“Teeth” serves as the second song on The Japanese House’s EP, Pools To Bathe In.
Amber said in an interview:
Teeth is about someone I was seeing, who I’m actually living with now, but at the time I didn’t think that was going to happen. I thought it was going to be a very brief affair. And it’s ju...
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I'm the steel-boned and iron-blooded creep
I'm the tongue-flooded mouth and I cannot speak
I'm the scars upon your knees
I'm the scrapes allowing your skin to breathe
I could be anything
[Chorus]
And it was so brief
A kick in the teeth
Oil and powdered lungs
Because I know how to breathe
And it was so brief
I want more time for luck
And then I go again
[Intro]
Oo, Oo, Oo, Oo
[Verse 2]
You're the movements in my sleep
You are the words I couldn't keep
I saw the fumes and watched them seep
Into the wounds you bear to bleed
I could lose everything
[Chorus]
And it was so brief
A kick in the teeth
Oil and powdered lungs
Because I know how to breathe
And it was so brief
I want more time for luck
And then I go again
[Outro: In reverse]
Because I know how to breathe
Because I know how to breathe
Because I know how to breathe
Because I know how to breathe
Teeth was written by The Japanese House.
Teeth was produced by Matty Healy & The Japanese House & George Daniel.
The Japanese House released Teeth on Mon Apr 27 2015.