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.
Just let the disc play
This is a song to give you hope
I wouldn't have it any other way
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Well, I wish I had my arms around you
This is a song to give hope, just let this thing
Surround you, this is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Honey, I'm afraid to leave
Tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on, go, go on
I said I, I love you truly
So go, go on and get jump
On the finer things
This is a song to give hope
You never know
What the past will bring you
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Honey, I'm afraid to leave
Tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on, go, go on
I said I, I love you truly
So go, go on
Forty miles south of Monterey
And the San Lucia hills
The sunshine shone me to sleep
And I dreamt I was alive
I sang myself a song, it went
Know, what you know
Stay when you stay
And go when you go
And I call it intuition, flowers bloom
And hummingbirds fly
Yes, I call it intuition, it gets me by
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that
Our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is
How quickly it slips away
And leaves you thinking of the things
That were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
And I know future is as future does
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that
Our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is
How quickly it slips away
And leaves you longing for
The things that were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
And I know future is as future does
This is a song to give you hope
I wouldn't have it any other way
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Well, I wish I had my arms around you
This is a song to give hope, just let this thing
Surround you, this is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Honey, I'm afraid to leave
Tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on, go, go on
I said I, I love you truly
So go, go on and get jump
On the finer things
This is a song to give hope
You never know
What the past will bring you
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey, I'm afraid to sleep
At night, sleep at night
Honey, I'm afraid to leave
Tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on, go, go on
I said I, I love you truly
So go, go on
Forty miles south of Monterey
And the San Lucia hills
The sunshine shone me to sleep
And I dreamt I was alive
I sang myself a song, it went
Know, what you know
Stay when you stay
And go when you go
And I call it intuition, flowers bloom
And hummingbirds fly
Yes, I call it intuition, it gets me by
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that
Our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is
How quickly it slips away
And leaves you thinking of the things
That were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
And I know future is as future does
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that
Our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is
How quickly it slips away
And leaves you longing for
The things that were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
And I know future is as future does
Lyrics submitted by dragonflower44
Big Sur Lyrics as written by Mason Stewart Jennings
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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Great song from Mason ... he says this is a song to give you hope, but there is a little bit of regret attached to this. He knows that some relationships are meant to end, but he wishes it didn't have to be this way. Love the words ... "And the funny thing to me is how quickly it slips away. And leaves you longing for the things that were never spoken." Ah the dreams of what could have been.