Difference between revisions of "With Teeth (song)"

Latest revision as of 23:36, 15 November 2024

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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 | album = ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''
 | length = 5:37
-| versions = With Teeth<br>With Teeth (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
+| BPM = 98
-| live = [[Live: With Teeth]] through present
+| versions = With Teeth<br>With Teeth (Instrumental)<br>With Teeth (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
-}}'''"With Teeth"''' is the seventh track off of the 2005 release LP, ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]].''
+| live = [[Live: With Teeth]] through [[Performance 2007]]
+}}'''"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.
-===Meaning===
-The lyrics suggest it was written about addiction, using the metaphor of a seductive woman to represent the addiction.
 ===Song Credits===
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 ==Versions==
 ===With Teeth===
-This is the original album version found on ''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".
+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 was played at 46 shows (out of 146) during the [[Live: With Teeth]] tour.[http://www.taosd.net/tour/setliststats.php] It has been played twice so far in 2007.
+"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'').
-It is performed very closely to the album version. [[Trent Reznor]] occasionally uses a tambourine.
 ==Lyrics==
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       She gets inside
       She makes you better than
-      Anything you’ve tried
+      Anything you've tried
-      It’s in her kiss
+      It's in her kiss
       The blackest sea
       It runs deeper than you
@@ Line 50: / Line 51: @@
       She makes you hard
       It comes on strong
-      You’ve finally found
+      You've finally found
       The place where you belong
@@ Line 66: / Line 67: @@
       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]]