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.
[Chorus]
It's so hard to look the other way
It's so hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day
It's so hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, it never took it away, nah
[Verse 1]
It's only two and I took two today, already took two today
But the truth is I never wanted you to stay but you do what you want, yeah and I wanted it that way
Pushing through the city in my four by four, by two, yeah, barely fitted through the drive-thru
Wanna slide by you
So hard not to tell you he a sucker
So hard to see you suffer, let you see for yourself
Yeah, it's hard for me to trust ya
But I know this bust down Patek won't switch sides, yeah
I know this Lambo won't switch sides, yeah
I know my true fans won't switch sides
If I give my new bitch just a lil time, she'll be big time
[Chorus]
And it'll so hard to look the other way
But it's so hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day
It's so hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, yeah
But it's still so hard to look the other
So hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day, yeah
So hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, it never took it away, nah, nah
[Verse 2]
Now my new thing ain't you but it feels good 'cause it's new
Don't have to check the 'gram to know your move
Yeah, I need a Khaled, gon' pop me another one
I need a Khaled, gon' find me another one (another one)
Gon' buy me another one
You could lie to the other one
Tell me something that will push me away
You brought out the beast, I can't put it away
Yeah, truth is I wanted you to stay
But the door's tryna close and my foot's in the way
Push me away, tell 'em I was unconditional
Tell 'em how I strengthened your spiritual
Tell 'em I know you like I invented you
[Chorus]
That's why it's so hard to look the other way
It's so hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day
So hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, it never took it away, nah, nah
It's so hard to look the other way
It's so hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day
It's so hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, it never took it away, nah
[Verse 1]
It's only two and I took two today, already took two today
But the truth is I never wanted you to stay but you do what you want, yeah and I wanted it that way
Pushing through the city in my four by four, by two, yeah, barely fitted through the drive-thru
Wanna slide by you
So hard not to tell you he a sucker
So hard to see you suffer, let you see for yourself
Yeah, it's hard for me to trust ya
But I know this bust down Patek won't switch sides, yeah
I know this Lambo won't switch sides, yeah
I know my true fans won't switch sides
If I give my new bitch just a lil time, she'll be big time
[Chorus]
And it'll so hard to look the other way
But it's so hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day
It's so hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, yeah
But it's still so hard to look the other
So hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day, yeah
So hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, it never took it away, nah, nah
[Verse 2]
Now my new thing ain't you but it feels good 'cause it's new
Don't have to check the 'gram to know your move
Yeah, I need a Khaled, gon' pop me another one
I need a Khaled, gon' find me another one (another one)
Gon' buy me another one
You could lie to the other one
Tell me something that will push me away
You brought out the beast, I can't put it away
Yeah, truth is I wanted you to stay
But the door's tryna close and my foot's in the way
Push me away, tell 'em I was unconditional
Tell 'em how I strengthened your spiritual
Tell 'em I know you like I invented you
[Chorus]
That's why it's so hard to look the other way
It's so hard to not pick up the phone, bang your line one time and ask 'bout your day
So hard to look the other way, tell me something that will push me away
Tell me something that will push me away, I took something for the pain, it never took it away, nah, nah
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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