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.
Fantasize, a better life
Simplified, a paradise
Nothing could keep me safe
Every love would leave me
(No shame) 'cause I played this game
And it gave me everything
(I'm saved) 'cause I saved myself
And I don't need anything
So for one last time
This is for my friends
Who put needles in their veins
Who society erased
(Hope) their children all escape
This is to the men
Who wish death upon my name
Tried to push me to my grave
Swore I'd never fuck again
Sacrifice, sleepless nights
Wasting time, a wicked fight
Climbing left me heartless
It didn't leave me scar-less
(No shame) 'cause I played this game
And it gave me everything
(I'm saved) 'cause I saved myself
And I don't need anything
('Til my heart stops)
('Til my heart stops beating)
This is for my friends
Who put needles in their veins
Who society erased
(Hope) their children all escape
This is to the men
Who wish death upon my name
Tried to push me to my grave
Swore I'd never fuck again
I have spent my life, chasing things
That have only brought me pain
In the end, when I'm dead
Hope it was for something
Hope it was all for something
Hope it was for something
This is for the ones
Who put poison in their veins
Who society degrades
Hope their children can escape
This is to the men
Who wish death upon my name
Tried to push me to my grave
Swore I'd never fuck again
Simplified, a paradise
Nothing could keep me safe
Every love would leave me
(No shame) 'cause I played this game
And it gave me everything
(I'm saved) 'cause I saved myself
And I don't need anything
So for one last time
This is for my friends
Who put needles in their veins
Who society erased
(Hope) their children all escape
This is to the men
Who wish death upon my name
Tried to push me to my grave
Swore I'd never fuck again
Sacrifice, sleepless nights
Wasting time, a wicked fight
Climbing left me heartless
It didn't leave me scar-less
(No shame) 'cause I played this game
And it gave me everything
(I'm saved) 'cause I saved myself
And I don't need anything
('Til my heart stops)
('Til my heart stops beating)
This is for my friends
Who put needles in their veins
Who society erased
(Hope) their children all escape
This is to the men
Who wish death upon my name
Tried to push me to my grave
Swore I'd never fuck again
I have spent my life, chasing things
That have only brought me pain
In the end, when I'm dead
Hope it was for something
Hope it was all for something
Hope it was for something
This is for the ones
Who put poison in their veins
Who society degrades
Hope their children can escape
This is to the men
Who wish death upon my name
Tried to push me to my grave
Swore I'd never fuck again
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Forgotten Lyrics as written by Landon Tewers Josh Childress
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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