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.
Workaholic, what it be?
Heard you're working eleven days a week
I used to know just where you're coming from
I used to know but with that I'm done
I got a job at a record store
Three days a week, no more than four
Sometimes you got to take a look around
Sometimes you got to slow things down
Looking out my bedroom window
You're looking at your office wall
I'm walking around like Marlon Brando
You're sitting down, not walking at all
Don't know what you're thinking
I don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
Yeah, I'm doing fine
I see you're working on the weekends now
I guess, Mondays aren't such a shock
I spend my time just sitting around
I listen to that old punk rock
I take my time and never hurry
You use your time as best as you can
I'm acting like Billy Murry
You're acting like your dead in the sand
Don't know what you're thinking
I don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine, yeah
Got a job at a record store
Three days a week, no more than four
Sometimes you got to take a look around
Sometimes you got to slow things down
Looking out my bedroom window
You're looking at your office wall
I'm walking around like Marlon Brando
You're sitting down, not walking at all
Don't know what you're thinking
Don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
I said, don't know what you're thinking
I don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
Don't know what you're thinking
Don't work no overtime
I'm working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
I said, don't know what you're thinking
Don't work no overtime
I'm working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
Working at the, I'm working at the
I'm working at the record store, yeah
Working at the, working at the
I'm working at the record store, yeah
Heard you're working eleven days a week
I used to know just where you're coming from
I used to know but with that I'm done
I got a job at a record store
Three days a week, no more than four
Sometimes you got to take a look around
Sometimes you got to slow things down
Looking out my bedroom window
You're looking at your office wall
I'm walking around like Marlon Brando
You're sitting down, not walking at all
Don't know what you're thinking
I don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
Yeah, I'm doing fine
I see you're working on the weekends now
I guess, Mondays aren't such a shock
I spend my time just sitting around
I listen to that old punk rock
I take my time and never hurry
You use your time as best as you can
I'm acting like Billy Murry
You're acting like your dead in the sand
Don't know what you're thinking
I don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine, yeah
Got a job at a record store
Three days a week, no more than four
Sometimes you got to take a look around
Sometimes you got to slow things down
Looking out my bedroom window
You're looking at your office wall
I'm walking around like Marlon Brando
You're sitting down, not walking at all
Don't know what you're thinking
Don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
I said, don't know what you're thinking
I don't work no overtime
Working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
Don't know what you're thinking
Don't work no overtime
I'm working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
I said, don't know what you're thinking
Don't work no overtime
I'm working at the record store
Look at me, I'm doing fine
Working at the, I'm working at the
I'm working at the record store, yeah
Working at the, working at the
I'm working at the record store, yeah
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Record Store Lyrics as written by Craig William Yarnold Anthony Jerome Curry
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