"Kick in the Teeth" by Hippo Campus is a love song that expresses the narrator's strong feelings for someone they're infatuated with. The song starts with the narrator talking about their neighbor Tommy, who's drinking and waiting for his mother to pass away so he can inherit some money. The narrator thinks that he needs more than that and he needs the person he's singing to. The chorus asks the person if they can think about the narrator when they go home because they feel alone when they're not with them. They compare the loneliness felt to be the same as being a cowboy that's alone in the wild west. The second verse describes how the narrator is a sucker for the person they're singing to. They love the way the person does their hair and they feel like they're being attacked by love whenever the person is around. The chorus repeats that the narrator feels lonely without the person they're singing to and begs for them to think about them when they go home. The bridge of the song describes how the narrator wants to spend the night skinny dipping and drinking tequila with the person they love. The narrator thinks that living isn't worthwhile without the person they're singing to. The song ends with two more choruses, reiterating the narrator's loneliness when separated from the person they love. Overall, "Kick in the Teeth" is a plea for someone to think about the narrator and their love for them.
