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.
She cuts her hair
And calls his name
Wishin' everything could be the same
Like when she had him
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Walking out of Korvettes
Package in her hand
Motions to all the seabirds
Throws divinity on the sand
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Give me, give back my man
Give me, give back my man
Head's in a whirlpool
Spinnin' round and round
If she don't get her man back
She's gonna drown
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
Give her, give back her man (I'll give you fish, I'll give you candy)
(I'll give you everything I have in my hand) oh oh, whoa oh oh
I'll give you fish (oh)
I'll give you candy (oh whoa oh oh)
I'll give you everything I have in my hand (oh oh whoa, oh oh whoa)
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
And calls his name
Wishin' everything could be the same
Like when she had him
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Walking out of Korvettes
Package in her hand
Motions to all the seabirds
Throws divinity on the sand
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everthing I have in my hand
Give me, give back my man
Give me, give back my man
Head's in a whirlpool
Spinnin' round and round
If she don't get her man back
She's gonna drown
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
Give her, give back her man (I'll give you fish, I'll give you candy)
(I'll give you everything I have in my hand) oh oh, whoa oh oh
I'll give you fish (oh)
I'll give you candy (oh whoa oh oh)
I'll give you everything I have in my hand (oh oh whoa, oh oh whoa)
I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
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Fortnight
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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Great version of a great song,
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FYI - The shark story above is BS.
Lyric is "I'll give you ever thing I ever had" NOT everything in my hand dips**t!
i can not confirm if the above statement is true or false at this moment. i will report back on this next year.
@stoney6 The lyric is correct. Watch her lips in the video on YouTube. She doesn't say "everything I ever had" at all. It is definitely "have in my hand."
@stoney6 not only you are wrong, you are also rude for no apparent reason. i suggest have your ears checked and see a shrink about your attitude and anger management problem. Or smoke less perhaps...