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.
We carried on, unnoticed
Thinking that all dreams were ours for the taking
And out of that, we found ourselves back at the start of it all
So scarred incomplete
Only now, I've come to this moment in my life
Fitting pieces to a puzzle, with no regrets
But if I had just one chance left
I'd hold onto her close with, what little confidence I have
And make no mistakes, as your life's surely about to change
For the better half
Now on your mark, get set, clock starts to count
'Cause boy, everything's about to go down
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, just you know
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
Oh, I've had my share of leaving this retreat
But never did it once feel anything like you, you see
And if there's one good thing that comes from my away
It's that you won't be anything like me
Oh, and so better for it, you will be
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, just you know
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, just you know
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, 'cause when your daddy goes off
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
There's no running away from what's been done here
Would you sink with the ship, or will you burn it down?
Now give us the man that you've been hiding
'Cause this is your, this is your life, this is your life now
There's no running away from what's been done here
Would you sink with the ship, or will you burn it down?
Now give us the man that you've been hiding
'Cause this is your, this is your life, this is your life now
This is your life now, this is your
This is, this, this is, this is your life now
Thinking that all dreams were ours for the taking
And out of that, we found ourselves back at the start of it all
So scarred incomplete
Only now, I've come to this moment in my life
Fitting pieces to a puzzle, with no regrets
But if I had just one chance left
I'd hold onto her close with, what little confidence I have
And make no mistakes, as your life's surely about to change
For the better half
Now on your mark, get set, clock starts to count
'Cause boy, everything's about to go down
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, just you know
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
Oh, I've had my share of leaving this retreat
But never did it once feel anything like you, you see
And if there's one good thing that comes from my away
It's that you won't be anything like me
Oh, and so better for it, you will be
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, just you know
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
The love that's guiding him home
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, just you know
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
So sleep tight, little Atlas
'Cause when your daddy goes off, 'cause when your daddy goes off
That you're the weight of his anchor
The love that is guiding him home
There's no running away from what's been done here
Would you sink with the ship, or will you burn it down?
Now give us the man that you've been hiding
'Cause this is your, this is your life, this is your life now
There's no running away from what's been done here
Would you sink with the ship, or will you burn it down?
Now give us the man that you've been hiding
'Cause this is your, this is your life, this is your life now
This is your life now, this is your
This is, this, this is, this is your life now
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Atlas Lyrics as written by Claudio Sanchez
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