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.
and your face is turning hard
through the winter
there's nails in our feet
hide her
don't break her
and we'll hide her
and we'll leave
and her blood is never spilled
after dinner
there's wine on our breath
we'll hide her
don't wake her
and we'll hide her
and we'll leave
you're the grandson's
you're the grandson's toy
in the corner
don't tell anyone else
you were seen
in the cherry tree
look what you have done
'cause you're a handsome
just a clever boy
on the border
don't tell anyone else
and you were seen
near the hollow tree
look what you have done
you're all on your own
'cause you said you failed to care
there's a message in the card
in your favour
and we're grinding our teeth
hide her
don't wake her
and we'll hide her
and we'll leave
you're the grandson's
just a grandson's toy
in the corner
don't tell anyone else
that you were seen
in the cherry tree
look what you have done
'cause you're a handsome
just a clever boy
on the border
don't tell anyone else
and you were seen
near the hollow tree
look what you have done
you're all on your own
'cause you said you failed to care
don't leave your morals there
and you said you failed to care
do you fall
when we dragged her along
you will never know Thursday's gone
I called you every name from her son
did you fall
'cause you said you failed to share
do you fall
when we dragged her along
you will never know Thursday's gone
I called you every name from her son
did you fall
'cause you said you failed to care
through the winter
there's nails in our feet
hide her
don't break her
and we'll hide her
and we'll leave
and her blood is never spilled
after dinner
there's wine on our breath
we'll hide her
don't wake her
and we'll hide her
and we'll leave
you're the grandson's
you're the grandson's toy
in the corner
don't tell anyone else
you were seen
in the cherry tree
look what you have done
'cause you're a handsome
just a clever boy
on the border
don't tell anyone else
and you were seen
near the hollow tree
look what you have done
you're all on your own
'cause you said you failed to care
there's a message in the card
in your favour
and we're grinding our teeth
hide her
don't wake her
and we'll hide her
and we'll leave
you're the grandson's
just a grandson's toy
in the corner
don't tell anyone else
that you were seen
in the cherry tree
look what you have done
'cause you're a handsome
just a clever boy
on the border
don't tell anyone else
and you were seen
near the hollow tree
look what you have done
you're all on your own
'cause you said you failed to care
don't leave your morals there
and you said you failed to care
do you fall
when we dragged her along
you will never know Thursday's gone
I called you every name from her son
did you fall
'cause you said you failed to share
do you fall
when we dragged her along
you will never know Thursday's gone
I called you every name from her son
did you fall
'cause you said you failed to care
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Fortnight
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
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Led Zeppelin
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
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Magical
Ed Sheeran
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Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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This really, really sounds like a song about being trans to me, specifically about being a trans woman or maybe genderfluid - your social identity is as a boy, and you feel like people love you because of that identity, but internally, there's a girl that you feel like you have to keep secret, but you also don't want to hurt her or get rid of her because she's also you. So you're conflicted because if you come out, you're getting rid of this male identity that you don't necessarily hate, but that does hurt, and you can't take it back if you do come out. You know you'd risk losing the love your family feels for you, and the social identity that you're accepted for, and that there would be shame and consequences if you came out. But staying closeted is deeply painful, so you're "on the border" or on the fence about whether to come out, all while continuing to deny it if anyone sees her.