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.
We failed at a one night stand
I guess that should not matter
You were loved, by another man
I guess that should not matter
You love to show out
Show your, new outfit
You love to show out
When you leave the house
Your new outfit
I love it on you
I love it on you though, I love it on ya
I came to California
I cannot afford this
I just want a fortune
I don't want to pay my mortgage
I just want life for my kids
Damn, I ain't even have em yet
I'm ballin' and it don't stop
And it don't stop
I can see my life through the window glass
If I move with you I don't need no cash
Had a dream last night that she loved me back
He got in my head so a nigga bounced back
Shit happened how it happened
So the past is perfect
Shit happened how it happened
So the past is perfect
Shit happened how it happened
So the past is perfect
Shit happened how it happened
Fell in love but it ain't gon' last
Hydroplane like I ain't gon' crash
No frame with my face on glass
No rain when they check my class
Got a minute, got a second, got a day
Gotta get it, gotta find another way
I ain't trippin', I'm just feelin' what I say
I ain't talking, I'm just spillin' from my brain
Everybody think I got it figured out
Chasin' sanity while niggas chasin' clout
Show me love in the face of all doubts
That would tell me all I need to know about you
Ain't nobody gon' love you like me
Ain't nobody gon' trust you like me
Baby girl I know we can save the world
So why you wanna fight me?
You love to show out
Show your, new outfit
I love it on you though, I love it on ya
I guess that should not matter
You were loved, by another man
I guess that should not matter
You love to show out
Show your, new outfit
You love to show out
When you leave the house
Your new outfit
I love it on you
I love it on you though, I love it on ya
I came to California
I cannot afford this
I just want a fortune
I don't want to pay my mortgage
I just want life for my kids
Damn, I ain't even have em yet
I'm ballin' and it don't stop
And it don't stop
I can see my life through the window glass
If I move with you I don't need no cash
Had a dream last night that she loved me back
He got in my head so a nigga bounced back
Shit happened how it happened
So the past is perfect
Shit happened how it happened
So the past is perfect
Shit happened how it happened
So the past is perfect
Shit happened how it happened
Fell in love but it ain't gon' last
Hydroplane like I ain't gon' crash
No frame with my face on glass
No rain when they check my class
Got a minute, got a second, got a day
Gotta get it, gotta find another way
I ain't trippin', I'm just feelin' what I say
I ain't talking, I'm just spillin' from my brain
Everybody think I got it figured out
Chasin' sanity while niggas chasin' clout
Show me love in the face of all doubts
That would tell me all I need to know about you
Ain't nobody gon' love you like me
Ain't nobody gon' trust you like me
Baby girl I know we can save the world
So why you wanna fight me?
You love to show out
Show your, new outfit
I love it on you though, I love it on ya
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
SWIM Lyrics as written by Dominique Simpson Clifford Simpson
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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