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.
My breath smells of a thousand fags
And when I'm drunk I dance like me dad
I've started to dress a bit like him
And early morning when I wake up
I look like Kiss but without the make up
And that's a good line to take it to the bridge
And you know and you know
'Cause my life's a mess
And I'm trying to grow
So before I'm old, I'll confess
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
My bed's full of takeaways
And fantasies of easy lays
The pause button's broke on my video
And is this real 'cause I feel fake
Oprah Winfrey, Ricki Lake
Teach me things I don't need to know
And you know and you know
'Cause my life's a mess
And it's starting to show
So before I'm old, I'll confess
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
If I did it all again I'd be a nun
The rain was never cold when I was young
I'm still young, we're still young
Life's too short to be afraid
Step inside the sun
And you know and you know
'Cause my life's a mess
And I'm trying to grow
Hey, hey
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
And when I'm drunk I dance like me dad
I've started to dress a bit like him
And early morning when I wake up
I look like Kiss but without the make up
And that's a good line to take it to the bridge
And you know and you know
'Cause my life's a mess
And I'm trying to grow
So before I'm old, I'll confess
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
My bed's full of takeaways
And fantasies of easy lays
The pause button's broke on my video
And is this real 'cause I feel fake
Oprah Winfrey, Ricki Lake
Teach me things I don't need to know
And you know and you know
'Cause my life's a mess
And it's starting to show
So before I'm old, I'll confess
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
If I did it all again I'd be a nun
The rain was never cold when I was young
I'm still young, we're still young
Life's too short to be afraid
Step inside the sun
And you know and you know
'Cause my life's a mess
And I'm trying to grow
Hey, hey
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
You think that I'm strong
You're wrong, you're wrong
I'll sing my song, my song, my song
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
Life's too short to be afraid
Take a pill to numb the pain
You don't have to take the blame
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