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.
Tell me what you need and I will find a way to stop the bleeding;
No, don't add to my mistakes.
Tell me you're not leaving
and I'll tell you everything you need to know.
Don't throw it all away, don't say my words are just too late.
I don't want to be left behind,
I've been so blind to all that I have broken.
Can we put this back together?
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time,
can you give me one last chance to make it right?
You say the story's ending but I think it's time we stop pretending;
No, can't let you turn the page.
Does your heart remember when we used to say forever, don't let go.
Don't throw it all away; don't say these words are just too late.
I don't want to be left behind,
I've been so blind to all that I have broken.
Can we put this back together?
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time, can we put the past behind us,
Tonight I'm gonna fight for you;
just give me one last chance to make it right,
Last chance to make it right.
I don't want to be left behind,
I've been so blind to all that I have broken.
Can we put this back together?
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time,
can you give me one last chance to make it right?
Give me one last chance to make it right,
A last chance to make it right
A last chance to make it right
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time,
can you give me one last chance to make it right?
No, don't add to my mistakes.
Tell me you're not leaving
and I'll tell you everything you need to know.
Don't throw it all away, don't say my words are just too late.
I don't want to be left behind,
I've been so blind to all that I have broken.
Can we put this back together?
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time,
can you give me one last chance to make it right?
You say the story's ending but I think it's time we stop pretending;
No, can't let you turn the page.
Does your heart remember when we used to say forever, don't let go.
Don't throw it all away; don't say these words are just too late.
I don't want to be left behind,
I've been so blind to all that I have broken.
Can we put this back together?
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time, can we put the past behind us,
Tonight I'm gonna fight for you;
just give me one last chance to make it right,
Last chance to make it right.
I don't want to be left behind,
I've been so blind to all that I have broken.
Can we put this back together?
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time,
can you give me one last chance to make it right?
Give me one last chance to make it right,
A last chance to make it right
A last chance to make it right
No more empty promises, they don't exist; just me out in the open.
I know this will take time,
can you give me one last chance to make it right?
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong, edited by 19pjohns
One Last Chance Lyrics as written by Chris Daughtry Mitch Allan
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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anyway, i think this song is about a relationship then was lost do to someone's blindness and stupid being. he didn't see it then but he realizes now that he has been hurting her all along.
"I've been so blind To all that I have broken"
and now, hes begging her for one more run at this...but she cant find it in her heart to believe it will work. even tho he knows things will change.
"Can we put the past behind us Tonight I wanna fight for you Just give me one last chance to make it right Last chance to make it right"
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its just the guy asking for another chance after he screwed up! he just asking for her to give him another chance without fighting. because he loves her and he knows he screwed up big time. amazing song!
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I haven't heard this song so I think I'll go look for it... It's not on either of the CDs that I have. :)