Taylor Swift is no longer barking up the wrong trees.
After all, she’s found her forever with fiancé Travis Kelce. And in “Wood,” one of the 12 tracks off her new album The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor celebrates all elements of their romance—and we mean all.
The song begins innocently enough, with the Grammy winner recounting her streak of romantic bad luck—unlucky pennies, sidewalk cracks, black cats—before meeting Travis, a love she sings doesn’t require her to “knock on wood.”
But wood, of course, is a double entendre. And after the chorus, the lyrics take a turn.
“Forgive me, it sounds cocky / He ah-matized me and opened my eyes,” Taylor sings. “Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see / His love was the key that opened my thighs.”
And yes, Redwood tree likely means exactly what you think it does.
After all, just a few lines later Taylor notes, “The curse on me was broken by your magic wand,” adding in a reference to Travis and Jason Kelce’s podcast, “New Heights of manhood.”
In a more innocent allusion, Taylor also references her future with Travis (who proposed in August).
“Girls, I don’t need to catch the bouquet,” she sings, “To know a hard rock is on the way.”
Much of The Life of a Showgirl is an homage to her love with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, starting with the opening track “The Fate of Ophelia.”
“You dug me out of my grave and / Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia,” Taylor sings, essentially saying Travis saved her from the fate of Hamlet’s tragic heroine. “Keep it one hundred on the land, the sea, the sky / Pledge allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes / Don’t care where the hell you’ve been ’cause now you’re mine.”
And on “Honey,” she details Travis’ adorable nickname for her in as well as her hopes for a quiet, family-filled future with him in “Wi$h Li$t.”
Naturally, in true Taylor fashion, The Life of a Showgirl is sprinkled with Easter eggs throughout. For a complete round up, read on.
