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.
Can't get the stink off
He's been hanging 'round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
Don't get my sympathy
Hanging out the fifteenth floor
You've changed the locks three times
I still come reeling through the door
One day I'll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest hell
You do it to yourself you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself you do
And that's why it really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself, self
You do it to yourself, you do it to yourself
Yeah, yeah, you do it to yourself, yes, yes, you
You do it to yourself
He's been hanging 'round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
Don't get my sympathy
Hanging out the fifteenth floor
You've changed the locks three times
I still come reeling through the door
One day I'll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest hell
You do it to yourself you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself you do
And that's why it really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself, self
You do it to yourself, you do it to yourself
Yeah, yeah, you do it to yourself, yes, yes, you
You do it to yourself
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I think the 'he' and the adjectives used in reference to this 'he' is a personification of depression, but not the kind of clinical depression that should inspire our pity and compassion, it's the kind of depression that is self-inflicted through negative and pessimistic outlooks on life and people and the lack of effort to self improve one's self. In essence, allowing one's self to stagnate and be caught up in self pity and self loathing.
The song basically says that these people don't deserve sympathy because they also manage to drag others down into the doldrums with their self-pity and depressed nature and that their condition is 'just'
The video illustrates this point perfectly I believe. The man seemingly has nothing to be depressed and despondent about and the other man gets extremely angry at the man's behaviour and inertia. When the man on the floor conveys what has caused him to be lying on the pavement (basically moaned about his life and the way he feels) he drags the rest of them into his misery and they become like him.
That's my take anyway.
Good song and interpretation (and band!). When you see someone you love doing the same lousy behaviors over and over again YET expecting different results it's frutrating. Sadly, though, you can't make someone love her/himself. You can't make 'em believe they could have a better life if they changed their routine after they determined that they are loveable and special. So you come to the end of your rope and want to string THEM up...make them hurt the way their behaviors cause you to hurt.