"I Think He Knows" is the sixth track from American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's seventh studio album, Lover, released on August 23, 2019, through Republic Records.
Background[]
This song is rumored to be about Swift's ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I think he knows his footprints on the sidewalk
Lead to where I can't stop, go there every night
I think he knows his hands around a cold glass
Make me wanna know that body like it's mine
[Pre-Chorus 1]
He got that boyish look that I like in a man
I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans
It's like I'm 17, nobody understands
No one understands
[Chorus]
He got my heartbeat
Skipping down 16th Avenue
I got that, uh, I mean
Wanna see what's under that attitude
Like, I want you, bless my soul
And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows
I think he knows
[Verse 2]
I think he knows when we get all alone
I'll make myself at home and he'll want me to stay
I think he knows he'd better lock it down
Or I won't stick around
'Cause good ones never wait (Ha)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
He got that boyish look that I like in a man
I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans
He's so obsessed with me and, boy, I understand
Boy, I understand
[Chorus]
He got my heartbeat (Heartbeat)
Skipping down 16th Avenue
I got that, uh, I mean (I mean)
Wanna see what's under that attitude
Like, I want you, bless my soul
And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows
I think he knows
[Post-Chorus]
I want you, bless my
I want you, bless my
I want you, bless my
I want you, bless my soul
[Bridge]
Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh
We could follow the sparks, I'll drive
Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh
We could follow the sparks, I'll drive
"So, where we gonna go?"
I whisper in the dark
"Where we gonna go?"
I think he knows
[Chorus]
He got my heartbeat (Heartbeat)
Skipping down 16th Avenue (Baby)
I got that, uh, I mean (I mean)
Wanna see what's under that attitude
Like, I want you, bless my soul (Yeah)
And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows
I think he knows
[Post-Chorus]
I want you, bless my
I want you, bless my
I want you, bless my (Oh, baby)
I want you, bless my soul (He got my heartbeat)
I want you, bless my (Skipping down 16th Avenue, baby)
I want you, bless my soul
I want you, bless my soul
And I ain't gotta tell him
I think he knows
Live performance[]
Swift performed "I Think He Knows" for the first time as a surprise song on The Eras Tour in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on May 21, 2023. It was performed as an Eras Tour surprise song two more times, once on May 17, 2024, in Stockholm, Sweden, mashed up with "Gorgeous" and once again on August 3, 2024 in Warsaw, Poland, mashed-up with "Today Was A Fairytale".
| Lover | ||
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| "I Forgot That You Existed" • "Cruel Summer" • "Lover" • "The Man" • "The Archer" • "I Think He Knows" • "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" • "Paper Rings" • "Cornelia Street" • "Death By A Thousand Cuts" • "London Boy" • "Soon You'll Get Better" • "False God" • "You Need To Calm Down" • "Afterglow" • "ME!" • "It's Nice To Have A Friend" • "Daylight" | ||
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