(Fade into extended musical intro) (Extended Musical Intro) (Verse 1) He swallows down a shot from a paper cup Two unsteady hands that wake him up Standing at the sink with the water running cold He talks to his many ghosts about things he was told At the stroke of noon he anchors his name to steel Keeps every bolt tightened where it should feel The co-workers all nod and they say he's fine They never get to see his downfall fault-line (Pre-Chorus) But the quiet gets loud When the shop doors close And the room temperature goes thin Like a house buried in the snow (Chorus) Bottled lightning Flowing through my veins Bottled lightning It’s calling out my name One quick swallow Then I instantly change Breaking things with rage Bottled lightning He drastically wants out But feels the tugging chain Bottled lightning Breaks-up the boring day (Verse 2) He ain’t got a mother just down the road No siblings around to help share the load No one ever calls him when the sky goes black Just his evil thoughts boomeranging back Some nights the walls lean in and muster a grin He feels that awful ache brewing under his skin Anxiety and sobriety bring upon the shaking hands Depression so bad it’s dragging his soul through the sand (Pre-Chorus) But the quiet gets loud When the shop doors close And the room temperature goes thin Like a house buried in the snow (Chorus) Bottled lightning Flowing through my veins Bottled lightning It’s calling out my name One quick swallow Then I instantly change Breaking things with rage Bottled lightning He drastically wants out But feels the tugging chain Bottled lightning Breaks-up the boring day (Verse 3) He hates the very man that drinks to live Hates all the silly lies that this poison gives One side bows to the right, the left side bites Two different personalities wrestling throughout the night He wants to awake to a dawn without the shakes With clean fresh morning breath and a sober wake But the bottle sings with the volume down low As he keeps reaching back for something pleasant to show (Extended Musical Solos) (Pre-Chorus) But the quiet gets loud When the shop doors close And the room temperature goes thin Like a house buried in the snow (Chorus) Bottled lightning Flowing through my veins Bottled lightning It’s calling out my name One quick swallow Then I instantly change Breaking things with rage Bottled lightning He drastically wants out But feels the tugging chain Bottled lightning Breaks-up the boring day (Musical Outro) (Fade out of Musical Outro)
