Not the song she intended to create.
Taylor Swift fans are on cloud nine since the release of The Life Of A Showgirl. While most Swifties are enjoying the free-spirited songs on the album, which highlight Taylor Swift’s affection for Travis Kelce, others are not sharing the same sentiment and are criticizing the album’s lyrics for being juvenile.
I’m not a Swiftie by any means; however, I can see the lack of lyrical depth that some are complaining about. But on the latter, I can also bop to many of these songs and see how they are whimsically charming.
However, one song that has captured the nation by storm, Swifitie or not, is the ninth track on the album “Wood.” After The Life Of A Showgirl’s release, fans were quick to clock the song, which seems to be an ode to Travis Kelce’s bedroom game and his manhood.
“Wood” is, without a doubt, Taylor Swift’s most raunchy song to date. The song has a cheeky double entendre meaning, with Swift opening the song by discussing how superstitious she was about Travis Kelce being her endgame, given her tumultuous relationship history. She’s knocking on “Wood” that this relationship will last, and of course, it does, given that Travis Kelce got on one knee earlier this year, making the pair fiancés.
“And baby, I’ll admit I’ve been a little superstitious (Superstitious)
Fingers crossed until you put your hand on mine (Ah)
Seems to be that you and me, we make our own luck
A bad sign is all good
I ain’t gotta knock on wood”
Sounds innocent enough, right? However, the song that initially seems like a cute tune about knocking on wood for good luck takes a 180-degree turn, delving into their life behind closed doors (if you know what I mean).
I mean, take a look at these lyrics:
“Forgive me, it sounds cocky
He ah-matized me and opened my еyes
Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see
His love was thе key that opened my thighs
Girls, I don’t need to catch the bouquet, mm
To know a hard rock is on the way
And baby, I’ll admit I’ve been a little superstitious (Superstitious)
The curse on me was broken by your magic wand (Ah)
Seems to be that you and me, we make our own luck
New Heights (New Heights) of manhood (Manhood)
I ain’t gotta knock on wood”
To say the Swifties were unwell with this one is an understatement.
Last night, Swift appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon! and the late-night host would be remiss not to bring up this steamy track from the record. During one portion of the interview, Fallon and Swift break down a few songs from the album, and “Wood” was one of those songs.
Fallon could have outright asked Swift if the song was about what we are all thinking. But instead, he let her lead the conversation to that answer, with her sharing her intention was not to write a song about her fiancé’s dong… it just ended up being that.
“So I brought this into the studio and I was like, ‘I want to do, sort of like… I want to, like, do a throwback, kind of timeless-sounding song.’ And I have this idea of like ‘And I ain’t gotta knock on wood,’ and we knock on wood. And it would be all these superstitions.
It really started out in a very innocent place. You know, it started out like… I don’t know what happened, man. I got in there, we started vibing, and I don’t know… I don’t know how we got here. But I love the song so much.”
HA. I mean, at least she’s honest…
@fallontonight @Taylor Swift’s “Wood” started from an “innocent place” 😂 #FallonTonight #TonightShow #TaylorSwift #TaylorOnFallon #TSTheLifeofaShowgirl ♬ original sound – FallonTonight
“Wood” might be a little steamier than Taylor Swift’s existing love songs, but hey, at least it shows how in love she is with the Kansas City Chiefs’ star.
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