#jaws by sleep token

[haha-shit]

“Show me those pretty white jaws,

Show me where the delicate stops,

Show me what you've lost

And why you're always taking it slow

Show me what wounds you've got show me love”

Bro, I love this fucking song

[ebechnasheim]

Show me those pretty white jaws, show me where the delicate stops | source

[moonchildeath]

feeling like a victorian man that just saw ankles for the first time

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[melit0n]

Save me...save me Jaws key change save me

Credits: Eric Mulherin -> yt

[venomousiiserpent]

he’s terrifying

[that-unfortunate-crow]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the quiet crying at the end of "Bloodsport", the soft sighs at the end of "Jaws", or the Barely Concealed Rage at the end of "Gods"????!!!

[junkyardstrash]

-eyes of a predator-

[take-me-back-to-eden]

Sleep Token // Jaws

[sleepanonymous]

The scream at 4:22 👀 I know this is a more popular Jaws video and you've all probably seen it and that it cuts off the end of Jaws like 90% of Jaws videos but the scream at 4:22!!

[sleepomen]

And I'm not here to be

The saviour you long for

Only the one you don't

Are you watching me with eyes of a predator

As you move towards the door?

[dedadrogos]

In honor of seeing Sleep Token for the first time I drew a thing for one of my favorite songs

[polteergeistt]

Thinking about the added lyrics at the end of Jaws during the show of 2018 where it sounds like Vessel is saying "I need you, don't die now."

[ghost-inthe-hall]

UNREAL

[melit0n]

I love Jaws with all my heart, so, here I come with a little analysis again!

First off, the title. Bite my neck, drink my blood and make us one type vibes. Sleep Token in general has a massive thing with biting, teeth, consumption and chewing (there's a massive post on Reddit with all the times it's been mentioned, which, if I remember correctly, is around twenty), across their discography, and Jaws is the immediate beginning of this trend.

Jaws are a sign of power, destruction, love, sadness and joy. We bear our teeth when we're happy, when we're angry and when we eat. It is the ultimate metaphor for so many emotions. You don't know someone until you've seen them destroy something, to shout and scream and chew and bite, hence the line "show me those pretty white jaws; show me where the delicate stops". He's asking to see the real them, whoever they are.

All the lyrics have this underlying religious tone, as most Sleep Token songs do, but here it's more directly addressed. "Stained glass" is almost always associated with Churches and Cathedrals, and presents 'them' as something Holy; something that can and will be worshipped. However, the line "Whites of your eyes burn" completely removes all the ideas of safety that surrounds a religious figure. Of course, when it comes to divinity and sin, fire is a massive symbol we have to talk about. To burn is to suffer, but to be cleansed. It's this double entendre that presents this figure of safety as one who is also a threat. A predator.

Then, of course, we have "And I'm not here to be the saviour you long for". Unfortunately, Vessel seems to be in this constant battle of 'I can fix them; we can fix eachother. We're gonna be fine!' and 'I fucking hate you; leave me be or I'll have at you', which is what's seen in this one. Neither of them are the saviour the other one yearns for, yet Vessel still tries. He asks, and then repeats over and over, creating the tone of begging and pleading, for them to show him what they've lost and, in turn, show him love.

He's asking them for the two things they can never genuinely give, but he never stops trying because God forbid the things he'd do if he was alone again.

[tonguetyd]

Eternally grateful for Adamross