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, yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh yeah
It's over and done
But the heartache lives on inside
And who is the one you're clinging to
Instead of me tonight?
And where are you now
Now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow
Wherever you go, go
I'll cry me a river
That leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
It's just emotions taking me over
Caught up in sorrow, lost in the song
But if you don't come back
Come home to me, darling
Don't you know there's nobody left in this world to hold me tight
And don't you know there's nobody left in this world kiss goodnight
Kiss goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
I'm there at your side
A part of all the things you are
But you got a part of someone else
You gotta go find your shining star
And where are you now
Now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow
Wherever you go
I'll cry me a river
That leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
It's just emotions taking me over (taking me over)
Caught up in sorrow, lost in the song (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
But if you don't come back
Come home to me, darling
Don't you know there's nobody left in this world to hold me tight
Nobody left in this world to hold me tight
Nobody left in this world kiss goodnight
Nobody left in this world
And where are you now
Now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow
Wherever you, you go
I'll cry me a river
That leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
It's just emotions taking me over
I'm caught up in sorrow, lost in the song (don't you know I'm lost without you, baby)
But if you don't come back
Come home to me, darling
Nobody left in this world to hold me tight (yeah, nobody, nobody to hold me)
Nobody left in this world kiss goodnight (nobody to kiss me, yeah)
Goodnight
Goodnight
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh yeah
It's over and done
But the heartache lives on inside
And who is the one you're clinging to
Instead of me tonight?
And where are you now
Now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow
Wherever you go, go
I'll cry me a river
That leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
It's just emotions taking me over
Caught up in sorrow, lost in the song
But if you don't come back
Come home to me, darling
Don't you know there's nobody left in this world to hold me tight
And don't you know there's nobody left in this world kiss goodnight
Kiss goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
I'm there at your side
A part of all the things you are
But you got a part of someone else
You gotta go find your shining star
And where are you now
Now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow
Wherever you go
I'll cry me a river
That leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
It's just emotions taking me over (taking me over)
Caught up in sorrow, lost in the song (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
But if you don't come back
Come home to me, darling
Don't you know there's nobody left in this world to hold me tight
Nobody left in this world to hold me tight
Nobody left in this world kiss goodnight
Nobody left in this world
And where are you now
Now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow
Wherever you, you go
I'll cry me a river
That leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
It's just emotions taking me over
I'm caught up in sorrow, lost in the song (don't you know I'm lost without you, baby)
But if you don't come back
Come home to me, darling
Nobody left in this world to hold me tight (yeah, nobody, nobody to hold me)
Nobody left in this world kiss goodnight (nobody to kiss me, yeah)
Goodnight
Goodnight
Lyrics submitted by punkmebabygal
Emotion Lyrics as written by Robin Hugh Gibb Barry Alan Gibb
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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a sweet song
sweet, soothing and touching.read the lyrics and you'll find out!
its over and done but u r still living inside me... my life has become a part of u and w/o u is living dead and aimless... wats left is jus a broken heart... hope u will come back and mend... but i knw u will nvr come back and be mine...
i agree with tigress...it´s about a realationship with no future...for me it gives me the thoughts that there is noone left in this world for me to love ("don´t you know there´s nobody left in this world to hold me thight, nobody left to kiss godnight" from the lyrics..)...that i never gonna find the right girl..my soulmate...But i hope i do some day =( i think she is somewhere out there waiting for me! =)
a girl loves her boyfriend and misses him so much and she cant ever love any 1 as much as she did and she needs him more than anything
It's not the original, but they did good redoing it.
This song is really deep and you cant help but to love it...........its really romantic and the lyrics are beautiful!
After a break up, or a general agreement which refers the relationship be over and done with.. she's saying that how that she needs, him.. he's not around. Once things get rough, he runs away. Although bad things have happened, she was always there for him.. always willing to work things through. And still now, even though there's no reason for him to still love him.. she does. She still loves him, and believes that no one will be able to replace him.. although she knows it'll never happen, she continues to hope that he might appreciate what he's lost and come back.. and at the same time, is still trying to cope and accept that it's really over.
i agree with every word of this song it just describes how i feel so much i break down crying every time i hear it... its been 6 months since me and my b/f broke up and i am still in love with him... i will always love him more than anyone for the rest of my life
nice