Shining Teeth
Revealing Hearts: Cowboy Junkies' Shining Teeth
Lyrics
I don't wanna see your shining teeth
I don't want to see your perfect, superficial appearance.
Show me your bruised and battered heart
Show me your emotionally scarred and deeply affected heart.
Prove to me that you'll be true
Convince me that your commitment is genuine.
Let me touch the wounds that have haunted you
Allow me to connect with the emotional wounds that have tormented you.
Share with me the wounds that still haunt you
Share with me the enduring emotional pain that still affects you.
I'm goin' down to the river
I'm heading to the river.
It's a place where I can breathe
It's a place where I can find solace.
Splash the waters, miss my daughters
Disturb the water, longing for my absent daughters.
Focus on my retrieve
Concentrate on finding what I've lost.
Work on my reprieve
Work on my chance for relief.
"I don't wanna see your shining teeth no more"
Reiteration of not wanting to see a superficial facade.
She screams as she flies across the floor
Expresses someone screaming while experiencing intense emotions.
I don't wanna see your shining teeth no more
Reiteration of not wanting to see a superficial facade.
This life becomes a thin stream
Life feels increasingly fragile and fleeting.
And thinner with each day
Life diminishes daily, becoming more fragile.
I'm goin' down to the river
Heading to the river again.
It's a place where I can play
The river is a space for recreation.
It's a place where I can pray
The river is a space for spiritual contemplation.
"I don't wanna see your shining teeth no more"
Repeated rejection of superficial appearances.
She screams as she flies across the floor
Describes intense emotional reaction, likely anger.
I don't wanna see your shining teeth no more
Repeated rejection of superficial appearances.
And over time we become that line
As time passes, we conform to a certain expectation or standard, losing ourselves.
And bow and drift and fray
We bend, drift, and wear out over time.
And goin' down to the river
Returning to the river metaphorically.
And wash the blood away
Cleansing oneself of guilt or pain.
Wash my pain away
Trying to rid oneself of emotional anguish.
"I don't wanna see your shining teeth no more"
Repeated rejection of superficial appearances.
She screams as I'm backin' out the door
Describes a tense situation of departure.
I don't wanna see those burned-out empty eyes
Refusal to witness eyes devoid of emotion or life.
I don't wanna see your shining teeth no more
Repeated rejection of superficial appearances.
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