Lyric discussion by kilo_fireshard 

Cover art for Skinned Knees & Gapped Teeth lyrics by Dear and the Headlights

"Was it a broken arm or collar bone it depended on the week and me with my black eyes stitched from head to feet uncomfortably happy all skinned knees and gapped teeth"

That paragraph symbolizes the simplicity of childhood. At that time of your life, You really didn't give a damn what happend to you.

You knew nothying of death or what happens or could happen to you.

The damage that he describes shows that no matter how bady he got hurt, he just kept going and having fun.