The core meaning of "Wood" is that Swift sometimes gets a little nervous about holding on to her seemingly too-good-to-be-true relationship, but her partner (and now fiancé), Travis Kelce, puts her doubts to rest. "Baby, I'll admit I've been a little superstitious. Fingers crossed until you put your hand on mine," she sings, declaring that they "make our own luck" as a couple.
Texas teams tend to lose when Senator Ted Cruz attends their games, leading Houston fans to urge him to stay home due to the purported "Cruz curse."