| Elliott Smith – Bottle Up and Explode Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I also want to add that I never thought of cheating when I was listening to it... or sex. I just thought they were arguing, and she can't bring herself to go back to see him. | |
| Elliott Smith – Bottle Up and Explode Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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When I was listening to this song on my own, I kept imagining that it was two separate people - ie: the relationship theory that jumps out."The last time you cried, who'd you think was inside thinking that you were about to come over..." I imagined him waiting around for (her), and she's crying because she can't go through with it. Reading here, I think it makes more sense that it's about the two sides of himself. One oddity that I have to point out: Saab cars make this very specific "BING bong" noise to indicate warning. One will be driving down the road and suddenly hear BING bong and have to look down and find out that, in my case once, the car has turned off. This sound is played in the song! Very quietly in the background during the instrumental break, around 1:52. It gets me every time. However, it also makes me wonder - was it intentional? I doubt it, but how ironic, since the song does seem to be somewhat about warning. |
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