell me why I still feel
Tell me why I still feel
Tell me why I still feel human
Tell me why I still feel
Tell me why I still feel
(Human, human, human, human)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Human Lyrics as written by Jonathan David Bellion
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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