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.
I found your name in a book and in
That book a letter, were the words of
A girl who said that she was lead away and
Left for dead but somehow she survived it
How was it no one would believe that
You were part of their world a different world
One they denied you
If I could help you I would
Help you now you can speak through me
I am Anastasia
I'm haunted by a girl whose
Life's locked in these pages
But through these works she will be free through
Me I know we won't forget her
She can speak through me
I am Anastasia
That book a letter, were the words of
A girl who said that she was lead away and
Left for dead but somehow she survived it
How was it no one would believe that
You were part of their world a different world
One they denied you
If I could help you I would
Help you now you can speak through me
I am Anastasia
I'm haunted by a girl whose
Life's locked in these pages
But through these works she will be free through
Me I know we won't forget her
She can speak through me
I am Anastasia
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I Am Anastasia Lyrics as written by Mark P Dombroski Joe Mazzola
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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