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.
I feel nervous and I don't know why, but all I had to do is try
Something kept me away from you as another year went by
Every chance I got to see you, I'd drop all I had to do,
Told you I'd be a faithful child. But I got no reply from you
Everytime I'd help you up, you'd knock me down,
Well what's it like now that I'm not around?
Little girl don't need another friend, my patience has reached its end
Told you from the start
You owned my heart
But when he said goodbye
So did I
I'd think about you every day, even though you didn't feel the same way
Thought that I could have your love got down on my knees to pray.
You played with emotions, I even let you have my heart,
But when you said this could not be you tore my life apart.
Well he left you broke and all alone, don't come around cause I'm not home.
I never though of you that way, until you turned all my days gray
I never thought of you that way until you went away that day.
He went and left you high and dry, all the lonely tears you cry
Could not make me go back to you and when you know the reasons why.
You said you learned your lesson, you said you know you were wrong,
If love is blind well now I see that here is where I belong,
He left you broke and all alone, don't come around cause I'm not home.
Something kept me away from you as another year went by
Every chance I got to see you, I'd drop all I had to do,
Told you I'd be a faithful child. But I got no reply from you
Everytime I'd help you up, you'd knock me down,
Well what's it like now that I'm not around?
Little girl don't need another friend, my patience has reached its end
Told you from the start
You owned my heart
But when he said goodbye
So did I
I'd think about you every day, even though you didn't feel the same way
Thought that I could have your love got down on my knees to pray.
You played with emotions, I even let you have my heart,
But when you said this could not be you tore my life apart.
Well he left you broke and all alone, don't come around cause I'm not home.
I never though of you that way, until you turned all my days gray
I never thought of you that way until you went away that day.
He went and left you high and dry, all the lonely tears you cry
Could not make me go back to you and when you know the reasons why.
You said you learned your lesson, you said you know you were wrong,
If love is blind well now I see that here is where I belong,
He left you broke and all alone, don't come around cause I'm not home.
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