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.
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
They say he struggled they say he fell
Well I say he found himself black in a pig cell
They say he struggled they say he fell
I say he found himself black in a pig cell
They say he struggled they say he fell
Well I say he found himself black in a pig cell
They say he struggled they say he fell
Well I say he found himself black in a pig cell
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Kill it rape it rob it take it
Build it break it move it shake it
Bigger better brighter faster
Tickets for the ever after
Burn it bomb it carpet bomb it
Wake up want always on it
Start it stop it fuck 'em drop it
Pass the popcorn shut the fuck up
Pop it chop it snort it sorted
Can't escape it some abort it
Wear it hide it chance it ride it
Live it write it shit exploit it
Love it hate it take it leave it
Try it buy it want it be it
Suck it fuck it say it mean it
Close your eyes and never see it
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Love it hate it take it leave it
Try it buy it want it be it
Suck it fuck it say it mean it
Close your eyes and never see it
Love it hate it take it leave it
Try it buy it want it be it
Suck it fuck it say it mean it
Close your eyes and never see it
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
They say he struggled they say he fell
Well I say he found himself black in a pig cell
They say he struggled they say he fell
I say he found himself black in a pig cell
They say he struggled they say he fell
Well I say he found himself black in a pig cell
They say he struggled they say he fell
Well I say he found himself black in a pig cell
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Kill it rape it rob it take it
Build it break it move it shake it
Bigger better brighter faster
Tickets for the ever after
Burn it bomb it carpet bomb it
Wake up want always on it
Start it stop it fuck 'em drop it
Pass the popcorn shut the fuck up
Pop it chop it snort it sorted
Can't escape it some abort it
Wear it hide it chance it ride it
Live it write it shit exploit it
Love it hate it take it leave it
Try it buy it want it be it
Suck it fuck it say it mean it
Close your eyes and never see it
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Never know what life is gonna throw at you
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Based on a true story!
Never know what life is gonna throw at you!
Love it hate it take it leave it
Try it buy it want it be it
Suck it fuck it say it mean it
Close your eyes and never see it
Love it hate it take it leave it
Try it buy it want it be it
Suck it fuck it say it mean it
Close your eyes and never see it
Lyrics submitted by Psychedeliasmith
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not to sure what this is about, but the cicle pits when they play it live are amazing!
I'm not sure what its about either but ONE MINUTE SILENCE is the best!! They need to get more airplay, because they are great, more bands like them need to be heard! lets get some underground rock bands some radio time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song is about police brutality in cases like that of Jimmy Dennis. he is in a prison for a crime that he did not commit, and he is black in a Ku Klux Klan run prison.
when is the new album coming out... can't wait
i reckon bout september. OMS pits are the best. :) they're one of the only bands that i have to see if they're playing near me. most bands i could say "i'll just w8 till next time" but with OMS its a complete necessity
i'M SEEING THEM TONIGHT :>, great song, they better play some old stuff