You're cussing a storm in a cocktail dress your mother wore when she was young
Red sun saint around your neck
A wet martini in a paper cup
You're a wasp nest, you're a wasp nest.

Your eyes are broken bottles
And I'm afraid to ask
And all your wrath and cutting beauty
You're poison in the pretty glass
You're a wasp nest, you're a wasp nest

You're all humming live wires under your killing clothes.
Get over here, I wanna kiss your skinny throat
You're a wasp nest, you're a wasp nest


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Wasp Nest Lyrics as written by Matthew D. Berninger Aaron Dessner

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    My Interpretation

    Everything has pretty much been said concerning this song, except I think for the broken bottles line.

    Your eyes are broken bottles And I'm afraid to ask For all your wrath and cutting beauty You're poison in a pretty glass

    When I think broken bottles, I think of the kind of glass you find on the beach. It's beautiful and it glimmers in the sun like stained glass, but it's sharp and dangerous, too. Matt Berninger is brilliant.

    QueensEnglishon March 15, 2014   Link

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