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.
Like a train passing in the distance
Black bird in flight, I hear you call
And even though there's no one
Dark shadows move across the wall
I still hear the echo
Of your footsteps on the stairs
Still recall the images that
Seem to live out there
First you see my fingerprints
Like skeletons of leaves on the wall
People changing places
I stand for a moment and it's gone
I still hear the echo
Of your footsteps on the stairs
Still recall the images that
Seem to live out there
Like a train passing in the distance
Black bird in flight I hear you call
And even though there's no one
Dark shadows move across the wall
I still hear the sound of
Conversations from the hall
Look to see who's coming
But it's nothing and there's no one there at all
No one there at all, no one there at all
No one there at all, no one there at all
Black bird in flight, I hear you call
And even though there's no one
Dark shadows move across the wall
I still hear the echo
Of your footsteps on the stairs
Still recall the images that
Seem to live out there
First you see my fingerprints
Like skeletons of leaves on the wall
People changing places
I stand for a moment and it's gone
I still hear the echo
Of your footsteps on the stairs
Still recall the images that
Seem to live out there
Like a train passing in the distance
Black bird in flight I hear you call
And even though there's no one
Dark shadows move across the wall
I still hear the sound of
Conversations from the hall
Look to see who's coming
But it's nothing and there's no one there at all
No one there at all, no one there at all
No one there at all, no one there at all
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
For the Love of Big Brother Lyrics as written by David Allan Stewart Annie Lennox
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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These lyrics are slightly off.I'll post the correct ones.
Like a train passing in the distance Like a bird in flight, I hear you call And even though there's no-one Dark shadows move across the wall
I still the echoes of your footsteps on the stairs Still recall the images that seem to linger there
Faces seem like fingerprints Like skeletons of leaves upon the lawn People changing places Lasting for a moment, then it's gone
I still hear the echoes of your footsteps on the stairs Still recall the images that seem to linger there
Like a train passing in the distance Like a bird in flight, I hear you call And even though there's no-one Dark shadows move across the wall
I still hear the sound of conversation from the hall Look to see who's coming But it's nothing and there's no-one there at all No-one there at all No-one there at all No-one there at all
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Thank you for adding the correct lyrics. One of my favorites too, haunting.