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Heart-Shaped Box (Demo)

Nirvana
Track 47 on With the Lights Out 

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Nirvana
Nov. 23, 20041 viewer

Heart-Shaped Box (Demo) Lyrics

"Are we rolling?"

[Verse 1]
She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak
I've been buried in a heart-shaped box for weeks
You done undid my magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could kiss your cancer when I am sick

[Chorus]
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your pricеless advice
Forevеr in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice, your advice, advice

[Verse 2]
I asked me like a Pisces when I've been weak
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks
And in a magnet tar pit film on your trap
I wish I could kiss your cancer when I am black
[Chorus]
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice, your advice, your advice

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak
I've been locked in heart-shaped coffins for too many weeks
You've drawn me into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could kill your cancer when I am black

[Chorus]
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey! Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice, your advice, your advice

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The official demo of “Heart-Shaped Box.”

Played during sessions with Craig Montgomery at BMG Ariola Studios in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Appears on the 2004 box-set, “With The Lights Out”

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With the Lights Out (2004)
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  5. 5.
    Mrs. Butterworth
  6. 6.
    If You Must
  7. 7.
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  8. 8.
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  10. 10.
    Raunchola / Moby Dick
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  13. 13.
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  14. 14.
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  15. 15.
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  16. 16.
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  23. 23.
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  24. 24.
    Opinion
  25. 25.
    Lithium - Live Solo Acoustic
  26. 26.
    Been a Son (Solo Acoustic)
  27. 27.
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  31. 31.
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  32. 32.
    Aneurysm (B-Side)
  33. 33.
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  34. 34.
    Breed (Rough Mix)
  35. 35.
    Verse Chorus Verse
  36. 36.
    Old Age
  37. 37.
    Endless, Nameless (1991 Radio Appearance)
  38. 38.
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  39. 39.
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  40. 40.
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  41. 41.
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  42. 42.
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  43. 43.
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  44. 44.
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  45. 45.
    Rape Me (Demo)
  46. 46.
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  48. 48.
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  49. 49.
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  50. 50.
    Moist Vagina (Demo)
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  52. 52.
    The Other Improv
  53. 53.
    Serve The Servants (Solo Acoustic)
  54. 54.
    Very Ape (Solo Acoustic)
  55. 55.
    Pennyroyal Tea (Solo Acoustic)
  56. 56.
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  57. 57.
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  58. 58.
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  59. 59.
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  61. 61.
    All Apologies (Home Demo)
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  63. Talk To Me
Credits
Producer
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Recorded At
BMG Ariola Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Release Date
November 23, 2004
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RockAlternative RockGrungeNoise Rock
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