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.
Ooh hey, yeah
Hush, just stop
There's nothing you can do or say, baby
I've had enough
I'm not your property as from today, baby
You might think that I won't make it on my own
But now I'm
Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I, I'm stronger
Then I ever thought that I could be, baby
I used to go with the flow
Didn't really care 'bout me
You might think that I can't take it, but you're wrong
'Cause now I'm
Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I, I'm stronger
Come on, now
Oh, yeah
Here I go, on my own
I don't need nobody, better off alone
Here I go, on my own now
I don't need nobody, not anybody
Here I go, here I go (here I go, here I go, here I go)
Alright
(Here I go, here I go, here I go)
(Here I go) Here I go
Stronger than yesterday
It's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I, I'm stronger
Than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
Now I'm stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more (no more)
I, I'm stronger
Hush, just stop
There's nothing you can do or say, baby
I've had enough
I'm not your property as from today, baby
You might think that I won't make it on my own
But now I'm
Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I, I'm stronger
Then I ever thought that I could be, baby
I used to go with the flow
Didn't really care 'bout me
You might think that I can't take it, but you're wrong
'Cause now I'm
Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I, I'm stronger
Come on, now
Oh, yeah
Here I go, on my own
I don't need nobody, better off alone
Here I go, on my own now
I don't need nobody, not anybody
Here I go, here I go (here I go, here I go, here I go)
Alright
(Here I go, here I go, here I go)
(Here I go) Here I go
Stronger than yesterday
It's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I, I'm stronger
Than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
Now I'm stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more (no more)
I, I'm stronger
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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Great version of a great song,
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I think comments about whether people like or dislike britney are pretty off topic......... So back ON topic........ I think this song is a direct reference to her first hit "Baby one more time". The line 'my loniness aint killing me no more' refers to the chorus line in the first song 'my loniness is killing me' Not exactly deep - but there is meaning.
i'd like to remind you all that the point of this website is to discuss possible meanings behind lyrics--NOT to bash the artist. if you have a problem with britney, take it up on your own lame ass blog or wherever you feel people actually care, and write about her there.
i'm so sick of going to different artists websites and finding people bashing them. WRITE ABOUT SONG MEANINGS, NOT HOW MUCH THEY SUCK. If you think they suck, stop looking at their lyrics and find a better place to bitch and moan.
have you people ever thought that some music is for pure enjoyment? Does every song have to be deep?
ya kno what? this song is actually good. it's like, yeah. wow, i sound like a ditz, but this song means a lot to me. and please, before you criticize, look at my favorite bands...im not a lil pop head or w/e, but as shallow as the lyrics are, their basic meaning is good. i like this song.
I LOVE this song.. one of my favorite Britney songs.. this should have been on the new tour as an encore.. It's so relevant to her right now "u might think that i won't make it but your wrong... now i'm stronger than yesterday, now it's nothing but my way"... I mean the song was obviously about a cheating boyfriend at the time and a sequel to baby one more time (hence the line "my loneliness aint killing me no more").. but now i really think it sums up the last couple years for her..
I feel like this song is telling me what i should do right about now. I can't though
Its...um...jeez, it's one I use to really lile. I used to like Birtney, Cristina, etc, now I like Lisa, Alannis Morisette, Pj Harvey...it's ok if you're the right age, can I say that?
I heard somewhere that this song was about eating disorders...
its about farting!
LOL
is there any need for interpretation? like all of her other songs, the meaning of the song is shamfully blatant!!! but the tune and beat is funky though.