With Teeth (song)
With Teeth (Instrumental)
With Teeth (Beside You In Time)
"With Teeth" is the seventh track off of the 2005 release LP, With Teeth. The lyrics suggest it was written about addiction, using the metaphor of a seductive woman to represent the addiction.
Contents
Song Credits
- Live Drums: Jerome Dillon
Appearances
Halos
- With Teeth
- Beside You In Time
Versions
With Teeth
This is the original album version found on With Teeth. It opens with clattering live drums played with an odd meter. Thick, distorted bass comes in, followed by a swarming guitar melody. Trent Reznor's vocals are low and soft, similar to those on "Sanctified". The choruses have shouted vocals. Semi-acoustic sounding guitar chord stabs enter just before the bridge. The bridge has an unusually quiet volume, with piano, a uniquely effected guitar, and even softer vocals from Reznor. This is abruptly ended by the full volume of the song coming back in. The track ends much as it began, with pared-down instrumentation under Reznor's vocal.
With Teeth (Instrumental)
Running Time: 5:45
Released exclusively through Apple Music.
With Teeth (Beside You In Time)
This live version is available on the Beside You In Time DVD. Reznor says "the line begins to blur" instead of "the lines begin to blur" and "she comes on strong" instead of "it comes on strong."
Live
"With Teeth" made its live debut on March 23, 2005. It was played at 46 shows (out of 146) during the Live: With Teeth tour, and it was played twice during the Performance 2007 tour. When performed live, it's performed very closely to the album version. Reznor often uses a tambourine during some of the instrumental parts, while Alessandro Cortini is often seen using an acoustic guitar (as in Beside You In Time).
Lyrics
She comes along
She gets inside
She makes you better than
Anything you've tried
It's in her kiss
The blackest sea
It runs deeper than you
Dare to dream it could be
With teeth
She's holding on
With teeth
Wave goodbye
To what you were
The rules have changed
The lines begin to blur
She makes you hard
It comes on strong
You've finally found
The place where you belong
With teeth
She is the greatest lie of all
I can not go through this again
With teeth
She is the greatest lie of all
She will not let you go
Keeps holding on
This time I'm not coming back
The lines "she's holding on" and "she is the greatest lie of all" in the choruses only appear on the With Teeth lyric poster/PDF.
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