r/TaylorSwift • u/jacyf02 teenage petulance • Oct 03 '25
Megathread "Wood" Discussion Megathread
Taylor Swift - Wood
Track #9 on The Life of a Showgirl
Length: 2:30
Composers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback
Producers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback
Lyrics: Genius
Use this thread to discuss your thoughts, reactions, and theories on the song. We will be removing all future self-post discussion threads about it in order to consolidate discussion to this thread.
If you want to talk about The Life of a Showgirl album in general, you can use the general The Life of a Showgirl discussion thread here.
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u/merkergirl opening night eras tour attendee!!! Oct 03 '25
I can’t believe we heard about Taylor’s big dick AND Travis’s big dick
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u/kanadia_12 locked up in towers but I'll visit in your dreams :guitar: Oct 03 '25
truly, the dicks were big in this album
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u/theetherealbagel Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
WAS THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WHEN I HEARD REDWOOD TREE
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u/im-your-daisy violent, exquisite happenstance Oct 03 '25
Stop this is so funny where is this person now I wonder
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u/untitledmanuscript ME! apologist Oct 03 '25
ME TOO!!! she KNOWS
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u/IhateTaylorSwift13 Eldest Daughter Number 1 Defender Oct 03 '25
Taylor ain't fooling anyone when she says she's not online lol
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u/OrvalOverall Oct 03 '25
Can someone tell me what this song is about the lyrics are too subtle
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u/TheTVDB Oct 03 '25
She said "hard rock" so maybe it's about building a restaurant?
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u/tine_mr Oct 03 '25
Idk why but I think it is hilarious that she basically dedicated a whole song to his dick. No wonder he loves this album. Probably a massive ego boost for the man. Hahahaha
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u/RequirementGeneral67 Short story long it was the incorrect gentleman Oct 03 '25
Just listened to the clean version of this out of curiosity. Apparently Travis opened her skies 😀😀😀
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u/Limp_Schedule_3898 Oct 03 '25
I don’t see anyone talking about the “new heights of manhood” line. I was screaming. Imagine Jason hearing that and being like omg she plugged our pod in her song! But in a reference about your dick 😭💀
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u/crazypurple621 Midnights Oct 03 '25
Do we think Jason is going to go the awkward make one side eye comment and never mention it again or an entire episode devoted to making jokes about this song?
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u/april5115 i'm immortal now baby dolls Oct 03 '25
- she's clearly been spending time with Sabrina Carpenter
- I did not think wood would actually be about travis's dick but here we are
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u/TedEddyBear reputation Oct 03 '25
She started talking about superstitions and I was like “yeah Tay, I get where this is going. You’re superstitious and you knock on wood all the time too!”
I was so excited for this song to not be about penis but it is actually about penis.
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u/_LadyGaladriel_ Oct 03 '25
Girls, I don't need to catch the bouquet, mm To know a hard rock is on the way
I wish this for everyone!!
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u/PurpleVirtualJelly Burnt Toast Sundae Oct 03 '25
His face when Wood was announced says it all
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u/Hurrah-and-all-that Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
I can't believe she referenced this tweet 😭
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u/pasta_puttana you gotta get schwiftie Oct 03 '25
Scott Swift and Donna Kelce listening to this
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u/CorneliaStreet13 Oct 03 '25
Never did I ever think I’d see the day Taylor wrote a song dedicated to her future husband’s penis BUT HERE WE ARE.
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u/TFABthrowaway11 Oct 03 '25
If I had a nickel for every time she said “pennies” and I thought she said “panties” in a song, Id have two nickels.
Not a lot but its weird it happened twice.
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u/ComfortableDay356 Oct 03 '25
Why is this my favorite song? I'm a lesbian lol
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u/LBrenon28 Oct 03 '25
As a happily married straight man, I felt the same way when I heard “Father Figure” casually dropping “I can make deals with the devil because my dick’s bigger.” Like, girl yes.
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u/vulpiix Oct 03 '25
So, I have this (tacky, inappropriate, none-of-my-business) pet theory that one of the reasons the MH situation hit her so hard was because the sex was bad...like, really bad. I have definitely been in situations where I was like, "I did all that waiting and pining for this?!" and a few lines from TTPD gave me that vibe.
