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.
On Thursday night she looked a fright
Her pricky hair all curled, oh what a sight
Dance, dance, little sister, dance
On Friday night, she all decked out
Her high heel shoes, her dress so tight
Dance, dance little sister, dance
On Saturday night she bass-a-dee
She stepping high on Frederick's Street
Dance, dance, little sister, dance
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
It make me hot, I wet with sweat
It burn like hell, I've four hours left
Dance, dance little sister, dance
Get next to me, drive me close
Don't mammaguay, I lose control
Dance, dance with fire, dance
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
Ah, jump out of Africa
With a step that looks so bold
Ah, when you're kickin' high
It make my blood run cold
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sisters, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
On Saturday night we don't go home
We bacchanal, ain't no dawn
Dance, little sister, dance
I said, "Dance, dance little sister
Dance little sister
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister
Dance little sister
Dance little sister, dance"
Her pricky hair all curled, oh what a sight
Dance, dance, little sister, dance
On Friday night, she all decked out
Her high heel shoes, her dress so tight
Dance, dance little sister, dance
On Saturday night she bass-a-dee
She stepping high on Frederick's Street
Dance, dance, little sister, dance
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
It make me hot, I wet with sweat
It burn like hell, I've four hours left
Dance, dance little sister, dance
Get next to me, drive me close
Don't mammaguay, I lose control
Dance, dance with fire, dance
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
Ah, jump out of Africa
With a step that looks so bold
Ah, when you're kickin' high
It make my blood run cold
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sisters, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance
Dance little sister, dance"
On Saturday night we don't go home
We bacchanal, ain't no dawn
Dance, little sister, dance
I said, "Dance, dance little sister
Dance little sister
Dance little sister, dance"
I said, "Dance, dance little sister
Dance little sister
Dance little sister, dance"
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Dance Little Sister Lyrics as written by Mick Jagger Keith Richards
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This is a good song. Gets a little repeatative towards the end but I still think it's pretty kickass.
No explanation is needed for this song. It's one good rockin number.