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.
Whole time
I got somebody for ya'
I'm finna hit shorty right now!
She badder than Bebe's kids, ya hear me?
And she be sliding and gliding
I sent a flight out your way
Lemme know if you got it
Take you out to the islands
Maybe somewhere exotic
Shawty backing it up, she dancing like she at Follies
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
We ain't got time for the lames
We tryna live in the moment
Flower girl you the coldest
Chop the top off the Lotus
Bank account on no limit
'Cause we so 'bout it, 'bout it
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
You gon' fuck around and get me in some trouble
Give you the business, baby let's go public
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
I said, he ain't gonna love you like I love you
We got bottles coming over by the dozen
I'm a business, baby let's go public
I'ma fuck around and get you in some trouble
She got a nigga at home talking 'bout she a savage
She just dropped me an address
Talking 'bout I can have it
Off-white on the hills, with the stripes on the bottom
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
She get wet like Hawaii
Got that flow outta water
Back and forth cross the boarder
Louis V like a hoarder
She got baggage I told her
"Girl we all got some mileage"
But we just don't care, we just keep it player
Put a lil' something in the, air
Smoking that kush on the radar
Looking like Princess Leia
Lick my, lightsaber
I've been way up since Straight Up
Ten buck two on the fader
OutKast in high school we was bumping "Hey Ya"
Now I'm on a whole new wave I feel like Kelly Slater
Up in the condo, fucking on the elevator
Or we can keep it lowkey take it off the radar
Just put the filler up in the grill, I see you in Jamaica
I sent a flight out your way
Lemme know if you got it
Take you out to the tropics
Maybe somewhere exotic
Shawty backing it up, she dancing like she at Follies
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
You gon' fuck around and get me in some trouble
Give you the business, baby let's go public
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
I said, he ain't gonna love you like I love you
We got bottles coming over by the dozen
I'm a business, baby let's go public
I'ma fuck around and get you in some trouble
If you, feel it, is it love? (Is it love?)
Is it lust? (Is it lust?)
Do you? (Do you?)
Touch yourself sometimes
Real, is this what love was
When was it ever love
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Slide, sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Shawty backing it up, shawty backing it up
She be sliding, and gliding
Drip, drip on her body
Next message, "Vic Mensa's a bitch"
Next message, "Vic Mensa's a pussy!"
Next message, "Not cool, this not cool"
Next message, "Bro, you know you're a hoe right?
I'm not gonna stop calling you that, I called you like what, 59 times now?"
Next message, "Uh, yuh, like, get back to me, bruh
I just really want to know, like, do I got sauce, bruh?
'Cause I'm tryna get signed and shit, ya' know?"
Next message, "You is a whole pussy ass bitch out here
Your head shaped like a caterpillar dick
I hope you die, right now
When you hear this message and I hope you have a heart attack and die
I got somebody for ya'
I'm finna hit shorty right now!
She badder than Bebe's kids, ya hear me?
And she be sliding and gliding
I sent a flight out your way
Lemme know if you got it
Take you out to the islands
Maybe somewhere exotic
Shawty backing it up, she dancing like she at Follies
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
We ain't got time for the lames
We tryna live in the moment
Flower girl you the coldest
Chop the top off the Lotus
Bank account on no limit
'Cause we so 'bout it, 'bout it
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
You gon' fuck around and get me in some trouble
Give you the business, baby let's go public
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
I said, he ain't gonna love you like I love you
We got bottles coming over by the dozen
I'm a business, baby let's go public
I'ma fuck around and get you in some trouble
She got a nigga at home talking 'bout she a savage
She just dropped me an address
Talking 'bout I can have it
Off-white on the hills, with the stripes on the bottom
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
She get wet like Hawaii
Got that flow outta water
Back and forth cross the boarder
Louis V like a hoarder
She got baggage I told her
"Girl we all got some mileage"
But we just don't care, we just keep it player
Put a lil' something in the, air
Smoking that kush on the radar
Looking like Princess Leia
Lick my, lightsaber
I've been way up since Straight Up
Ten buck two on the fader
OutKast in high school we was bumping "Hey Ya"
Now I'm on a whole new wave I feel like Kelly Slater
Up in the condo, fucking on the elevator
Or we can keep it lowkey take it off the radar
Just put the filler up in the grill, I see you in Jamaica
I sent a flight out your way
Lemme know if you got it
Take you out to the tropics
Maybe somewhere exotic
Shawty backing it up, she dancing like she at Follies
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
You gon' fuck around and get me in some trouble
Give you the business, baby let's go public
Girl them niggas can't love you like I love you
I said, he ain't gonna love you like I love you
We got bottles coming over by the dozen
I'm a business, baby let's go public
I'ma fuck around and get you in some trouble
If you, feel it, is it love? (Is it love?)
Is it lust? (Is it lust?)
Do you? (Do you?)
Touch yourself sometimes
Real, is this what love was
When was it ever love
She be sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Slide, sliding, and gliding
She got drip on her body
Shawty backing it up, shawty backing it up
She be sliding, and gliding
Drip, drip on her body
Next message, "Vic Mensa's a bitch"
Next message, "Vic Mensa's a pussy!"
Next message, "Not cool, this not cool"
Next message, "Bro, you know you're a hoe right?
I'm not gonna stop calling you that, I called you like what, 59 times now?"
Next message, "Uh, yuh, like, get back to me, bruh
I just really want to know, like, do I got sauce, bruh?
'Cause I'm tryna get signed and shit, ya' know?"
Next message, "You is a whole pussy ass bitch out here
Your head shaped like a caterpillar dick
I hope you die, right now
When you hear this message and I hope you have a heart attack and die
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
In Some Trouble Lyrics as written by Tyrone William Jr. Griffin Victor Kwesi Mensah
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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