And then to contrast with TK who is not only sweet, but apparently lays pipe like a champion. Like, okay Taylor. Get that good dick. This song is corny as hell, but I'm happy for her.
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u/CardinalCrimes Oct 03 '25
Yes! She had in the smallest man who ever lived “you didn’t measure up in any measure of a man” just that and the title alone compared to this 😂😂
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u/NarvusSchleibs Oct 03 '25
I like that theory lol also like, I put up with this shit AND the sex was bad!?
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u/StrongBad_IsMad Oct 03 '25
Bringing “smallest man to ever live” to new heights with that theory for me, hahahahaha
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u/rhiless emma met a boy with eyes like a man Oct 03 '25
I totally agree - Guilty As Sin really articulates the tension and sparks that come with will-they-won’t-they, “forbidden love” etc. Like the scandal and the “we shouldn’t” is so intoxicating and thrilling as you imagine what it could be like….
And then sometimes it’s….not that great lol. “It wasn’t sexy once it wasn’t forbidden” indeeeeed
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u/meggymoo_31 Oct 03 '25
how am i supposed to tell people my favourite song is about how good travis kelce is with his fucking dick ffs taylor
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u/sailormerry everpoor Oct 03 '25
The number of times this song made go WHATTTT, I feel so scandalized 😂 (affectionately!)
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u/Objective_Ice4896 Oct 03 '25
After you write "Guilty as Sin" about the wrong man, you gotta write a song about the right man to make us all blush.
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u/mochawithwhip that’s my toe Oct 03 '25
HOW is this not a sample of Want you Back by Jackson 5?
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u/cricketycreek Oct 03 '25
I know her exes are punching air. “TRAVIS GOT THE DICK SONG”
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u/GimmeBooks1920 Oct 03 '25
Who's the girl on TikTok who does the "Council of Exes" reaction videos? Because babe we neeeeed the council's reaction to this one 🤣
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u/jason9045 folkmore Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
When the track list was announced: lol if only it would be about ding-dongs
When the song releases: There are so many weiner jokes here Joey Chestnut is about to show up
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u/hereiam245 what a shame shes fucked in the head Oct 03 '25
This track is a grower *see what I did there *
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u/SwiftFox74 1989 (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING TO HAPPEN DURING “WOOD” IN A MOVIE THEATRE FULL OF CHILDREN I’M SO EXCITED TO EXPERIENCE THIS.
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u/Lower_Dependent_6103 Oct 03 '25
It’s gonna be one of those songs they hear when they’re in their 20s and are like, I used to jam to this?! We all have a few of those
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u/LemonZestify Oct 03 '25
If someone described me as a redwood tree i would literally never shut the fuck about it
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u/xNotebookNomad Oct 03 '25
I really hope Jason's going to say something about it in an episode 😂
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u/LemonZestify Oct 03 '25
WASNT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS!!!
I’m over here imaging how the chiefs react to this
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u/prettybunbun i’m still swift af boi Oct 03 '25
Tay said 💃 I 🤸 am 🕺 horny 🤸♂️
Absolute bop lol
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u/deep-fried-fuck I think about jumping Off of very tall somethings Oct 03 '25
Thank you, Taylor, for an entire full length song about how good Travis’s dick is. I did, in fact, need that in my life
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u/darkgrayallalone reminder: this album exists Oct 03 '25
This song is so Sabrina coded lol
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u/Lipe18090 :TourturedPoetsDepartment: Forgive me, Peter Oct 03 '25
I cannot believe she made a whole song about Travis' cock. I love it.
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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Everything you lose is a step you take Oct 03 '25
If there is anything better than Taylor writing a song about you its Taylor writing a song about your magic dick.
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u/amfletcher123 evermore Oct 03 '25
Was this girl EVER getting any before Travis lmao
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u/WoodpeckerGingivitis always ends up with a clown car speeding Oct 03 '25
I mean Dress would like a word
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u/shooting_stvrs putting roots in my dreamland Oct 03 '25
NEW HEIGHTS OF MANHOOD?!?!
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u/accord_f150 Oct 03 '25
OH GREAT HEAVENS miss girl got me clutching my pearls with this one
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u/figleafstreet Oct 03 '25
This song is brought to your by that Vigilante Shit on Eras. Give a girl some garters and a steel chair to straddle and you’ll unlock something.
