Difference between revisions of "With Teeth (song)"

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Album:With Teeth

Length:5:37

Versions:With Teeth
With Teeth (Instrumental)
With Teeth (Beside You In Time)

Live:Live: With Teeth through Performance 2007

"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.

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. 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. Trent 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.

Previous track - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same"

Track 7 from With Teeth

Next track - "Only"

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 {{song
 | title = With Teeth
-| album = [[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]
+| album = ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''
 | length = 5:37
-| versions = With Teeth
+| BPM = 98
-| live = 2005 - Present
+| versions = With Teeth<br>With Teeth (Instrumental)<br>With Teeth (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
-}}
+| live = [[Live: With Teeth]] through [[Performance 2007]]
-==About==
+}}'''"With Teeth"''' is the seventh track off of the 2005 release LP, ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]].'' The lyrics suggest it was written about addiction, using the metaphor of a seductive woman to represent the addiction.
-''With Teeth'' is the seventh track off of the 2005 release LP, [[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]].
-===Meaning===
+===Song Credits===
-With Teeth's lyrics suggest it was written about addiction, using the metaphor of a seductive woman to represent the addiction.
+*Live Drums: [[Jerome Dillon]]
-==Performed Live==
+==Appearances==
-With Teeth became a staple of live shows during the With Teeth Tours.  It is performed very closely to the album version.
+===Halos===
+*''With Teeth''
+*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|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. 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. [[Trent 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 [[2005/03/23 Fresno, CA|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 comes along
- She gets inside
+     She gets inside
- She makes you better than anything you've tried
+     She makes you better than
- It's in her kiss
+     Anything you've tried
- As black as sea
+     It's in her kiss
- And it runs deeper than you
+     The blackest sea
- Ever dared dream it could be
+     It runs deeper than you
+     Dare to dream it could be
- [Chorus:]
- With the teeth [x4]
+     With teeth
+     She's holding on
- Wave goodbye
+     With teeth
- To what you were
- The rules have changed
+     Wave goodbye
- The lines begin to blur
+     To what you were
- She makes you hard
+     The rules have changed
- It comes on strong
+     The lines begin to blur
- You finally found,
+     She makes you hard
- The place where you belong
+     It comes on strong
+     You've finally found
- [Chorus]
+     The place where you belong
- I cannot go through this again [x4]
+     With teeth
+     She is the greatest lie of all
- [Chorus]
+     I can not go through this again
- She will not let you go
- Keeps holding on
+     With teeth
- She will not let you go
+     She is the greatest lie of all
- Keeps holding on
- This time, I'm not coming back
+     She will not let you go
- She will not let you go
+     Keeps holding on
- This time, I'm not coming back
- She will not let you go
+     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.
+{{Succession box
+| title=[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]
+| before=[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (song)|Every Day Is Exactly The Same]]
+| after=[[Only (song)|Only]]
+| track=7}}
 [[Category:NIN Songs]]