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Elliott Smith – Bottle Up and Explode! (Early Version) (2012) | Track profile | Dork

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Elliott Smith
Grand Mal: Studio Rarities
Bottle Up and Explode! (Early Version)

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Bottle Up and Explode! (Early Version)

Release date: 4th April 2012

From Grand Mal: Studio Rarities

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"Bottle Up and Explode! (Early Version)" is a track by Elliott Smith, from the album Grand Mal: Studio Rarities, released 4th April 2012. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Bottle Up and Explode! (Early Version)

Bottle up and explode over and over

'Cause you react slower than slow

Put it away

Check out for the day

In for a round of overexposure

The things mother nature provides

To get up and go

Bottle up and explode, seeing stars

Surrounding you

Red, white and blue

She looks at him like he's never known her

It's only been a year and a half

Thinking that that was a matter of fact

Thinking that he was about to come over

I've been staying up waiting for you

You never show

Bottle up and explode

All the outside signs of you

Red, white and blue

Bottle up and explode

All the outside signs of you

Red, white and blue

Red, white and blue

Red, white and blue

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From Grand Mal: Studio Rarities

2012

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Grand Mal: Studio Rarities

Release year

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