Dental Care

adam young is probably the only person who could write a song about going to the dentist and have it make me feel happy. such a cute song. he amazes me. =]

I'm thinking I must've seen this song in a little bit of a different life.

Yes, it's about visiting a dentist and smiling. But it has nothing to do wtih eating sweets but figuratively keeping your mouth clean. That is, don't say hurtful things or don't full your mouth with dirty words, because it will figuratively rot your teeth. I see this in the Verse;

'When hygienists leave on long vacations That's when dentists scream and lose their patience Talking only brings the toothaches on Because I say the stupidest things So if my result goes south I'll swallow my pride with an Aspirin And shut my mouth'

He says hygienists as in our good conscience or just good people in general. When we forget about our good conscience, we tend to say hurtful things and bring the toothaches on, and so the dentists are busy seeing more people. Did that make sense only in my head? XD

Also in the verse;

'Golf and alcohol don't mix And that's why I don't drink and drive Because good grief, I'd knock out my teeth And have to kiss my smile goodbye'

Alcohol tends to let us loose our inhibition and we say rather stupid things when drunk. And we'll probably end up getting ourselves hurt in the end.

What also made me believe this was the lines right at the beginning; 'I brush my teeth and look in the mirror And laugh out loud as I'm beaming from ear to ear I'd rather pick flowers instead of fights And rather than flaunt my style I'd flash you a smile of clean pearly whites'

Don't go picking fights and make yourself appear big and put other people down. Show people how great your teeth look because you don't say mean and hurtful things. =D

Anywho, that's how I took it.

This song is so silly, but still very much in the vein of Owl City. This pretty much sums of all of my dental appointments, especially:

 When hygienists leave on long vacations
 That's when dentists scream and lose their patience

First <3

I love this song <3 Its so cute and funny yet utterly pointless yet 100% lovable. Everything Adam writes is <3

"Golf and Alcohol don't mix and thats why I don't drink and drive. Because good grief I'd knock out my teeth and have to kiss my smile goodbye."

Best line in the song <3

"Golf and alcohol don't mix and that's why I don't drink and drive."

I just understood this line last night! He means to drive as in to hit the golf ball, not as in driving a car! Just thought I'd share my elation at this personal discovery... ^_^

such a cute, silly song :)

LOVE this song. Very creative (:

this song is amazingly silly! it somehow reminds me of the "teeth" song on The Fairy OddParents. hahaha

The first time I heard this song, I couldn't help but smile and laugh a bit. It describes a visit to the dentist's office perfectly, but in a rather comical way (and not to mention with good beats.)

But am I the only one that finds the tiniest bit of "dark" humor in this?

"Open up nice and wide," he says peering in And with a smirk he says "don't have a fit, this'll just pinch a bit," as he tries not to grin

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But somehow I still get the chills

I don't know, but that verse and line remind me of the scare dentist give me. |D

have no clue if there is a double meaning in this song but who cares!!!!! owl city is absolutley amazing!!!!!!!!!!