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 miss crying over you
I miss lying 'bout what someone knew
And feeling less means hurting less
But it ain't the same without the pain
I want you to hurt me harder
I need you to hurt me harder
I want you to love me bad
Leave me until I go mad
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me harder
So fuck me on the bathroom floor
And I'll pretend that I don't love you no more
And I'm too lucid, and you're too vague
I want you inside of me, like a plague
I want you to hurt me harder
I need you to hurt me harder
I want you to love me bad
Leave me until I go mad
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me harder
I'm in the pursuit of self-inflicted misery
I need a sadist and you are the epitome
Strike me with your words
Beat me with your lies
Hit me with your love
Smile while I cry (cry)
I need you to hurt me baby
I want you to hurt me harder
(oh whoa)
I need you to hurt me harder
(oh whoa)
I want you to love me bad
(uh oh)
Leave me until I go mad
(uh oh)
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me
I want you to hurt me harder
(I want you to hurt me baby)
I need you to hurt me harder
(I want you to hurt me)
I want you to love me bad
(uh, oh oo)
Leave me until I go mad
(I need you, I want you)
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me harder
I miss lying 'bout what someone knew
And feeling less means hurting less
But it ain't the same without the pain
I want you to hurt me harder
I need you to hurt me harder
I want you to love me bad
Leave me until I go mad
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me harder
So fuck me on the bathroom floor
And I'll pretend that I don't love you no more
And I'm too lucid, and you're too vague
I want you inside of me, like a plague
I want you to hurt me harder
I need you to hurt me harder
I want you to love me bad
Leave me until I go mad
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me harder
I'm in the pursuit of self-inflicted misery
I need a sadist and you are the epitome
Strike me with your words
Beat me with your lies
Hit me with your love
Smile while I cry (cry)
I need you to hurt me baby
I want you to hurt me harder
(oh whoa)
I need you to hurt me harder
(oh whoa)
I want you to love me bad
(uh oh)
Leave me until I go mad
(uh oh)
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me
I want you to hurt me harder
(I want you to hurt me baby)
I need you to hurt me harder
(I want you to hurt me)
I want you to love me bad
(uh, oh oo)
Leave me until I go mad
(I need you, I want you)
Be the worst I ever had
I want you to hurt me harder
Lyrics submitted by VenezuelanMoth
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