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.
Was it even real to you, baby?
'Cause it was real to me was it even real?
'Cause if it was real where are you going?
Is it still the same way that you wanted it?
The same way that you needed it?
So tell me if it's real
Baby, tell me if it's real
Tell me how you feel ooohhhoohhh
I wear no color today window sounds of rain
Nobody at the bar lA is grey today
Where are you now? Where are you going?
Is it still the same way
That you remember it?
Or was it ill-praised when it was over with?
Where are you now? Where are we going?
Do you wanna change the way you remember it?
Do you wanna cha-
Was it even real to you, baby?
'Cause it was real to me was it even real?
'Cause if it was real
Where the fuck are you going?
Is it still the same way that you wanted it?
The same way that you needed it?
So tell me if it's real
So tell me if it's real
Fuckin' tell me how you feel
Lesson learned where are you now?
Where are you going?
Where are you now? Where are we going?
'Cause I just wanna feel you now
Just wanna feel you now, yeah
So tell me if it's real tell me how you feel
'Cause I just wanna lay you down
Just wanna feel you now
'Cause it was real to me was it even real?
'Cause if it was real where are you going?
Is it still the same way that you wanted it?
The same way that you needed it?
So tell me if it's real
Baby, tell me if it's real
Tell me how you feel ooohhhoohhh
I wear no color today window sounds of rain
Nobody at the bar lA is grey today
Where are you now? Where are you going?
Is it still the same way
That you remember it?
Or was it ill-praised when it was over with?
Where are you now? Where are we going?
Do you wanna change the way you remember it?
Do you wanna cha-
Was it even real to you, baby?
'Cause it was real to me was it even real?
'Cause if it was real
Where the fuck are you going?
Is it still the same way that you wanted it?
The same way that you needed it?
So tell me if it's real
So tell me if it's real
Fuckin' tell me how you feel
Lesson learned where are you now?
Where are you going?
Where are you now? Where are we going?
'Cause I just wanna feel you now
Just wanna feel you now, yeah
So tell me if it's real tell me how you feel
'Cause I just wanna lay you down
Just wanna feel you now
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
grey l.a. Lyrics as written by Aaron Curtis Harmon Matthew Tyler Musto
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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