Taylor Swift may have written one of her most provocative songs yet, but according to the singer, her mom didn’t pick up on the spicy meaning at all.

During a playful SiriusXM interview with The Morning Mash Up, Taylor opened up about the track “Wood” from her The Life of a Showgirl album — a song filled with double entendres, lyrical winks at Travis Kelce, and perfectly crafted innuendos.

But Andrea Swift? She heard something completely different.

Taylor laughed as she revealed that her mom believes the song is literally about good luck superstitions — knocking on wood, cracks in the sidewalk, and wishing on stars — not about her daughter’s NFL fiancé and his, well… “New Heights of manhood.”

“That’s the joy of a double entendre,” Taylor joked. “You see what you want to see. And for some people… it goes right over their head.”

Swift also explained her approach to explicit lyrics — she only uses them when they elevate emotion, fit the character she’s channeling, or simply sound better in the moment. To her, the art of language is as deliberate as any melody.

The Grammy winner emphasized that the fun of songwriting lies in those decisions — when to be bold, when to be clever, and when to disguise a wink under poetic phrasing.

And in Wood, she clearly had a lot of fun.
Even if mom missed the joke.