Cover art for Heart-Shaped Coffin by Nirvana

Heart-Shaped Coffin

Jan. 23, 19931 viewer

Heart-Shaped Coffin Lyrics

She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak
I've been buried in a heart-shaped box for weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when I bite back

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

She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak
I've been buried in a heart-shaped coffin for weeks
You can draw me to your magnet tar pit trap
Throw me down your umbilical noose so I can climb back

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
[Distorted Guitar Solo]

She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak
I've been buried in your heart-shaped coffin for two weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
Have you gone and many a thing for I bite back

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

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The first live performance of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” was played in Rio De Janeiro on January 23, 1993. The lyrics are altered because this was the earliest form of the song. The official demo is on the 2004 box set. These are not the official lyrics.

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January 23, 1993
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