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.
We opened for Weezer
First time on the road
Some of us had never even been in the snow
Following along in our rental van
Back when Matt Sharp was still in the band called Weezer
Watching every night from the crowd
Saw a kid rush the stage and kick the bass amp down
The Wah Wah ruling over seven eleven
It was nerd-core heaven in ninety seven with Weezer
Whoa
Winging say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids kept singing along
Whoa
In the pittsburgh snow
Whoa
We opened for Weezer
It was a dream come true
Our video was playing on the M.TV2
Right about the time that Buffy started slayin'
We were on tour and we were playin' with Weezer
They were singin' the blues
Pinkerton was gettin' some bad reviews
The guy from rolling stone didn't like the songs
The guy from rolling stone was totally wrong about Weezer
Whoa
Singing say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids kept singing along
Whoa
In the Pittsburgh snow
Whoa
The chameleon in Lancaster, Asbury park
The Metropol in Pittsburgh, Raliegh at Marrz
Winston-Salem, Charleston, Charlotte, and, Louisville (Louisville!)
The flood zone in Richmond, Norfolk, Va
Columbus Ohio, the Newport Music Hall
The rave in Milwaukee, the Barrymore theater in Madison ... Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin!
We opened for Weezer
First time on the road
Mid-Atlantic states watching every show
Following around in our rental van
Half-Japanese girls singing "God Damn" with Weezer
Matt, Pat, Brian, and Rivers
Butterfly song giving everyone shivers
Karl was rad, and Karl was gnarly
We were sittin' back stage with Mykel and Carli and Weezer
Whoa
Singing say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids kept singing along
Whoa
In the Pittsburgh snow
Whoa
And the kids say you might as well (jump, jump, jump, jump)
Whoa
Singing say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids say you might as well (jump, jump, jump, jump)
Whoa
In the Pittsburgh snow
Whoa
And the kids say you might as well (jump, jump, jump, jump)
Say it ain't so
Singin' say it ain't so
Singin' say it ain't so
And you might as well jump
First time on the road
Some of us had never even been in the snow
Following along in our rental van
Back when Matt Sharp was still in the band called Weezer
Watching every night from the crowd
Saw a kid rush the stage and kick the bass amp down
The Wah Wah ruling over seven eleven
It was nerd-core heaven in ninety seven with Weezer
Whoa
Winging say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids kept singing along
Whoa
In the pittsburgh snow
Whoa
We opened for Weezer
It was a dream come true
Our video was playing on the M.TV2
Right about the time that Buffy started slayin'
We were on tour and we were playin' with Weezer
They were singin' the blues
Pinkerton was gettin' some bad reviews
The guy from rolling stone didn't like the songs
The guy from rolling stone was totally wrong about Weezer
Whoa
Singing say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids kept singing along
Whoa
In the Pittsburgh snow
Whoa
The chameleon in Lancaster, Asbury park
The Metropol in Pittsburgh, Raliegh at Marrz
Winston-Salem, Charleston, Charlotte, and, Louisville (Louisville!)
The flood zone in Richmond, Norfolk, Va
Columbus Ohio, the Newport Music Hall
The rave in Milwaukee, the Barrymore theater in Madison ... Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin!
We opened for Weezer
First time on the road
Mid-Atlantic states watching every show
Following around in our rental van
Half-Japanese girls singing "God Damn" with Weezer
Matt, Pat, Brian, and Rivers
Butterfly song giving everyone shivers
Karl was rad, and Karl was gnarly
We were sittin' back stage with Mykel and Carli and Weezer
Whoa
Singing say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids kept singing along
Whoa
In the Pittsburgh snow
Whoa
And the kids say you might as well (jump, jump, jump, jump)
Whoa
Singing say it ain't so
Whoa
And the kids say you might as well (jump, jump, jump, jump)
Whoa
In the Pittsburgh snow
Whoa
And the kids say you might as well (jump, jump, jump, jump)
Say it ain't so
Singin' say it ain't so
Singin' say it ain't so
And you might as well jump
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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They opened for Weezer.