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'd like to find somebody
Who would be just halfway true
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
I'd like to pull up stakes and leave
That's what I'd like to do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
If I knew then what I know now
I wouldn't be so blue
I'd-a quit seein' you long ago
I wouldn't be lovin' you
Well, you keep so mixed up inside
By things you say and do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love, you see
You really know your way around
You're makin' it tough on me
Well, a truckload full of dynamite
Couldn't blast you out-a my heart
Are you there to stay, well, it's a-lookin' that way
Why don't you do your part
If I'd-a been smart I'd-a closed my heart
I wouldn't-a let you in
But I find I was wrong when I waited so long
I got you under my skin
Well, you keep so mixed up inside
By things you say and do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
If I knew then what I know now
I wouldn't be so blue
I'd-a quit seein' you long ago
I wouldn't be lovin' you
Well, you keep so mixed up inside
By things you say and do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
Who would be just halfway true
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
I'd like to pull up stakes and leave
That's what I'd like to do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
If I knew then what I know now
I wouldn't be so blue
I'd-a quit seein' you long ago
I wouldn't be lovin' you
Well, you keep so mixed up inside
By things you say and do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love, you see
You really know your way around
You're makin' it tough on me
Well, a truckload full of dynamite
Couldn't blast you out-a my heart
Are you there to stay, well, it's a-lookin' that way
Why don't you do your part
If I'd-a been smart I'd-a closed my heart
I wouldn't-a let you in
But I find I was wrong when I waited so long
I got you under my skin
Well, you keep so mixed up inside
By things you say and do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
If I knew then what I know now
I wouldn't be so blue
I'd-a quit seein' you long ago
I wouldn't be lovin' you
Well, you keep so mixed up inside
By things you say and do
But I can't quit, I've gone too far
I'm deep in love with you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) Lyrics as written by Marty Robbins
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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