'The Alchemy' Lyrics: Is Taylor Swift's Song About Travis Kelce & What Does Alchemy Mean? Details Revealed!

Taylor Swift‘s relationship with football player Travis Kelce is still pretty new, but it’s possible that he’s the subject of a song on her new album The Tortured Poets Department.

Fans believe that Taylor wrote her song “The Alchemy” about her current boyfriend.

Before we dive into the lyrics, lets take a look at the actual meaning of the word “alchemy.”

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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word as “a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life.”

The song has several references to football in the lyrics, which is drawing the connection to Travis.

“So when I touch down / Call the amateurs and cut ‘em from the team,” Taylor sings in the chorus.

She also sings, “Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy? / These blokes warm the benches / We’ve been on a winning streak.”

The bridge of the song also seems to be about winning football games.

“Shirts off and your friends lift you up over their heads / Beer stickin’ to the floor, cheers chanted ’cause they said / There was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league / Where’s the trophy? He just comes runnin’ over to me,” she sings.

Check out our full coverage of The Tortured Poets Department album.

Listen to the song below!

Read the lyrics below.