Don't Uncork What You Can't Contain - Suzanne Vega

A man finds a bottle on the bottom shelf

Forgotten and covered in dust

The label is already half worn off

Still, open it up he must.

As the corkscrew into the cork it goes

He hears the weird refrain,

«Do you what you like, but never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain

Do what you like but never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain.»

Pandora had a pretty little box,

Wisely she kept it hid

Until one day she couldn’t resist

Playing around with the lid

As the demons flew and the shadows grew

This song went around her brain:

«You can do what you like but never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain,

You can do what you like but never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain.»

As the demons flew and the shadows grew

This song went around her brain:

«You can do what you like but never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain.»

Macklemore went to the thrift shop

Looking to pop some tags

Found an ancient oil lamp

Hidden among the rags

So he picked it up and he rubbed it down

Thought he’d gone insane

Cause a genie flew out, singing «Never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain»

Genie flew out, singing «Never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain»

He picked it up and he rubbed it down

Thought he’d gone insane

Cause the genie flew out singing «Never uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain.»

But sometimes though you have to

Let out what you’re keeping inside

If you keep it all in, your head will spin

And your mouth is all tongue tied

You’ve got to find the way to say what you say

And get it down on the page

Or the stage

It’s the cage for that tiger rage that you can’t contain

Yes the page and the stage is the cage for that tiger rage

That you can’t contain, for real

The page and the stage is the cage

For that tiger rage, what it is that you feel

So, do what you like but you better uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain

Do what you like but you better uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain

Cause the page and the stage is the cage

For that tiger rage that’ll cause you pain

Do what you like but you better uncork

Uncork what you can’t contain