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.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Yeah, hey
Well I'm moving kind of slow
Down that same old path
Wasting time inside this hour glass
She's coming up ahead now
And I feel, yes I feel
My head turning like a race car wheel
Maybe I'll try to say hi another time
I've gotta find a way to get inside your mind
I'll talk smooth and walk one step closer
Be real cool, real cool, real cool, real cool
Dang, real cool
Say what you want, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you seem?
Say who you are, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you dream?
Now here I come one more time
But she slides on by
Not even a second look
She took the bait right off that hook
I've got my blinders on tight
I pull my cap a little lower
I can't hide, hide away
You might think that this is easy for me
But there's a lot of things you don't know
You don't care, you don't want to see
Long while since I've got myself across
But maybe there's a reason for that
Even if I caught you I'd throw you back
Say what you want, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you seem?
Say who you are, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you dream?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Well, I really don't wan to fall back
'Cause you don't seem like you care
And if I would fall back (fall back)
You don't seem like you care
Fall down your back, fall down your back
Fall down your back, fall down your back
You don't seem like you care
I will not, I will not hold, hold you back
You don't seem like you care
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Fall back, you don't (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Yeah, hey
Well I'm moving kind of slow
Down that same old path
Wasting time inside this hour glass
She's coming up ahead now
And I feel, yes I feel
My head turning like a race car wheel
Maybe I'll try to say hi another time
I've gotta find a way to get inside your mind
I'll talk smooth and walk one step closer
Be real cool, real cool, real cool, real cool
Dang, real cool
Say what you want, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you seem?
Say who you are, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you dream?
Now here I come one more time
But she slides on by
Not even a second look
She took the bait right off that hook
I've got my blinders on tight
I pull my cap a little lower
I can't hide, hide away
You might think that this is easy for me
But there's a lot of things you don't know
You don't care, you don't want to see
Long while since I've got myself across
But maybe there's a reason for that
Even if I caught you I'd throw you back
Say what you want, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you seem?
Say who you are, say what you mean
Question yourself, are you really what you dream?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Well, I really don't wan to fall back
'Cause you don't seem like you care
And if I would fall back (fall back)
You don't seem like you care
Fall down your back, fall down your back
Fall down your back, fall down your back
You don't seem like you care
I will not, I will not hold, hold you back
You don't seem like you care
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Fall back, you don't (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't
Fall back, you don't
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
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Hey, Hey Lyrics as written by Chad Stokes Urmston Bradley Joseph Corrigan
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For me, and this may be all interpretation based on personal life events, this song is about resolving certain conflicts. He is trying to define himself and learn who he is and express that outwardly, while at the same time dreaming and fantasizing about at love life. but how can you love and reciprocate love without knowing and loving yourself? He wants to rely on someone, have some support (fall back) but he doenst know who that can be. Is it the one he loves? Can she do that for him?