Where There's Gold.. lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Step on the stage, the lights, the praise
The curtain calls and the big parade
You know that life all too well
The promise, the pain, the valor, the rage
Hold up your hands for the bow and the wave
You know its touch a little too well
You throw yourself into their arms
Mistresses have all the fun
But no one's ever there to take you home
Box up your gloves and your down coats
Bound for the sun and the west coast
Where upper-crust tragedies abound
A tip for the girl at the coat check
The guy at the door and the bar back
They know your face, oh so well
But movies never made you famous
All your dreams got lost or traded
And all you ever cared about got lost
But you were surely still an actress
Older men would find attractive
And all you ever dreamed of was the cost
Where there's gold, there's a gold digger
Where there's gold, there's a gold digger
Where there's gold, there's a gold digger
Where there's gold, there's a gold digger
Where there's gold, there's a gold digger
Where there's gold, there's a gold digger
You throw yourself into their arms
Mistresses have all the fun
But no one's ever there to take you home
Thick As Thieves lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Would it kill you to breathe easy?
Only seventeen miles lay between you and me
I could make it if I had to
I don't break easily
You got my council, thick as thieves
If there's a crime, we'll keep it secret
For there's only trace amounts left in your blood
You may be a sinner
But you may be justified
Just keep your mouth shut
Keep your guard up
I swear I'll make it right
Will it kill me to breathe?
Not as easy as you think
It is between you and me
I could fake it if I have to
I don't break easily
I need your council, thick as thieves
I have no crime to keep a secret
It was hers, it was not mine
Well, I may be a sinner
But it wasn't me this time
Just keep your mouth shut
Keep your guard up
I swear I'll make it right
Well, listen to yourself
There is a hemorrhage in your mouth
It won't stop bleedin'
Well, you may be the trigger
I will hold the smokin' gun, you'll get away clean
I'll keep your secrets 'til the grave has swallowed me
And I will never tell a tortured soul
They are burning by my side
That I am a sinner, I am a savior
I am a lie
So keep your mouth shut
Keep your guard up
I swear I'll make it right
Keep Watch For The Mines lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Don't act like you've been silent
I know how you spread that web of contradictions
Wide like so much cover fire
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Be careful who you wave that tongue at 'round here
I've seen smarter acts than yours get disappeared
If you keep swinging that knife all over this town
You are bound to get your own back stabbed
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With their sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches
And the smiles of the gravediggers
And if you're told the answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
(Will they bleed everyone out?
Will they bleed everyone out?)
Keep watch for the mines
(Will they bleed everyone out before they die?)
Keep watch for the mines
(Will they bleed everyone out?
Will they bleed everyone out?)
Keep watch for the mines
(Will they bleed everyone out before they die?)
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With their sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches
And the smiles of the gravediggers
And if you're told the answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
These Bones lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Lay my bones at the feet of the ministry
I need the guilt and the company
I need the chance to be judged
And then long forgotten
Lately I just can't shake it
I count the days in seconds and minutes
Hours and hours are subtle
As shards of glass in the skin
So lay with me
I could use the company
You could help me ease
These bones are like maps and keys
Where they took their hits
And they felt those teeth
There's a story hidden underneath
If you dig in deep, will you find relief?
For these bones shudder all night long
The hammer drops another scar
For these bones but I know
They're only my second home
Naked and under the cover of night
It's just a matter of time 'til I'm
Counted and measured and filed
And then long forgotten
Forgive my manner of speaking
I know it's quick but the clock is still ticking
And I've got a few words left
Burning holes on my tongue
I've been saving them
So lay with me
I could use the company
You could help me ease
These bones are like maps and keys
Where they took their hits
And they felt those teeth
There's a story hidden underneath
If you dig in deep, will you find relief?
For these bones shudder all night long
The hammer drops another scar
For these bones but I know
They're only my second home
No, you won't go down alone
No, you won't go down alone
No, you won't go down alone
No, you won't go down alone
So lay with me
I could use the company
You could help me ease
These bones are like maps and keys
Where they took their hits
And they felt those teeth
There's a story hidden underneath
If you dig in deep, will you find relief?
These bones are like maps and keys
Where they took their hits
And they felt those teeth
There's a story hidden underneath
If you dig in deep, will you find relief?
For these bones
'Cause I know you won't go down alone
Fever Dreams lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Fever dreams
Can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks
They can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks
They can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks
They can only haunt you
'Neath your skin and your games
You're alone
But you're so contagious
Tell me, what am I to do?
When a fire and a fever rages
And I have caught it too
So who's to blame?
