The Front Bottoms
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At a concert in Madison, WI on November 3, 2015, Brian joked that this song was about holding his brother underwater in a swimming pool when they were little until he thought he had drowned, but then he popped back up and was fine.
[Spoken Intro]
2, 3, 4...
[Verse 1]
There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool
I'm holding my breath for you
There's no doubt in my mind
That if you could, then you would try
To crack my ribcage open
And pull my heart right through
[Verse 2]
There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool
I'm holding my breath for you
There's no doubt in my mind
That if you could, then you would try
To crack my ribcage open
And pull my heart right through
[Chorus]
But I'm a creature
Of a culture that I create
I'm the last one on the dance floor
As the chandelier gives way
And I am permanently preoccupied with your past
I've been around long enough now
To know that the good things never last
They never last
[Verse 3]
There's comfort in the silence of a living room
The TV is on for you
Hide in your basement
While your house burns down
Your teeth are loose inside of your gums
They will eventually fall out
Follow an orange extension cord
Under a carpet, to a closet door
Feeding the black light
That will someday make me very, very, very
Very, very rich
[Chorus]
But I'm a creature
Of a culture that I create
And I'm the last one on the dance floor
As the chandelier gives way
And I am permanently preoccupied with your past
I've been around long enough now
To know that the good things never last
They never last
[Bridge 1]
How low is your self esteem?
How low could it possibly be?
And I know, I know, you're in love with me
And I've been ignoring you
[Voicemails, part 1]
To listen press "one", to record a message press "two"
What the fuck is wrong with you, you fuckin' moron?
You fuckin' moron, what the fuck is wrong with you?
You pick up the girl, you're done, it's over with, you fuckin' idiot!
[Bridge 2]
I will stop cutting my pants into shorts
I will address the issues I cannot ignore
And I will do the things I think you might like
And I will be alone, probably the rest of my life
[Voicemails, part 2]
You're very close to bein' the dumbest motherfucker I've ever met in my life
I'm starting to think you'd be the dumbest motherfucker to ever walk this earth
I'm givin' you advice[...?]
[...]Turn around right now[...?]
Who the fuck[...?]
[Among inaudible portions...]
It's wrong, what you're doing is wrong
That you "needed the closure", well, how is this better?
What the fuck did you drive to her house for?
"Closure"? What "closure"?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Breaking up with you. Done. Bye
[Outro]
There's comfort in the bottom of a swimming pool
Swimming Pool was written by Brian Sella & Mathew Uychich.
Swimming Pool was produced by Brian Sella & Mathew Uychich.
The Front Bottoms released Swimming Pool on Tue Sep 06 2011.
The voicemail in the breakdown is from one of our friend’s dads to our friend about some dumb shit about a girl. He saved it and we added it later on to our song. Months later, the girl’s mom cornered me in the grocery store and asked me if we could take that voicemail out of the song. But we’re pun...