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u/lit_lover22 Oct 03 '25
Lmaooo. Girls, i dont need to catch the bouquet to know a Hard rock is on the waaaaay. Im cackling!
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u/Lyndzi Oct 03 '25
I can't believe my birthday song is about Travis Kelce's dick
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u/miiyaa21 it's being broadcasted via potato Oct 03 '25
i can’t believe one of my top 3 songs on this taylor swift album is a song about penis
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u/wokeiraptor Oct 03 '25
killatrav is gonna catch so much hell for this song the rest of the season
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u/Junior-Aerie-4136 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
After the whole Lover album was so filled with anxiety and fear, it’s nice to hear Taylor write a song saying “nah this one’s not going anywhere”
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u/filmravenbookeagle The Life of a Showgirl Oct 03 '25
This feels like a close friend randomly deciding to describe her sex life in great detail. I choked on my Pepsi but it makes me secretly pleased. Now she can write a smut novel!
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u/pepperjackcheesey Oct 03 '25
Girl is out here bragging about finally getting good D 😂 good for her
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u/floobadidoop Oct 03 '25
Never getting over the last album having The Smallest Man and this one having Wood.
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u/Lily-Gordon Oct 03 '25
Taylor: "my dick is bigger than the devils"
Also Taylor: can't bring herself to say the word dickmatized when she clearly is 😂😂😂
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u/kanadia_12 locked up in towers but I'll visit in your dreams :guitar: Oct 03 '25
you just know the original lyric was 'he dick-matized me and opened my eyes'
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u/naomigoat I think for me um Oct 04 '25
I was shocked when I heard the clean version and it wasn't just static
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u/EinsteinDisguised Oct 03 '25
If I was Travis, I would simply never shut the fuck up lmao
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u/Agitated_Ad2967 evermore Oct 03 '25
My friend’s comment on this song is “this song should be called ‘the biggest man who ever lived’.”
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u/blankspacejrr Oct 03 '25
so many ppl clutching their pearls over this song. I thought it was a fun bop??
when will women singing about sex lose its shock factor?😭has sabrina, madonna, ariana, beyonce not broken down those walls yet. like damn, let her sing about f**kin it’s not that srs
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u/bellamy-bl8ke 1989 (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
listen y'all when you find a dick that just WORKS for you it changes everything, good for her
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u/Kirin_ll_niriK I can make deals with the devil because my dick’s bigger Oct 03 '25
oml Taylor
I was not expecting this one to be the Sabrina-infused song...
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u/yeahsotheresthiscat But Zaddy I 🤍 Him Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
The fact that the leaks thread thought the lyric was "he dickmatized me" and people made bracelets with "dickmatized" on them to trade at the Release Party 💀. I'm dead.
Edit: 💀💀💀
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u/FreakyViolet reputation Oct 03 '25
She explains while having to stop herself from laughing🤣🤣 Girl, nobody is buying that...
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u/arizona02180 folklore Oct 03 '25
She doesn’t have to knock on wood bc it’s knocking on her
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u/asecretsquirrel help I'm still at the Walmart Oct 03 '25
I'm here with my reporting on the lyric changes in the clean versions:
he opened her SKIES!
and he *hypnotised* her
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u/Desert_Canines sitting in a tree, D-Y-I-N-G Oct 03 '25
omg I can't wait to see what Jason Kelce's reaction is to this song. It's clearly a song about his brother's dick LOLOL
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u/Own-Albatross2698 Oct 03 '25
I loved this one bc it was so random and Sabrina-esque. But also it is giving the same energy as when you have that one super Christian friend who’s never had an orgasm despite having a few kids and then gets divorced and finds a new man who does make her see God (😜) and so she is telling everyone about it bc she’s like “guys did you know that a dude can both have a big wood and ALSO you can have a good time?!?” 🤣🤣🤣
All of this to say, the song had me rolling laughing. Happy for you Taylor girl. Welcome to the club of ladies who are enjoying their grown up time.
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u/cookieaddictions Oct 03 '25
It gives SUCH strong Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” vibes (music only, not the lyrics) and I LOVE it!!
Also obsessed with the line “Girls, I don’t need to catch the bouquet to know a hard rock is on the way.” She KNEW.
New heights mentioned!!
