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.
Moments like this, moments like this
Swishing out smoke from my lips and just reminisce this
Moments to the legendary sound mystifying like magic
Sits in your mind to marinate
Heaven it's just a time serenade
You off this tape late
At night you alone getting zoned
To the S, the you, the N, SPOT
Lighting shine from Oakland caught in a world of
Imagination can't be wastin' time
Drama can't be facin' climb on your honor
Don't lock me away I'm a gona
Cut that shit like benihana 'cause I ain't no chicken
Or no shrimp, I'm a large piranha
With my ? steak
No matter what's on the menu, lasagna
Ain't gonna be comin' out my side
Runnin' from a homicide
If you want to ride why you still talking
Caught up in your pocket shit when you should be walkin
Yo back ain't worth my life
If you caught up in the hype
Livin' life with a genocide knife
You trippin'
Moments like this I want to see your bump your fist
Put a smile on your face don't be a chump and diss
It's such a pretty picture when everybody's with ya
Hit you like you're born again
Now sound the horn again it's on
The song to make you move on
Groovin' on some free shit
Some look at me shit, I'm raw
A chance to shine is what I saw
Be a shrine on stage with everyone and all
Why'all, you got to loosen the fuck up
We boostin' the sound comin' from the town
Runnin' round, everywhere that they missed
Livin' for the moments like this
[Chorus:Repeat x2]
Oh ma ma
Never stopping when they talking 'cause
They la la
We the kings of this hill I
Say why why
Livin' for the moment til the day I die
My essence I own it
Into the microphone I speak
At this moment and time I flow
At this moment and time I fly
Don't ask questions don't ask why
Don't inquire about my life
Say what I need I'll be greed
Been to this place many times
Can't be shy won't be discrete
I'm the guy with open eyes, open ears and a open mind
Can't stay outside open the blind
Use your retina focus in
Live for the moment open it
Hopin' folks will leave the feelin' vocally
I mostly expose foes when they're phony
So many things on my mind
Women and rhymes
Master both I'm one at a time old school
You think every word out my mouth is a lie
Cause you out too much
When a real man climb in the picture you rush
Showin' signs like you heard it before
But for sure you'll drink my wallet dry
Then roll your eyes when I'm broke
That's why nope I got a girl now
You shall never be in my world like that no more
Get in war runnin' after runnin' 'cause you stop
Poundin' your business to hit the shores of the freak show
With a tense smellin' of indole and wine
The bearded lady who rhymes
Everybody rhyme now
Throw in the towel
You rhyme like a battle movement
I growl to move them
That's how I lose them
[Chorus:Repeat x2]
Kick snares and bass
Rules to the face
Race you to the finish but I'm takin' first place
Shakin' walls makin' presence known
Mackin' in the tackin'
Stackin' til its gone or on you know
Whether a navigator limo or a bucket fuck it
My whole life it's a demo
So learn where's Vern
Who cares who stares
That's the payoff so layoff the shit talk
I can do anything
I can do anything
Pennies bring dollars my rappin' it cause hollers
Were all scholars 'cause I said so, shit
Makin' up a moment like this
After the fact moment passes
When you have no clarity
Maneuver passes carefully
One dead a time faithfully
Acin' a ho, successful
Watch where all the rest go
When its really time let go
They gotta keep it goin' strong
The water know when it's past rate
Through the darkness I'm a passer
In this moment I'm a master
Of momentum
In my cerebellum and my soul of plaster
Build universal housing for the time being
At moments like this
Swishing out smoke from my lips and just reminisce this
Moments to the legendary sound mystifying like magic
Sits in your mind to marinate
Heaven it's just a time serenade
You off this tape late
At night you alone getting zoned
To the S, the you, the N, SPOT
Lighting shine from Oakland caught in a world of
Imagination can't be wastin' time
Drama can't be facin' climb on your honor
Don't lock me away I'm a gona
Cut that shit like benihana 'cause I ain't no chicken
Or no shrimp, I'm a large piranha
With my ? steak
No matter what's on the menu, lasagna
Ain't gonna be comin' out my side
Runnin' from a homicide
If you want to ride why you still talking
Caught up in your pocket shit when you should be walkin
Yo back ain't worth my life
If you caught up in the hype
Livin' life with a genocide knife
You trippin'
Moments like this I want to see your bump your fist
Put a smile on your face don't be a chump and diss
It's such a pretty picture when everybody's with ya
Hit you like you're born again
Now sound the horn again it's on
The song to make you move on
Groovin' on some free shit
Some look at me shit, I'm raw
A chance to shine is what I saw
Be a shrine on stage with everyone and all
Why'all, you got to loosen the fuck up
We boostin' the sound comin' from the town
Runnin' round, everywhere that they missed
Livin' for the moments like this
[Chorus:Repeat x2]
Oh ma ma
Never stopping when they talking 'cause
They la la
We the kings of this hill I
Say why why
Livin' for the moment til the day I die
My essence I own it
Into the microphone I speak
At this moment and time I flow
At this moment and time I fly
Don't ask questions don't ask why
Don't inquire about my life
Say what I need I'll be greed
Been to this place many times
Can't be shy won't be discrete
I'm the guy with open eyes, open ears and a open mind
Can't stay outside open the blind
Use your retina focus in
Live for the moment open it
Hopin' folks will leave the feelin' vocally
I mostly expose foes when they're phony
So many things on my mind
Women and rhymes
Master both I'm one at a time old school
You think every word out my mouth is a lie
Cause you out too much
When a real man climb in the picture you rush
Showin' signs like you heard it before
But for sure you'll drink my wallet dry
Then roll your eyes when I'm broke
That's why nope I got a girl now
You shall never be in my world like that no more
Get in war runnin' after runnin' 'cause you stop
Poundin' your business to hit the shores of the freak show
With a tense smellin' of indole and wine
The bearded lady who rhymes
Everybody rhyme now
Throw in the towel
You rhyme like a battle movement
I growl to move them
That's how I lose them
[Chorus:Repeat x2]
Kick snares and bass
Rules to the face
Race you to the finish but I'm takin' first place
Shakin' walls makin' presence known
Mackin' in the tackin'
Stackin' til its gone or on you know
Whether a navigator limo or a bucket fuck it
My whole life it's a demo
So learn where's Vern
Who cares who stares
That's the payoff so layoff the shit talk
I can do anything
I can do anything
Pennies bring dollars my rappin' it cause hollers
Were all scholars 'cause I said so, shit
Makin' up a moment like this
After the fact moment passes
When you have no clarity
Maneuver passes carefully
One dead a time faithfully
Acin' a ho, successful
Watch where all the rest go
When its really time let go
They gotta keep it goin' strong
The water know when it's past rate
Through the darkness I'm a passer
In this moment I'm a master
Of momentum
In my cerebellum and my soul of plaster
Build universal housing for the time being
At moments like this
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Moments Like This Lyrics as written by Frank Loesser Burton Lane
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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