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.
Heartbroken, I watched
The rain beat on the sidewalk,
Complete with gray skies,
And headlights,
And puddles on the sidewalk.
Everyone's ruined like me...
It's weird now,
Now that I look back.
Each day spent carefully
Still consumes over time.
I think it's worse to be aware
And know this change
Than to go on everyday unknowing.
I'm having trouble with realizations.
Why's it gotta be a regretful mess?
If I could have one day back now,
I swear I'd use it well.
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a...
People change, yeah,
And that can't be good.
I liked it that way,
Why did you stray?
Well, maybe I'm unhealthy.
Oh won't you stop
And stay frozen in time with me?
I'm having trouble with realizations.
Why's it gotta be a regretful mess?
If I could have one day back now,
I swear I'd use it well.
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a slow death.
I'm having trouble with realizations.
Why's it gotta be a regretful mess?
If I could have one day back now,
I swear I'd use it well.
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a...
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a slow death.
The rain beat on the sidewalk,
Complete with gray skies,
And headlights,
And puddles on the sidewalk.
Everyone's ruined like me...
It's weird now,
Now that I look back.
Each day spent carefully
Still consumes over time.
I think it's worse to be aware
And know this change
Than to go on everyday unknowing.
I'm having trouble with realizations.
Why's it gotta be a regretful mess?
If I could have one day back now,
I swear I'd use it well.
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a...
People change, yeah,
And that can't be good.
I liked it that way,
Why did you stray?
Well, maybe I'm unhealthy.
Oh won't you stop
And stay frozen in time with me?
I'm having trouble with realizations.
Why's it gotta be a regretful mess?
If I could have one day back now,
I swear I'd use it well.
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a slow death.
I'm having trouble with realizations.
Why's it gotta be a regretful mess?
If I could have one day back now,
I swear I'd use it well.
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a...
Oh 13, where did you go?
You're gone when I needed you most.
I know that from here it's downhill,
Make the best of a slow death.
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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This song is so awsome. I just can`t stop listening to it. Though it does have a scary resembalence to Greenday.