Shawn Mendes's '24 Hours' Lyrics Are About Moving In With and Marrying Camila Cabello

Shawn Mendes is making plans for a long future with Camila Cabello. That's the message he's sending in "24 Hours," a new love song off his fourth album, Wonder. It's no

surprise that Mendes would reference his relationship of more than a year—but he's never been quite this candid about moving in with or marrying Cabello.

In the romantic track, Mendes sings, "All it'd take is 24 hours/Sign the check and the place is ours," referring to the couple getting a house together. He continues, "It's a little soon/But I wanna come to you." The real estate limitations of living together in that time frame notwithstanding, Mendes and Cabello were friends for nearly five years before becoming a couple. In March, the couple appeared to be living together and going on infamous quarantine walks. Last month, the pair even got a dog together.

They've dated since the summer of 2019, starting controversy early in their relationship with high-profile PDA. Mendes addresses the criticism in "24 Hours" with the lyrics, " Let's throw away our back up plans/And people might not understand/Who cares about what they approve?/I'd face them all to be with you." The track reads very much like a first dance song at a wedding, which is fitting considering Mendes alludes to marrying Cabello. "We could dance, you could throw the flowers," he sings.

To go even more full-blown romantic, Mendes invokes another famous wedding song—Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love"—with the line, "I heard that once a wise man said/'Only fools go rushing in.'" It appears Mendes and Cabello are only fools for one another.

Here, the lyrics to the song via Genius. You can also listen to the song below.

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Chorus
All it'd take is 24 hours
Sign the check and the place is ours
It's a little soon
But I wanna come home to you

Verse 1
I don't know, how does it go?
I promise that I love you
So I'll bet it all on me and you
I'll bet it all, you're bulletproof
Let's throw away our back up plans
And people might not understand
Who cares about what they approve?
I'd face them all to be with you

Chorus
All it'd take is 24 hours
Sign the check and the place is ours
It's a little soon
But I want to come home to you
All it'd take is 24 hours
We could dance, you could throw the flowers
It's a little soon
But I wanna come home to you

Verse 2
I heard that once a wise man said
"Only fools go rushing in"
But I'm not the type to overthink
When something feels so right
And I promise I mean every word
I paint the world that you deserve
Every color you'd imagine
I can't wait for it to happen 'cause

Chorus
All it'd take is 24 hours
Sign the check and the place is ours
It's a little soon
But I wanna come home to you
All it'd take is 24 hours
We could dance, you could throw the flowers
It's a little soon
But I wanna come home to you

Verse 3
I heard that once a wise man said
"Only fools go rushing in"
But I'm not the type (I'm not the type), to overthink (Overthink)
I'm not the type to overthink

Chorus
All it'd take is 24 hours
Sign the check and the place is ours
It's a little soon
But I wanna come home to you
All it'd take is 24 hours
Sign the check and the place is ours
It's a little soon
But I wanna come home to you
Editorial FellowSavannah Walsh is an Editorial Fellow at ELLE.com.
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