“White Teeth Teens” re-explores the characters of “The Love Club” to further criticize the hollowness of cliques.
The track seems to reference feeling comfortable and feeling safe among the people you are around.
Also worth mentioning is the actual significance of teeth, which Lorde clarified in h...
[Verse 1]
We wouldn't be seen dead here in the day
I guess you're lucky that it's dark now
And if I like it, then we'll stay
Impress the empress; take a shot now
[Chorus]
We got the glow in our mouths
White teeth teens are out
White teeth teens are up for it
I know you love it when the hairpins start to drop
I like your reckoning
But we got our methods and there's nothing here to stop
To stop this
[Verse 2]
If you want, we'll help tonight to split its seams
Give the bruises out like gifts
You'll get the picture of your dreams
I won't be smiling, but the notes from my admirers
Fill the dashboard just the same, ah, ah-ah
[Chorus]
We got the glow in our mouths
White teeth teens are out
White teeth teens are up for it
I know you love it when the hairpins start to drop
I like your reckoning
But we got our methods and there's nothing here to stop
To stop us when we're up for it
I know you love it when the hairpins start to drop
I like your reckoning
But we got our methods and there's nothing here to stop
To stop this
[Refrain]
And everything works out so good
I wear the robe like no-one could
[Bridge]
I'll let you in on something big
I am not a white teeth teen
I tried to join, but never did
The way they are, the way they seem
Is something else, it's in the blood
Their molars blinking like the lights
In the underpass where we all sit
And do nothing, and love it
[Refrain]
And everything works out so good
I wear the robe like no-one could
And everything works out so good
I wear the robe like no-one could
[Outro]
We got the glow in our mouths
(And everything works out so good)
(I wear the robe like no-one could)
White teeth teens are out
(And everything works out so good)
(I wear the robe like no-one could)
White teeth teens are out
White Teeth Teens was written by Joel Little & Lorde.
White Teeth Teens was produced by Joel Little.
Lorde released White Teeth Teens on Fri Sep 27 2013.