the lyrics for bottled up were actually written a while ago but the music was written much more recently. this is a song about a another song and the person who wrote it. tom couldn't use these lyrics when they were written as they were a bit to obvious...but now he can!
we don't play the third verse live as it turns the song into a five minute plus epic but it will eventually be on the full length recorded version.

v1
actually I don't approve
I'm not with you at all
once again you are talking crap
and I really don't care for it
I find myself losing interest
and I'm hoping that this will help me
like an old broken record
the same old situation again

chorus
now I've got to sing these words
words which I don't agree with
but for the sake of all the others
I'll bottle it up again
now I've got to sing these words
words which I don't agree with
but for the sake of all the others
I'll bottle it up again
again

v2
so why don't you learn
learn from your mistakes
friends slowly drift away
as they begin to get the picture
laughing, crying, it's all false of course
what the hell are you doing anyway
are you happy, really happy
I doubt it very much

chorus

(v3
still at least you've got your stuff
all around you gathering dust
treasured possessions, old things and new
but a quick change round won't solve everything
are you to blind to see it
I don't think so, you're not stupid
but be careful who you pick up
they may not want to be taken for the ride)

chorus

v4
and so ends the ballad
that we've all heard before
I ask myself why did I bother
is my judgement really that poor
I can't keep this up forever
sooner or later it will come out
and I wish I didn't have to be there
but I will be there......obviously