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 want a diamond
I really do
I think that you
Should give me one
Then you can prove
Your love is true
And that the gift giving
Has just begun
I want that diamond
I want that thing
A tennis bra-
Celet or ring
It better shine
It better cut
I know it is expensive but
What other way
Can you make four months
Of your measly salary
Last a lifetime?
And what other thing
Have I ever axed you for?
Besides
The ability to read my mind
And I didn't get that either
Yet.
I want that diamond
I want it so
All of my irratating friends will know
That I have worth
Not only that
But that you love me even though I'm fat
I want it and I want it now.
I'll say it once I don't care how
You get it you can rob a store
There just is nothing I want more
Than diamond jewelry for me
And I'll talk louder so you'll see
How very much this means to me
Even some little stud earrings
Gimme the goddamn diamond
I really do
I think that you
Should give me one
Then you can prove
Your love is true
And that the gift giving
Has just begun
I want that diamond
I want that thing
A tennis bra-
Celet or ring
It better shine
It better cut
I know it is expensive but
What other way
Can you make four months
Of your measly salary
Last a lifetime?
And what other thing
Have I ever axed you for?
Besides
The ability to read my mind
And I didn't get that either
Yet.
I want that diamond
I want it so
All of my irratating friends will know
That I have worth
Not only that
But that you love me even though I'm fat
I want it and I want it now.
I'll say it once I don't care how
You get it you can rob a store
There just is nothing I want more
Than diamond jewelry for me
And I'll talk louder so you'll see
How very much this means to me
Even some little stud earrings
Gimme the goddamn diamond
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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this is a song Melora wrote poking fun of the Diamonds are Forever commercials.
when i heard this i laughed so hard. finally something making fun of those silly diamond commercials. even my mother liked this one.
it has the same sound as the zales commercial er i think thats the name of the place
ahh I love to hear songs about how ridiculous people are about jewellery, just saw off some old tree and drill a hole, much nicer than those blood diamonds.
i loved this song from the first time i heard it. Rasputina is an awesome band, this song got me hooked on them.
To let you know, the song in the diamond commercials is Palladio. I played it in orchestra and it's easier than it sounds.
This is one of those songs that you can listen to over and over again, without getting tired of it.
This is one of those songs that you can listen to over and over again, without getting tired of it.
Heh, this one makes me laugh EVERY time.
Melora Creager used to be a jewelry designer. So this may be inspired partly by it.