Cover art for Bottle Up and Explode! by Elliott Smith

Bottle Up and Explode!

Elliott Smith
Track 11 on XO 

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Aug. 25, 19981 viewer19.5K views

Bottle Up and Explode! Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Bottle up and explode over and over
Keep the troublemaker below
Put it away and check out for the day

In for a round of overexposure
The thing mother nature provides
To get up and go

Bottle up and explode, seeing stars surrounding you
Red white and blue


[Verse 2]
You look at him like you've never known him
But I know for a fact that you have

The last time you cried
Who'd you think was inside?

Thinking that you were about to come over
But I'm tired now of waiting for you
You never show
Bottle up and go, if you're gonna hide, it's up to you
I'm coming through

[Outro]
Bottle up and go
I can make it outside
I'll get through
Becoming you
Becoming you
Becoming you

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Genius Annotation

“Bottle Up” may refer to both bottling up emotions as well as putting your bottle of beer up to take a drink. This line may be referring to someone who drinks to suppress their emotions;

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