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.
You like to sing the blues
I like to feel it
You listen to the news
but it's to rude for me
I try to close my eyes
but my heart is racing
chasing the places
I don't want to go
I try to slow down
Think about this situation
Your to young to have a *heart sacrifice attack
I know your lungs feel tiny for the air there breathing
They can do it, Come on
Look back
Look back
They haven't failed you for 24 years now
They haven't failed you ever before
They'll stretch as far as you will allow
Come on
breath deep
heading to the *door way
Don't be so serious
Don't panic
they like you just fine
Don't panic
I know it feels real
But it's all in your mind
Come on, tell your self
Don't
Panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic
They tried to give me
tiny pills in tiny bottles
I said no thanks,
I can do it on my own
Mother told me
Don't take sweets from strangers
But I think the rule applies
For chemicals
I wanna be free like the monks in the monasteries
I wanna be cool like the kids on tv
I wanna feel like the story in the book I'm reading
Doesn't have a thing at all to do with me
Doesn't have a thing at all to do with me
Don't be so serious
Don't panic
they like you just fine
Don't panic
I know it feels real
But it's all in your mind
Come on, tell your self
Don't
Panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic
Don't be so serious
Don't panic
they like you just fine
Don't panic
I know it feels real
But it's all in your mind
Come on, tell your self
Don't
Panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic
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Stars mean that the lyrics are likely wrong at that section
I like to feel it
You listen to the news
but it's to rude for me
I try to close my eyes
but my heart is racing
chasing the places
I don't want to go
I try to slow down
Think about this situation
Your to young to have a *heart sacrifice attack
I know your lungs feel tiny for the air there breathing
They can do it, Come on
Look back
Look back
They haven't failed you for 24 years now
They haven't failed you ever before
They'll stretch as far as you will allow
Come on
breath deep
heading to the *door way
Don't be so serious
Don't panic
they like you just fine
Don't panic
I know it feels real
But it's all in your mind
Come on, tell your self
Don't
Panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic
They tried to give me
tiny pills in tiny bottles
I said no thanks,
I can do it on my own
Mother told me
Don't take sweets from strangers
But I think the rule applies
For chemicals
I wanna be free like the monks in the monasteries
I wanna be cool like the kids on tv
I wanna feel like the story in the book I'm reading
Doesn't have a thing at all to do with me
Doesn't have a thing at all to do with me
Don't be so serious
Don't panic
they like you just fine
Don't panic
I know it feels real
But it's all in your mind
Come on, tell your self
Don't
Panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic
Don't be so serious
Don't panic
they like you just fine
Don't panic
I know it feels real
But it's all in your mind
Come on, tell your self
Don't
Panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic, panic
____________________________________________________________
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Lyrics submitted by liphttam1
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You like to sing the blues, I like to feel it You listen to the news but it’s too real for me I try to close my eyes, but my heart is racing Chasing me to places I don’t wanna go
I try to slow down, think about the situation You’re too young to have a heart attack, a heart attack I know your lungs feel heavy for the air they’re breathing But they can do it, come on, look back, look back
They haven’t failed you in 24 years now They haven’t failed you ever before They’ll stretch as wide as you will allow So come on, breath deep, head to the floor and
CHORUS: Don’t be so serious Don’t panic They like you just fine Don’t panic I know it feels real But it’s all in your mind So come on, tell yourself Don’t panic, panic, panic…
They tried to give me tiny pills in tiny bottles But I said, “No thanks, I can do it on my own” My mother told me, “Don’t take sweets from strangers” But I think the rule applies to chemicals
I wanna be free like the monks in the monastery I wanna be cool like the kids on TV I wanna feel like the story in the book I’m reading Doesn’t have a thing at all to do with me Doesn’t have a thing at all to do with me
CHORUS
Don’t be so serious Don’t be so serious
CHORUS