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.
Now and then I pace my place
I can't retrace how I got here
I cheat and lie to check my fates
It's slightly harder than last year
Then all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won't be
'Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
And it's such a waste to grow up lonely
I still have dreams, they're not the same
They don't fly as high as they used to
I saw my friend, he's in my head
And he said, "You don't remember me, do you?"
Then all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won't be
'Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
And it's such a waste to grow up lonely
I still got time, I still got faith
I call on both of my brothers
I got a mom, I got a dad
But they do not have each other
So line on up, take your place
And show your face to the morning
'Cause one of these days you'll be born and raised
And it all comes on without warning
I can't retrace how I got here
I cheat and lie to check my fates
It's slightly harder than last year
Then all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won't be
'Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
And it's such a waste to grow up lonely
I still have dreams, they're not the same
They don't fly as high as they used to
I saw my friend, he's in my head
And he said, "You don't remember me, do you?"
Then all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won't be
'Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
And it's such a waste to grow up lonely
I still got time, I still got faith
I call on both of my brothers
I got a mom, I got a dad
But they do not have each other
So line on up, take your place
And show your face to the morning
'Cause one of these days you'll be born and raised
And it all comes on without warning
Lyrics submitted by brian, edited by BobTheRhino, bernafuve
Born and Raised Lyrics as written by John Mayer
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These lyrics are the ones for the original 'Born and Raised'. The lyrics for the reprise, as best as I can work out, are as follows:
Born and raised Like SOMETHING streets of grey
I was brought up on brighter days It's good to (sit down?), born and raised
Born and raised In half the time, I'll be twice my age Better learn how to turn the page 'Cause time is strange when you're born and raised
Born and raised Like SOMETHING streets of grey I was brought up on brighter days It's nice to (sit?), now I'm born and raised Now I'm born and raised Now I'm born and raised
The lyric could be; "It's good to say, now I'm born and raised"
I think the whole first verse is;<br /> "Born and raised <br /> Locks of brown and streaks of grey<br /> I was brought up in brighter days<br /> It's good to say, now I'm born and raised"
Yeah, I think you're right. Thanks. So now I reckon that the whole songs lyrics are:<br /> <br /> Born and raised<br /> Locks of brown and streaks of grey<br /> I was brought up in brighter days<br /> It's good to say, now I'm born and raised<br /> <br /> Born and raised<br /> In half the time, I'll be twice my age<br /> Better learn how to turn the page<br /> 'Cause time is strange when you're born and raised<br /> <br /> Born and raised<br /> Locks of brown and streaks of grey<br /> I was brought up in brighter days<br /> It's nice to say, now I'm born and raised<br /> Now I'm born and raised<br /> Now I'm born and raised