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.
Please stop what you're doing, yeah, yeah, yeah
FBG FXX with me, it's more number ones to tend to
I just went out to Morocco to do some recruitin' (yeah, yeah)
Fuck the government official, we plugged with Putin (yeah, yeah)
Got two twin sisters, yeah, they squirt, they be shootin' (yeah, yeah)
Don't get your squirt-squirt on the shirt-shirt, be a fool (yeah, yeah)
They drank the wine bar, pop lot of bottles, on the move (yeah, yeah)
I turn the bando to a jewelry store, when I do (yeah, yeah)
I turned a penthouse to a hotel (oh yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm talkin' 54 hoes, had 'em snortin' fish scale (yeah, yeah)
Takin' a hit it off her fingernail, oh well, well, well (yeah)
Got some bad shit in Israel oh well, well, well (yeah)
I can't be tellin' no lies, jewelers jump on a boat (whoa, yeah)
Went to Lagos, Nigeria, travelin' coast to coast
Had to treat her like the Coast Guard, had to save a broad (oh yeah, yeah)
We got the oil money comin' in, smokin' out the vapor (yeah, yeah)
She talkin' British when they can't understand, but I feel it (yeah, yeah)
African, gave my bitch a lil' hunnid bands, I can dig it (yeah, yeah)
Told me she gettin' back to the city, she comin' to spend it (yeah)
Got two twin sisters, yeah, they squirt, they be shootin' (yeah, yeah)
Don't get your squirt-squirt on the shirt-shirt, be a fool (yeah, yeah)
I turn the bando to a jewelry store, when I do (yeah, yeah)
I feed them racks to you like a monster, that's food (yeah, yeah)
Somethin' like a sponsor, I'm a player, yeah, I tell the truth (yeah)
It's nothing I couldn't conquer, oh well, oh well, well (yeah)
Got the hottest ones comin' from Brazil oh well, oh yeah
She see the better side of me, she threw us a party
I got six sons, I'm a don like their last name Marley (yeah)
Go lay in the sun, put your hair in a bun, ride it like a Harley (yeah, yeah)
I got that one-of-one spill, so they record me (record me)
I just went out to Morocco to do some recruitin' (yeah, yeah)
Fuck the government official, we plugged with Putin (yeah, yeah)
Got two twin sisters, yeah, they squirt, they be shootin' (yeah, yeah)
Don't get your squirt-squirt on the shirt-shirt, be a fool (yeah, yeah)
When I drink Codeine, I get in my feelings (my-my feelings)
I don't wanna see you in the same places I'm in (I'm-I'm in)
I like takin' ecstasy, it made me a millionaire (made me a millionaire)
It made me get emotional with the bitches (emotional with the bitches)
I feed them racks to you like a monster, that's food (yeah, yeah)
Told me she's gettin' back to the city, she's comin' to spend it (yeah)
FBG FXX with me, it's more number ones to tend to
I just went out to Morocco to do some recruitin' (yeah, yeah)
Fuck the government official, we plugged with Putin (yeah, yeah)
Got two twin sisters, yeah, they squirt, they be shootin' (yeah, yeah)
Don't get your squirt-squirt on the shirt-shirt, be a fool (yeah, yeah)
They drank the wine bar, pop lot of bottles, on the move (yeah, yeah)
I turn the bando to a jewelry store, when I do (yeah, yeah)
I turned a penthouse to a hotel (oh yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm talkin' 54 hoes, had 'em snortin' fish scale (yeah, yeah)
Takin' a hit it off her fingernail, oh well, well, well (yeah)
Got some bad shit in Israel oh well, well, well (yeah)
I can't be tellin' no lies, jewelers jump on a boat (whoa, yeah)
Went to Lagos, Nigeria, travelin' coast to coast
Had to treat her like the Coast Guard, had to save a broad (oh yeah, yeah)
We got the oil money comin' in, smokin' out the vapor (yeah, yeah)
She talkin' British when they can't understand, but I feel it (yeah, yeah)
African, gave my bitch a lil' hunnid bands, I can dig it (yeah, yeah)
Told me she gettin' back to the city, she comin' to spend it (yeah)
Got two twin sisters, yeah, they squirt, they be shootin' (yeah, yeah)
Don't get your squirt-squirt on the shirt-shirt, be a fool (yeah, yeah)
I turn the bando to a jewelry store, when I do (yeah, yeah)
I feed them racks to you like a monster, that's food (yeah, yeah)
Somethin' like a sponsor, I'm a player, yeah, I tell the truth (yeah)
It's nothing I couldn't conquer, oh well, oh well, well (yeah)
Got the hottest ones comin' from Brazil oh well, oh yeah
She see the better side of me, she threw us a party
I got six sons, I'm a don like their last name Marley (yeah)
Go lay in the sun, put your hair in a bun, ride it like a Harley (yeah, yeah)
I got that one-of-one spill, so they record me (record me)
I just went out to Morocco to do some recruitin' (yeah, yeah)
Fuck the government official, we plugged with Putin (yeah, yeah)
Got two twin sisters, yeah, they squirt, they be shootin' (yeah, yeah)
Don't get your squirt-squirt on the shirt-shirt, be a fool (yeah, yeah)
When I drink Codeine, I get in my feelings (my-my feelings)
I don't wanna see you in the same places I'm in (I'm-I'm in)
I like takin' ecstasy, it made me a millionaire (made me a millionaire)
It made me get emotional with the bitches (emotional with the bitches)
I feed them racks to you like a monster, that's food (yeah, yeah)
Told me she's gettin' back to the city, she's comin' to spend it (yeah)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Government Official Lyrics as written by Maudell Watkins Nayvadius Wilburn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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