“Bottled Up Inside” by Harrison Storm – A Song Feature

 

     The song offers a skip-a-generation reflection on father-son relationships. “Bottled Up Inside” serves as a first-person release of affection for his father, after having kept those feelings contained for too long. The guilt is compounded by the realization that his father never heard such an expression of love from his own father either (the narrator’s grandfather).
 
     The first verse in the song from Harrison Storm is reflective and the instrumentation is appropriate. Then, the second verse sets up the declaration of feelings, and a kickdrum drives a quickened heartbeat rhythm that intensifies the emotion. Harrison says about “Bottled Up Inside:
  “I’ve always found expressing my emotions so much easier in song. Of course, it’s just me there writing it. But over my life , I have struggled to have the conversations I need, with the people that matter. I wrote this song about the love that exists between a father and son. The quiet spaces that can feel like valleys and to moments where we need each other most. Sometimes it can feel like a dam about to burst and taking a tiny step forward can feel like climbing a mountain. we’re all just doing our best and this song speaks to the power we all have within us to make change.”
 
     “Bottled Up Inside” is from the album “Empty Garden,” which was released in October 2025 via Nettwerk Music Group. The Bandcamp link to the album is included below the Soundcloud stream in this post. Harrison Storm is based in Melbourne, Australia.
 
     “Bottled Up Inside” by Harrison Storm

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Lyrics of “Bottled Up Inside” by Harrison Storm
Every time I think about you

I swear it almost brings me to tears

And every possibility that never unfolded

Makes me want to turn back the years


 
Cause all the things that I never said

Like your father did to you way back when

I waited for all these years just bottled up inside

I wanted to say the all the things that he never vocalized


 
I love you, I love you, yes I do
I love you, I love you, yes I do

 
And I know you wanted to teach me all the things you knew

Like how to use the tools in the way you always wanted me to

But I had to go my own way and do my own things

I had to play this goddamn guitar and let my body sing


 
And I know you said you're proud of the things I've done

That means a lot to me, your only son

Cause I love you Dad and I hope you know that

And I hope you won't forget it

And I know that you couldn’t get what you needed
From your old man


 
Before you’re gone I’ll say it again

Can we release the feelings we’ve always had?


 
I love you, I love you, yes I do