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.
Been trying to get to heaven,
since she was eleven.
The girl with yellow hair who said she never really wanted to
go to school, go to school.
The girl with yellow hair,
who said she never really wanted to
go to school, go to school…
break the rules.
Been trying to get to heaven
(trying to get to heaven)
since she was eleven
(since she was eleven)
the girl with yellow hair who stayed in bed
and never wanted to go to work
go to work.
The girl with yellow hair who stayed in bed
and never needed to go to church
go to church,
wont go to church.
She’s the one who can save my soul,
Oh she can destroy it
she’s the girl who can help the world, but she just ignores it.
Been trying to get to heaven,
(Trying to get to heaven)
since she was eleven.
(Since she was eleven)
Been trying to get to heaven,
(trying to get to heaven)
since she was eleven.
(since she was eleven)
The girl with yellow hair who said
she never really wanted to
go to school, go to school.
The girl with yellow hair who stayed in bed
and never wanted to go to work
go to the church.
The girl with yellow hair, who said she never really wanted to get out of bed and get dressed to go to school.
since she was eleven.
The girl with yellow hair who said she never really wanted to
go to school, go to school.
The girl with yellow hair,
who said she never really wanted to
go to school, go to school…
break the rules.
Been trying to get to heaven
(trying to get to heaven)
since she was eleven
(since she was eleven)
the girl with yellow hair who stayed in bed
and never wanted to go to work
go to work.
The girl with yellow hair who stayed in bed
and never needed to go to church
go to church,
wont go to church.
She’s the one who can save my soul,
Oh she can destroy it
she’s the girl who can help the world, but she just ignores it.
Been trying to get to heaven,
(Trying to get to heaven)
since she was eleven.
(Since she was eleven)
Been trying to get to heaven,
(trying to get to heaven)
since she was eleven.
(since she was eleven)
The girl with yellow hair who said
she never really wanted to
go to school, go to school.
The girl with yellow hair who stayed in bed
and never wanted to go to work
go to the church.
The girl with yellow hair, who said she never really wanted to get out of bed and get dressed to go to school.
Lyrics submitted by GoreWhore
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i dno wat it means. but it made me laugh how they rhymed heaven with eleven.
Well.To Me It Says Pre-Teen Rebellion. Yellow Hair. Never Wanted To Go Church/School/Work. Trying To Get To heaven..Suicide? But Oh Well..Its A Good Song.
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