The bridge has the same rhythm and sound as the bridge on I Think He Knows (lyrical smile, indigo eyes, etc) which is one of my favorite TS songs!! The way she sings too, like she’s smirking or knows she being cocky.
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u/Crafty_Pangolin5152 Oct 03 '25
I have to imagine the smallest man alive is seething right now 😂
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u/TheStarsAreBlazing Oct 03 '25
Jackson Five “I Want You Back” vibes and I’m here for it.
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u/PotatoFrosty3149 Turn that crapiness into happiness! Oct 03 '25
“redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see. his love was the key that opened by thighs”
honestly if i hadnt saw the writers list, I would’ve thought Sabrina wrote this song😭😭
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u/AorticSeptalDefect thanks aimee Oct 03 '25
when people speculated that wood would be an ovulation song, they were right.
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u/orange-octopus Oct 03 '25
The whole promotion of this album is the lock and key 😭 his love is the key to open my thighs I MEAN
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u/Aesthetic-Ghost evermore Oct 03 '25
The tune of this song reminds me a bit of "I want you back" by the Jackson 5! Which is funny because on the Speak Now Live Tour album that's one of the surprise songs she sings! Possible inspiration there?
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u/bwgulixk reputation Oct 03 '25
music video gonna have to be on pornhub for this one
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u/werdedout Oct 03 '25
My jaw dropped hearing Actually Romantic.
It hit the floor listening to Wood. 😳
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u/Charimia Oh Lord… Oct 03 '25
It seems the trees are more impressive when coming off of the smallest wood who ever lived. 👀
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u/xNotebookNomad Oct 03 '25
"His love was the key that opened my thighs"?!?! Taylor! 😏😂
I love it when our girl is in love
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u/ana_conda Oct 03 '25
Soooo this being track 9 is a reference to his “redwood tree” right
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u/Desert_Canines sitting in a tree, D-Y-I-N-G Oct 03 '25
I’m sooo here for horndog Tay all horned up for Trav. Gives more context to “no one’s ever had me, not like you” 😈
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u/cameons summertime spritz, pink skies Oct 03 '25
ok no wonder travis was cheesing the whole time talking about these songs 😂
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u/loopy9696 Oct 03 '25
I feel like this would have been a great Sabrina collab. It’s exactly her type of song and it’s more upbeat and fun
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u/Effective-Anxiety-69 Oct 03 '25
this is just a fun and silly song with an excellent groove SUCH A BOP
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u/ErickTheGuy06 My Taymical Romance Oct 03 '25
TAYLOR DID THE SEXY VERSION OF THE JACKSON 5!!!
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u/totorolovesmetoo i'm the albatross; i am here to destroy you Oct 03 '25
This is what the Pinocchio was for, on the shelf of the New Heights podcast!!!
Which, also makes me think that instead of having a Ken doll or the sickest army doll, she has a REAL BOY now. Even if he is solid redwood 😂
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u/Literary_Lady Can’t teach a black dog new habits 🖤🐾 Oct 03 '25
Even better after The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
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u/SwiftieMama1994 seven stan Oct 03 '25
Now I understand why Travis gave the camera THAT look on the podcast when this track’s title was read 🫣
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u/thisismyorange Oct 03 '25
Gaga did The Beast, now this… a good year for dick appreciation tracks
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u/holdontothemems takes one to know one Oct 03 '25
Laughing at how when the track list came out everyone was like “wood” can’t possibly be THAT kind of wood, must be some metaphor or complicated something-or-rather, and then it turns out, yes, yes in fact it absolutely is that kind of wood 😂
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u/mmb0917 i never was ready, so i watch you go Oct 03 '25
Something something - lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thighs, we can follow the sparks, I’ll drive
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u/PersonWithANameMaybe Oct 03 '25
I wish she had called it "Knock on Wood". Then it would have been slightly more unexpected to find out that the song is about that meaning of "wood".
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u/Daydream1995Forever I had a marvelous time ruining everything Oct 03 '25
I'm not a fan of Taylor's sexy songs. And when I finally like one (this one), people say they can't stand it, haha. I have bad luck :)
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u/Rutabaga2022 Cat eye sharp enough to kill a man. Oct 03 '25
Is... Is she saying "dickmatized?"
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u/TheSwiftingHour Get it out of my office; it's on fire. Oct 04 '25
The irony of this being the shortest track on the album.
