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019. bottle up & explode!

"bottle up & explode!"
by elliott smith

" bottle up and explode over and over
keep the troublemaker below
put it away, check out for the day
in for a round of overexposure
the thing mother nature provides
to get up and go

you look at him like you've never known him
but i know for a face that you have
the last time you cried
who'd you think was inside?
thinking that you were about to come over
but i'm tired now of waiting for you
you never show
bottle up and go if you're gonna hide
it's up to you
i'm coming through
bottle up and go
i can make it outside
I'll get through "

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"as we know it"
season 2, episode 17

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"dr. shepherd." burke said as he entered the o.r.

"dr. burke." derek said

"dr. burke." and eleanor said at the same time.

"i guess i should have said dr. shepherds," he said. "how's it going?"

"he's got a second bleed under the skull base. if i do what the textbooks say, he could lose the power of speech, herniate through the first craniotomy and die." derek said.

"what's your other option?" burke asked.

"well, if i do what i want to do, he could lose the power of speech, herniate through the first craniotomy and die."

"yeah. well, good luck with that." he said.

"thanks." derek replied. 

"is there something you needed, dr. burke?" eleanor asked.

"you know, it was really stupid of you both to not evacuate." he said.

"hmm. you, too." derek hummed.

"yeah, i know." he acknowledged.

"maybe we should all consider a change in profession, it's not too late for me." eleanor suggested.

"yes, maybe we should." burke agreed.

"now can you operate and, uh, remove the device from the guy?" derek asked.

"after the bomb squad is through assessing him, i'm going to try." burke explained.

"gotta say, i don't want to be the guy that kills bailey's husband." derek said lowly.

"i don't want to be the guy who kills us all." burke retorted. "dr. shepherds."

"dr. burke." derek and eleanor said at once.

"cristina? what are you doing in here, you should be evacuated." eleanor said as cristina walked in.

"so should you."

"okay, but there are enough people in here already, you aren't needed, you should go."