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.
Your so called meager life.
Is plagued with riches.
Born by the strong beliefs.
Of your many victims.
The task that they enthrusted.
Within your powers.
Yet they remain unchanged.
Your god is non existent.
You speak of your god.
Does he condemn your life.
You're nothing but a hypocrite.
Actions speak over words.
The many sins you've lived.
The many lies you've told.
Your defaming existence.
Hidden by a power tie.
Where's your god.
Who do you answer to.
How do you live with yourself.
Where's your conscience.
Where's your conscience.
Do you think.
This is just.
Such an excess of assets.
While they hope to eat.
Your golden spoon.
Their hand to mouth.
After your final days.
Where will you go.
Your sins direct you.
Not your words.
Your god is nothing.
Your god is non existant.
He's nothing.
Is plagued with riches.
Born by the strong beliefs.
Of your many victims.
The task that they enthrusted.
Within your powers.
Yet they remain unchanged.
Your god is non existent.
You speak of your god.
Does he condemn your life.
You're nothing but a hypocrite.
Actions speak over words.
The many sins you've lived.
The many lies you've told.
Your defaming existence.
Hidden by a power tie.
Where's your god.
Who do you answer to.
How do you live with yourself.
Where's your conscience.
Where's your conscience.
Do you think.
This is just.
Such an excess of assets.
While they hope to eat.
Your golden spoon.
Their hand to mouth.
After your final days.
Where will you go.
Your sins direct you.
Not your words.
Your god is nothing.
Your god is non existant.
He's nothing.
Lyrics submitted by emostar
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