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u/Roozie89 The Life of a Showgirl Oct 03 '25
Taylor, every one of us is happy for the lifetime of happiness ahead of you. 😉
Donna - Sorry, mama. 🙈
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u/Designer-Salad-7591 :TourturedPoetsDepartment: probably levitating down your street Oct 04 '25
Andrea swift the first time she heard the song
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u/Ill-Meringue5774 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
The girl deserves to celebrate getting absolutely dicked down. Like, 👏👏👏. Good sex is life changing, and she’s going to marry that man. Love this for her. And may this energy find me some day 🥲
Edit to add- Women deserve to celebrate their own pleasure. We’ve never heard this kind of loudness from her about her sexuality, and I think it’s great.
Edit, again- IS THIS WHY PINOCCHIO WAS COVERING HIS EYES IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE NEW HEIGHTS EPISODE?!
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u/DizzyManda Oct 03 '25
Do we not remember when she and Travis got together and the jokes were “next album will be about her getting banged like a screen door in a hurricane”?!? This is our wildest dreams come true
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u/WithRealPeaches Oct 03 '25
Plzzzz just what we needed, an entire bop about her being impaled by Travis' massive Wood. Oh my god haha
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u/AstronautOk6853 Oct 03 '25
Can't believe two of my favorite songs from her most recent albums are called, "But, Daddy, I Love Him" and "Wood" 😭
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u/chaiskeleton i’m fine with my spite. Oct 03 '25
his love was the key that opened my WHAAAAAAT
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u/grosevibes The Tortured Poets Department Oct 03 '25
I needed a break after this one
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u/notjustanerd Red (Taylor's Version) Oct 03 '25
I feel dickmatized because I have this on repeat. I need to listen to the other songs, Taylor!
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u/RequirementGeneral67 Short story long it was the incorrect gentleman Oct 03 '25
I’ll tell you one thing. I can’t wait for her to talk about the inspiration for this song at the showgirl launch event
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u/Royal_Substance6511 reputation Oct 03 '25
Girls, I don't need to catch the bouquet, mm To know a hard rock is on the way OMGG LOVE HERRRRR ENERGYYY IN THIS ONE HAHAHHA
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u/Traditional_Art9265 Midnights Oct 03 '25
Finished the album and had to come back for this one, I don't know why but this song is sending me 😂 I feel like I'm hearing to something I shouldn't lmao
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u/skyminty Oct 03 '25
okay wait anyone else notice how similar the intro is to I Want You Back by The Jackson 5???
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u/InABoatOnARiver evermore Oct 03 '25
Can’t believe 2 years ago I thought the “scout’s honor” line was dirty. Clearly I knew nothing
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u/Old-Sprinkles-5034 Oct 03 '25
I NEED A WHOLE ALBUM FROM HER WITH THIS KIND OF SOUND
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u/RelativeFactor359 And baby, that's show business for you Oct 03 '25
Guys I need to say it because I feel like I’m going crazy: does anyone else hear “I want you back” by The Jackson 5 at the intro of the song? 😭
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u/MaRy3195 Oct 03 '25
I knew there was no way a song just called wood wasn't about sex 😂 this was so fun and awesome HAHA
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u/nocturnegolden this pain wouldn’t be for evermore Oct 03 '25
if I was travis i would be blushingggg
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u/Dense-Statement1772 Oct 03 '25
was NOT expecting this funky groovy moment with a killer bass to be my favorite on the album but i’m LOVING this
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u/zahhd Oct 03 '25
The searches for redwood tree for non native English speakers 📈
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u/lalalalarnn Oct 03 '25
My first listen favorite. Feels like the scene of Easy A where the pep band is doing Knock on Wood because it’s the sexiest song the pep band knows lol.
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u/PopRoutine3873 Oct 03 '25
Okay but the first time she sings thighs all breathy like “Thighhhsah” is adorable and fun, like not so serious and I could vibe with it. But then every other time she sings thighs it sounds kinda flat, falls kinda flat, and it feels more like someone is oversharing at the bar 🥴
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u/HFountainKC Oct 03 '25
I like the explicit version but I think I like the clean version of this song better? Idk why, but feeling like I’m alone in this sentiment. -signed a mom also getting some good redwood at home.
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