I Think He Knows

## Audio

**I Think He Knows** is the sixth track of Taylor Swift's seventh album Lover. It was released on August 23, 2019.

## Meaning and Background

> "Basically, I was playing around with the idea of quiet confidence. There's something so sick about quiet confidence; somebody who, they're not arrogant, they're not cocky, like, that's obnoxious. But, there are certain people who just walk in and they don't need to be arrogant because there's something beaming from within them that they probably aren't even in control of. And when you meet a person like this, you're like, 'Why do I want to walk over there and talk to that person?' I can't explain it, but I think it's this quality. It can be a really shy person, it's not like you gotta be loud. Some people just seem like they know who they are, they don't need to brag about it. And I think that's such an interesting quality because I can't really explain it. And so I wrote a song about that. I mention a street called 16th Avenue, and that's a street in Nashville where I used to write songs. The songwriting/publishing houses are on that street, so if you're wondering if I just picked a random number, I didn't."
>
> - Taylor about I Think He Knows

## 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]**
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, uhh, 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]**
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, uhh, 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, uhh, I mean (I mean)
Wanna see what's under that attitude like (yeah)
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 (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

## Videos

Taylor Swift - I Think He Knows (Official Audio)I Think He Knows

## References

1. ↑ Taylor Swift Shares Intimate Details of 'Lover' Songs During Secret Session | iHeartRadio - https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-08-23-taylor-swift-shares-intimate-details-of-lover-songs-during-secret-session/