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.
How fast does the time go?
How high does the wind blow?
You don't know, do you ain't paid attention?
You can't think, can you increase the tension?
And you're running out to hide, 'cause you
A problem child, you ain't got any sense
A problem child, you can't find no defense
'Cause even though your heart is full of problems
Nobody sees them, no one sees them, baby, but you and me
Ooh, yeah, baby, but you and me
How much does your life mean?
How dumb do the birds seem?
Flying round, aimlessly in circles
Just like you, playing with your sad curls
And tears rollin' down your face, 'cause you
A problem child, you ain't got any sense
A problem child, you can't find no defense
'Cause even though your heart is full of problems
Nobody sees them, no one sees them, baby, but you and me
Ooh, yeah, baby, but you and me
Everything you try to do gets in somebody's way
Like a part that just don't work, you're useless so they say
Everything you wear don't fit, your dreams are made of gray
Stay with them and hope they'll turn to something, someday
Don't get wild they've only got you filed down as a problem child
A problem child, you ain't got any sense
A problem child, you can't find no defense
'Cause even though your heart is full of problems
Nobody sees them, no one sees them, baby, but you and me
Ooh, yeah, baby, but you and me
Just like me and you
How high does the wind blow?
You don't know, do you ain't paid attention?
You can't think, can you increase the tension?
And you're running out to hide, 'cause you
A problem child, you ain't got any sense
A problem child, you can't find no defense
'Cause even though your heart is full of problems
Nobody sees them, no one sees them, baby, but you and me
Ooh, yeah, baby, but you and me
How much does your life mean?
How dumb do the birds seem?
Flying round, aimlessly in circles
Just like you, playing with your sad curls
And tears rollin' down your face, 'cause you
A problem child, you ain't got any sense
A problem child, you can't find no defense
'Cause even though your heart is full of problems
Nobody sees them, no one sees them, baby, but you and me
Ooh, yeah, baby, but you and me
Everything you try to do gets in somebody's way
Like a part that just don't work, you're useless so they say
Everything you wear don't fit, your dreams are made of gray
Stay with them and hope they'll turn to something, someday
Don't get wild they've only got you filed down as a problem child
A problem child, you ain't got any sense
A problem child, you can't find no defense
'Cause even though your heart is full of problems
Nobody sees them, no one sees them, baby, but you and me
Ooh, yeah, baby, but you and me
Just like me and you
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Problem Child Lyrics as written by Graham Thomas Parker
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