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.
Do you believe in happy endings
Or the mending of human hearts
Oh, I believe in both I'm certain
Because these curtains are state of the art
If you'd occasionally happen to spy on me
You'd think I'm having one sided conversations
But I hear him talking back
You'd think I may even lack some sanity
But maybe I can't let go
So I'll say I finally wrote your song at last
Sorry that this one came out so sad
Every tear I had was shed for the man
That gave me a better sense of life and meaning
To motivate there's no short cuts to success
I'll wait for his guiding hands.
My guardian angel until the very end
I see a cold seat on your couch
Where I remember
That just four years ago around December
You sat me down and held me next to you so close
How I long for things to be restored
To back when times weren't quite this hard
And record that song you sang to me
Never rang so loud before
Oh, what I'd give for just another hug from you
You may be gone, but love will never die
So I say
So I'll say I finally wrote your song at last
Sorry that this one came out so sad
Every tear I had was shed for the man
That gave me a better sense of life and meaning
To motivate "there's no short cuts to success"
I'll wait for his guiding hands.
My guardian angel until the very end
Tears can't run dry
When I start to cry
When I hear people speak of how you'd be so proud of me
And how I hope this song will reach your ears
About some of my darkest fears
I once was gone but now it's clear
Where I go I know that you'll be near
So I'll say I finally wrote your song at last
Sorry that this one came out so sad
Every tear I had was shed for the man
That gave me a better sense of life and meaning
To motivate "there's no short cuts to success"
I'll wait for his guiding hands.
My guardian angel until the very end
Oh, until the very end
My guardian angel until the very end
My guardian angel until the very end
Or the mending of human hearts
Oh, I believe in both I'm certain
Because these curtains are state of the art
If you'd occasionally happen to spy on me
You'd think I'm having one sided conversations
But I hear him talking back
You'd think I may even lack some sanity
But maybe I can't let go
So I'll say I finally wrote your song at last
Sorry that this one came out so sad
Every tear I had was shed for the man
That gave me a better sense of life and meaning
To motivate there's no short cuts to success
I'll wait for his guiding hands.
My guardian angel until the very end
I see a cold seat on your couch
Where I remember
That just four years ago around December
You sat me down and held me next to you so close
How I long for things to be restored
To back when times weren't quite this hard
And record that song you sang to me
Never rang so loud before
Oh, what I'd give for just another hug from you
You may be gone, but love will never die
So I say
So I'll say I finally wrote your song at last
Sorry that this one came out so sad
Every tear I had was shed for the man
That gave me a better sense of life and meaning
To motivate "there's no short cuts to success"
I'll wait for his guiding hands.
My guardian angel until the very end
Tears can't run dry
When I start to cry
When I hear people speak of how you'd be so proud of me
And how I hope this song will reach your ears
About some of my darkest fears
I once was gone but now it's clear
Where I go I know that you'll be near
So I'll say I finally wrote your song at last
Sorry that this one came out so sad
Every tear I had was shed for the man
That gave me a better sense of life and meaning
To motivate "there's no short cuts to success"
I'll wait for his guiding hands.
My guardian angel until the very end
Oh, until the very end
My guardian angel until the very end
My guardian angel until the very end
Lyrics submitted by cheesyeggs29
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