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.
I can't make it if we can't take this across the line
Across the line
There's an old rusted myth, get freed from the grip of a common mind
Of the common mind
Nobody knows exactly what color your eyes...
Nobody knows exactly where you will run to
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Stumbled by chance
That dangerous dance
When you walk the line
When you walk the line
Trip to the sun
Proverbial run to the golden life
To the golden life
Where nobody knows exactly what color your eyes are...
And nobody knows exactly where you will run to
You will run to
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Don't cast me out yet
Don't deal me out again
I'm just a simple kid with a simple life trying to get out
Don't cast me out yet
Don't deal me out again
I'm just a simple kid with a simple life trying to get out
Trying to get out
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Across the line
There's an old rusted myth, get freed from the grip of a common mind
Of the common mind
Nobody knows exactly what color your eyes...
Nobody knows exactly where you will run to
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Stumbled by chance
That dangerous dance
When you walk the line
When you walk the line
Trip to the sun
Proverbial run to the golden life
To the golden life
Where nobody knows exactly what color your eyes are...
And nobody knows exactly where you will run to
You will run to
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Don't cast me out yet
Don't deal me out again
I'm just a simple kid with a simple life trying to get out
Don't cast me out yet
Don't deal me out again
I'm just a simple kid with a simple life trying to get out
Trying to get out
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Welcome to the island
No matter what you're hiding
Welcome to the island
It sets you free
On the island
Let your secrets sleep
Lyrics submitted by ughjonnjonzz
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