Taylor Swift Swoons Over Travis Kelce on New Songs From “The Tortured Poets Department”

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Taylor Swift didn’t hold back on addressing her blossoming romance with Travis Kelce on The Tortured Poets Department.

Several tracks on her 11th studio album, which came out today, appear to include clear references to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, whom she started dating last fall.

The most obvious example is on track 15, “The Alchemy,” in which she sings about experiencing a romantic connection that “happens once every few lifetimes.” Football and sports references are a motif throughout the lyrics: “touch down,” “cut ’em from the team,” “warm the benches,” “winning streak.” In the bridge, she sings of a celebratory moment that could easily describe the PDA-filled moments she spent with Kelce after his team’s Super Bowl victory this February: “Shirts off, and your friends lift you up, over their heads / Beer stickin’ to the floor, cheers chanted ’cause they said / There was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league / Where’s the trophy? He just comes, running over to me.”

“So High School,” a bonus track about going all-in with a new lover who makes you feel as giddy and exhilarated as a teenager, appears to be another ode to the early stages of her relationship with Kelce. Besides the title’s tongue-in-cheek allusion to the public’s crowning of Swift and Kelce as America’s new power couple—like a high school’s queen bee dating the quarterback—Swift makes a direct reference to Kelce's occupation in the first lines of the bridge: “Truth, dare, spin bottles / You know how to ball, I know Aristotle / Brand new, full throttle.” She also alludes to Kelce chasing her, a pursuit that played out publicly after he revealed on his New Heights podcast that he wanted to hand her his number at an Eras Tour concert. Swift sings: “You knew what you wanted / And, boy, you got her.”

Listen to both songs and read the full lyrics below.

”The Alchemy“

This happens once every few lifetimes
These chemicals hit me like white wine
What if I told you I’m back?
The hospital was a drag
Worst sleep that I ever had
I circled you on a map
I haven’t come around in so long
But I’m coming back so strong

So when I touch down
Call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team
Ditch the clowns, get the crown
Baby, I’m the one to be
’Cause the sign on your heart
Said it’s still reserved for me
Honestly, who are we to fight thе alchemy?

Hey, you, what if I told you we’rе cool?
That child’s play back in school
Is forgiven under my rule
I haven’t come around in so long
But I’m making a comeback to where I belong

So when I touch down
Call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team
Ditch the clowns, get the crown
Baby, I’m the one to be
’Cause the sign on your heart
Said it’s still reserved for me
Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?

These blokes warm the benches
We’ve been on a winning streak
He jokes that “It’s heroin, but this time with an E”
’Cause the sign on your heart
Said it’s still reserved for me
Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?

Shirts off, and your friends lift you up, over their heads
Beer stickin’ to the floor, cheers chanted ’cause they said
There was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league
Where’s the trophy? He just comes, running over to me

Touch down
Call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team
Ditch the clowns, get the crown
Baby, I’m the one to be
’Cause the sign on your heart
Said it’s still reserved for me
Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?

These blokes warm the benches
We’ve been on a winning streak
He jokes that “It’s heroin, but this time with an E”
’Cause the sign on your heart
Said it’s still reserved for me
Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?

This happens once every few lifetimes
These chemicals hit me like white wine

“So High School”

I feel so high school every time I look at you
I wanna find you in a crowd just to hide from you

And in a blink of a crinkling eye
I'm sinking, our fingers entwined
Cheeks pink in the twinkling lights
Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me
I'll drink what you think and I'm high
From smoking your jokes all damn night
The brink of a wrinkle in time
Been a sweet 16 suddenly

I'm watching American Pie with you on a Saturday night
Your friends are around, so be quiet
I'm trying to stifle my sighs
'Cause I feel so high school every time I look at you, but look at you
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba

Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me (Kill me)
It's just a game, but really (Really)
I'm bettin' on all three for us two (All three)
Get my car door, isn't that sweet? (That sweet)
Then pull me to the backsеat (Backseat)
No one's evеr had me (Had me), not like you

Truth, dare, spin bottles
You know how to ball, I know Aristotle
Brand new, full throttle
Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto
It's true, swear, scouts honor
You knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got her
Brand new, full throttle
You already know, babe

I feel like laughing in the middle of practice
To that impression you did of your dad again
I'm hearing voices like a madman

And in a blink of a crinkling eye
I'm sinking, our fingers entwined
Cheeks pink in the twinkling lights
Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me
I'll drink what you think and I'm high
From smoking your jokes all damn night
The brink of a wrinkle in time
Been a sweet 16 suddenly

I'm watching American Pie with you on a Saturday night
Your friends are around, so be quiet
I'm trying to stifle my sighs
'Cause I feel so high school (So high school) every time I look at you, but look at you

Truth, dare, spin bottles
You know how to ball, I know Aristotle
Brand new, full throttle
Teach me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto
It's true, swear, scouts honor
You knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got her
Brand new, full throttle
You already know, babe
You already know, babe

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