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.
She said, baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
Nah nah nah
Traded that noose they put around us for a Cuban link
So my ancestors can see me shining, tell me what you think
I remember the illusions that they tried to move to me
Revolution still, ain't sell my evolution, what you choosin'?
No chip on my shoulder, hunnid leaves under the seat (woo!)
We live life like cheetah power up like Hummer diesel
Golden chain for niece and nephew
Pessimistic, I do not hang 'round them boys
Metaphysics need another dimension I can enjoy
She said, baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
Nah nah nah
Baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
Nah nah nah
Reporting for the operation, I learned that the beauty is in the creation
I added my deed itself for decoration
Said, baby boy, what's the occasion?
You dressed like you 'bout to take over a nation
Avoiding social litigation when the admiration turns into aberration
Y'all can find another station, otherwise stay tuned
Evolution coming soon, rolling deeper than a dune
Howling at the moon, I'll be back in June
Tell my baby, I'll be back in November
Did some Beatles shit to kick off this September
Crazy 'cause in 2010 I had some old friends, that thought I'd be another
Go fucking figure
If I pull up out the tool
Riding still up on the roof
Seems like only legends do
Bitch and that's the fucking move
(I feel you)
She said, baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
La la la
Baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
La la la
Good riddance, goodbye
Out of sight, out of mind
Cutthroat every time
This time I get what's mine
Where the hell is you back bone
Ducking me like whac-a-mole
Looking like an inflatable at a car show, a spectacle
Lick my finger bet I found the wind
I follow that shit wherever it blows
You hung yourself that's not my fault, I just supplied the rope
Most thoughts, I don't think twice
Make decisions I'll die by
Never asked for the drama but I'll turn it into dollars
Dollars, dollars, dollars
Do you feel good about me?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
Nah nah nah
Traded that noose they put around us for a Cuban link
So my ancestors can see me shining, tell me what you think
I remember the illusions that they tried to move to me
Revolution still, ain't sell my evolution, what you choosin'?
No chip on my shoulder, hunnid leaves under the seat (woo!)
We live life like cheetah power up like Hummer diesel
Golden chain for niece and nephew
Pessimistic, I do not hang 'round them boys
Metaphysics need another dimension I can enjoy
She said, baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
Nah nah nah
Baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
Nah nah nah
Reporting for the operation, I learned that the beauty is in the creation
I added my deed itself for decoration
Said, baby boy, what's the occasion?
You dressed like you 'bout to take over a nation
Avoiding social litigation when the admiration turns into aberration
Y'all can find another station, otherwise stay tuned
Evolution coming soon, rolling deeper than a dune
Howling at the moon, I'll be back in June
Tell my baby, I'll be back in November
Did some Beatles shit to kick off this September
Crazy 'cause in 2010 I had some old friends, that thought I'd be another
Go fucking figure
If I pull up out the tool
Riding still up on the roof
Seems like only legends do
Bitch and that's the fucking move
(I feel you)
She said, baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
La la la
Baby boy, why you lookin' grimy as shit?
I make the wristwatch full of diamond fill my sink
If I got colors on my neck what would my mama think?
We cut the record, took time, let's make these boys extinct
La la la
Good riddance, goodbye
Out of sight, out of mind
Cutthroat every time
This time I get what's mine
Where the hell is you back bone
Ducking me like whac-a-mole
Looking like an inflatable at a car show, a spectacle
Lick my finger bet I found the wind
I follow that shit wherever it blows
You hung yourself that's not my fault, I just supplied the rope
Most thoughts, I don't think twice
Make decisions I'll die by
Never asked for the drama but I'll turn it into dollars
Dollars, dollars, dollars
Do you feel good about me?
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