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.
In the air I flew
Through the clouds I fall
Through the country I've walked
In front of temples I've stood
Before the ocean I pray
And I said your name
In the air I flew
Through the clouds I fall
And all the things I've tried to say
Were never easy to explain
They were always meant for you
And all the memories that were made
For years and years
I've chased this day
They were always for you
Always for you
In the air I breath
Through the clouds I see
Through the cities I've walk
In the castles I dreamed
On the mountain I climb
When I call your name
In the air I flew
Through the clouds I've fell
And all the things I've tried to change
Were never easy to contain
They were always meant for you
(always for you)
And all the memories will never fade
For years and years
In my heart you'll stay
It was always for you
Always for you
Always for you
And all the pieces that remain
They will build a place for us to stay
They were always meant for you
(always for you)
And all the chances that we take
For years and years
We'll have this place
They were always for you
Always for you
Through the clouds I fall
Through the country I've walked
In front of temples I've stood
Before the ocean I pray
And I said your name
In the air I flew
Through the clouds I fall
And all the things I've tried to say
Were never easy to explain
They were always meant for you
And all the memories that were made
For years and years
I've chased this day
They were always for you
Always for you
In the air I breath
Through the clouds I see
Through the cities I've walk
In the castles I dreamed
On the mountain I climb
When I call your name
In the air I flew
Through the clouds I've fell
And all the things I've tried to change
Were never easy to contain
They were always meant for you
(always for you)
And all the memories will never fade
For years and years
In my heart you'll stay
It was always for you
Always for you
Always for you
And all the pieces that remain
They will build a place for us to stay
They were always meant for you
(always for you)
And all the chances that we take
For years and years
We'll have this place
They were always for you
Always for you
Lyrics submitted by sean7711
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Great version of a great song,
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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it's how those you love never leave you and how everything reminds you of them...amazing
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Some people want long lasting monogamous relationships some people want other things. Well I've always wanted one but I never felt so dedicated to someone as I am currently. This song, to me, is like all of my experiences, all of the conscious changes I've made in my life, my memories, my decisions, my travels, they've all lead up to this, my biggest goal... relationship permanance. I've met someone to share the rest of my life with, to share my experience with... to combine my consciousness with her, because everything is for her, for us. All the pieces that exist now will always be the building blocks for tomorrow, and all the chances that we take (like moving to a new state for graduate school) we will always have this place. That place is us, our shared experience, our combined consciousness.
@ryazbeck It's been 10 years since this comment and now I find myself wondering how that relationship turned out to be.
i'm so in love with this song.
these lyrics are really powerful. really make you think about how much that one person means to you.
i think the song is pretty self-explainatory. the new album is gold. the album leaf just gets better and better with each album they bring out.
a great song. from watching the video, the story shows me that a man loses his wife/girlfriend... a plane accident is my interpretation. They are seen in seperate frames walking to same places, but she is a "ghost" and he is recapturing all the memories from these random places. He lost her but she seems dead to me, not just a breakup. Sad video. Sad song.
this song = bliss
this song is my WORLD right now. album leaf=love.
i love how literal the words are. this is honestly my favorite song of all time. the video is brilliant as well. and if you get a chance to see jimmy lavalle live, GO. everyone stands there in awe. its amazing.
I don't really think she is dead, I feel it more like a broke up. To me it's like how you can completely dedicate yourself to someone, but in the end things are unpredictable. The video to me shows the same, and also tells how keep on doing the same stuff you enjoyed doing with your lover, but you are no longer together, and everything just taste different from before.