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.
Laying by my precious
Not long ago
Hiding behind the shadows
Of your broken soul
Why is it always you want something you can never have?
Why do you try to tempt me?
How could you be this way
Your throat, I take grasp
(Can you feel the pain?)
Then your eyes roll back
(Can you feel the pain?)
Love racing through my veins
(Can't you feel the pain?)
Your heart stops beating
(Can't you feel the pain)
Black orgasms
(Can't you feel the pain)
I guess your lifeless, dead
There you are my precious
With your broken soul
Rubb my crotch, lay dead
Taking control
Why is it always
You fuck up something you have always had
Why'd you try to tempt me
How could you be so cold?
Your throat, I take grasp
(Can you feel the pain?)
Then your eyes roll back
(Can you feel the pain?)
Love racing through my veins
(Can't you feel the pain?)
Your heart stops beating
(Can't you feel the pain)
Black orgasms
(Can't you feel the pain)
I guess your lifeless, dead
Here I am, just a man
Feeling the pain, gives me life
Relieving yours, is my plan
I'd do anything just to see through your eyes
Just to see through your eyes
I hate you, Can't you feel the pain?
I hate you, can't you feel the pain?
I hate you, can't you feel the pain?
I hate you!
Your throat, I take grasp
(Can you feel the pain?)
Then your eyes roll back
(Can you feel the pain?)
Love racing through my veins
(Can't you feel the pain?)
Your heart stops beating
(Can't you feel the pain)
Black orgasms
(Can't you feel the pain)
I kiss your lifeless skin
(Can't you feel the pain)
Not long ago
Hiding behind the shadows
Of your broken soul
Why is it always you want something you can never have?
Why do you try to tempt me?
How could you be this way
Your throat, I take grasp
(Can you feel the pain?)
Then your eyes roll back
(Can you feel the pain?)
Love racing through my veins
(Can't you feel the pain?)
Your heart stops beating
(Can't you feel the pain)
Black orgasms
(Can't you feel the pain)
I guess your lifeless, dead
There you are my precious
With your broken soul
Rubb my crotch, lay dead
Taking control
Why is it always
You fuck up something you have always had
Why'd you try to tempt me
How could you be so cold?
Your throat, I take grasp
(Can you feel the pain?)
Then your eyes roll back
(Can you feel the pain?)
Love racing through my veins
(Can't you feel the pain?)
Your heart stops beating
(Can't you feel the pain)
Black orgasms
(Can't you feel the pain)
I guess your lifeless, dead
Here I am, just a man
Feeling the pain, gives me life
Relieving yours, is my plan
I'd do anything just to see through your eyes
Just to see through your eyes
I hate you, Can't you feel the pain?
I hate you, can't you feel the pain?
I hate you, can't you feel the pain?
I hate you!
Your throat, I take grasp
(Can you feel the pain?)
Then your eyes roll back
(Can you feel the pain?)
Love racing through my veins
(Can't you feel the pain?)
Your heart stops beating
(Can't you feel the pain)
Black orgasms
(Can't you feel the pain)
I kiss your lifeless skin
(Can't you feel the pain)
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Great version of a great song,
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I remember when this album came out, I was 17. I got the cd one night, smoked a fat joint and this song came on and it was like a good ol fashioned tripped out song that I was hypnotized to, I know this is about song meanings but fuck that, my corny ass at 17 was truly hypnotized to this song as I drove home and I loved Korn, but about 2 yrs later they became a joke and I realized how pathetic I was for being so enamored with such a song, although I kinda still love it hahaha