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.
Building a bridge
Into someone else's mind
Can be so confusing
And there was no sense of right
Walking a street full of light
And your miles away
Casting your raft
In an ocean of life on the rain
There's a ship heading west
And a house on the hill
A man looking up with an accent to kill
Call for your dream
Are you losing your way?
Live for today, live for today
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today
Traveling through clouds
I can see there is no one inside
Circling life and the presence
On this midnight ride
There's a time for me
There's a time for you
Something missing from all
And we haven't a clue
Can you help out this dream
Till you leave the parade?
Just live for today, live for today
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today
Listen, if you can't help you will hear
The silence of the moment
Everything's good
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait, live for today
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today, live for today
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait, live for today
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today, just live for today
Just live for today, just live for today
Into someone else's mind
Can be so confusing
And there was no sense of right
Walking a street full of light
And your miles away
Casting your raft
In an ocean of life on the rain
There's a ship heading west
And a house on the hill
A man looking up with an accent to kill
Call for your dream
Are you losing your way?
Live for today, live for today
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today
Traveling through clouds
I can see there is no one inside
Circling life and the presence
On this midnight ride
There's a time for me
There's a time for you
Something missing from all
And we haven't a clue
Can you help out this dream
Till you leave the parade?
Just live for today, live for today
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today
Listen, if you can't help you will hear
The silence of the moment
Everything's good
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait, live for today
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today, live for today
Let the day bring you something new
Tomorrow can wait, live for today
There'll be plenty more to do
Just live for today, just live for today
Just live for today, just live for today
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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