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.
Rush, rush rush, rush
Rush, rush, rush
I hold your attention, protect yourself at all time
This is war, ready, aim, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire
Sweep concentration camps with blood hounds
Night lamps lurking in the cold and damp fox hole
1969, Vietnam never seen the dead calm type mode
From sun down till crack of dawn, dancing in the napalm
Mamma's first born trained to kill the calm
Dispatch the recon, reinforce legion
Penetrate the strong hold with my ensemble
My platoon purple heart, trigger smart
Lay them down, off the last round at the birth of sundown
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall
Intrusion six o'clock, swamp sleeper
Booby trap barb wires incase peace plans back fire
Bullet wounds and knife scars, till my lungs expire
All I got left is last words for Messiah
There they go, the opposition, they got my name on ammunition
Trying to hold my dominion, fuck that, let the bayonet connect
My battle cry, "Resurrect Malcom X", releasing full metal jackets
Espionage, rob the blue prints
Now we hard to touch, in the clutch, like Pentagon documents
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall
Mother, can you ever forgive me for takin' a life?
I'm only nineteen, becomin' a man over seas
I wrote you this letter under fire, can you please talk to God?
I think He's mad at me
I sleep in the rice fields for days at a time
Unable to move, limited food, I'm so cold
And all I have is dreams of holding my son
And witnessing a smile from you, I love you
Please excuse the blood
I just lost another friend as I'm writing you, miss you
Another one gone and I'm ashamed
'Cause these are days that I'm used to
Nightmares fall and I can't shake them
Nightmares fall and I can't shake them
And I can't shake them, I can't shake them
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall
Escape from the execution is futile
Rush, rush, rush
I hold your attention, protect yourself at all time
This is war, ready, aim, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire
Sweep concentration camps with blood hounds
Night lamps lurking in the cold and damp fox hole
1969, Vietnam never seen the dead calm type mode
From sun down till crack of dawn, dancing in the napalm
Mamma's first born trained to kill the calm
Dispatch the recon, reinforce legion
Penetrate the strong hold with my ensemble
My platoon purple heart, trigger smart
Lay them down, off the last round at the birth of sundown
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall
Intrusion six o'clock, swamp sleeper
Booby trap barb wires incase peace plans back fire
Bullet wounds and knife scars, till my lungs expire
All I got left is last words for Messiah
There they go, the opposition, they got my name on ammunition
Trying to hold my dominion, fuck that, let the bayonet connect
My battle cry, "Resurrect Malcom X", releasing full metal jackets
Espionage, rob the blue prints
Now we hard to touch, in the clutch, like Pentagon documents
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
We tear it down, so what you gonna do?
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall
Mother, can you ever forgive me for takin' a life?
I'm only nineteen, becomin' a man over seas
I wrote you this letter under fire, can you please talk to God?
I think He's mad at me
I sleep in the rice fields for days at a time
Unable to move, limited food, I'm so cold
And all I have is dreams of holding my son
And witnessing a smile from you, I love you
Please excuse the blood
I just lost another friend as I'm writing you, miss you
Another one gone and I'm ashamed
'Cause these are days that I'm used to
Nightmares fall and I can't shake them
Nightmares fall and I can't shake them
And I can't shake them, I can't shake them
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall y'all, we gonna brawl brawl
Yes yes y'all, everybody ricochet off the wall
Escape from the execution is futile
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
Ricochet Lyrics as written by Chris James Elsner Ako Mack
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Just one person has commented, man. I really hate rap, but this song is pretty good to me. I thinks that probably only because it's in The Transporter though.