Fever dreams
They can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks
They can only haunt you
I've had enough of those moves
I've had enough of those moves
You get everything away
I've lost all I can
Lost to your skill and your games
But you're so contagious
So contagious
Fever dreams
Can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks
They can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks
They can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks
They can only haunt you
But you're so contagious
Tell me, what am I to do?
When a fire and a fever rages
And I have caught it too
So who's to blame
For who gets burned
For holding you?
The Shade Of Poison Trees lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
If you knew what I know, would you try
Before your time has run anew and worn you down?
Would you know what you deserve in your heart?
And if you knew what I knew would you try?
Is there time, is there time
To follow just one desire?
Is there time, is there time
To follow your heart's?
Dress your wounds, test your strength, face the night
Crave the touch, feel the pain, know the signs
Is there truth in your pain? You decide
If you knew what I know, would you try?
Is there time, is there time
To follow just one desire?
Is there time, is there time
To follow your heart's?
As we lie in the shade of poison trees
Are we as safe as we let ourselves believe?
The Rush lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Taste, I love the taste
I need its warm rush
Rush, I need the rush
To pulse through my veins
And I'll love you tonight
Oh, I'll love you tonight
And tomorrow you may just feel the same
Please don't bite down
I will know I'm alive
I will know I'm alive
Rush, there is no rush
There is no reason
To blush, there's only us
To keep it between
And I'll love you tonight
I will love you tonight
And tomorrow we may just feel the same
And I won't bite down
'Til the moment counts
And I'll know I'm alive
And I'll know I'm alive
Give me some teeth
Give me something unforgettable
And I'll know I'm alive
And I'll know I'm alive
And I'll know I'm alive
And the moment's right
And I'll know I'm alive
And I'll know I'm alive
Give me some teeth
Give me something unforgettable
And I'll know I'm alive
And I'll know that I am alive
And I'll know that I am alive
Little Bombs lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
How can you ask for forgiveness?
So now you think that your crimes are victimless
I know you and your sins, your retributions
So how will you lay your penance down?
We all pay in time
So how will you clear your conscience
When your clock unwinds?
I've heard enough of your forked tongue
How do you know when the cuts are deep enough?
I know you like your stabs, your preemptive attacks
But how will you hold your demons down?
We're all judged in time
But how can you seek redemption
Using alibis?
You oughta know better than to bait your jailer
You oughta know, you oughta know better
How do you deal with the consequence
Now that we bear the weight of your arrogance?
I know you and your cons, your petty little bombs
But who will you blame your troubles on now?
We all pay in time
So how will you clear your conscience
When your lies unwind?
You oughta know better than to bait your jailer
You oughta know better than to test your luck
You oughta know better than to bite who feeds you
You oughta know, you oughta know better
How can you ask for forgiveness?
How can you think that your crimes are victimless?
I know you and your sins, your retributions
So how will you lay your penance down?
We're all judged in time
So how will you clear your conscience
When your lies unwind?
I Light My Own Fires Now lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Slip out the back before those
Handlers get too tight on you
I light my own fires now
I light my own fires now
Slip in this town like it was
Measured to fit right on you
We light our own fires now
We lead ourselves into the night
Oh yeah, I don't think I'll be held
Inside an ordinary cell
Am I the escape or
Am I the escape artist?
I know, I know it's just a
Question of details
Or one of denial
Could all of this trip wire
Cut so easy?
We'll just see
Cut the alarm before the
Motion sets off its sensors
We move in silence now
We guard our secrets with our lives
We cover our tracks so we are
Protected from surveillance
We move in silence now
We lead ourselves into the fight
Into the fight, into the fight
Into the fight, into the fight
Into the fight, into the fight
And all the saints will rise again
As sons of wealthy men
Tear the whole world down before our eyes
And all the signs we should have read
While we ignored the dead
Will haunt us long after the last of us has died
Slip out the back before those
Handlers get too tight on you
I light my own fires now
I light my own fires now
Slip in this town like it was
Measured to fit right on you
We light our own fires now
We lead ourselves into the night
Matters Of Blood And Connection lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Why do you speak with that accent now?
Everyone knows you're not from the streets
You went to prep school in Cambridge
With daughters and sons of the privileged elite
The fortunes from shipping and industry
The futures in yacht clubs and tales
So why do you speak with that accent now?
Everyone knows your moonlighting here
To avail yourself of your heritage
For a season or two in the sun
Draw wealth from the funds in the trust
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
For you it's a matter of blood and connections
Of blood and connections
So who do you fool with that costume now?
Everyone knows you're not who you seem
You've got a hard way about you
For someone whose passage is already paid
By the sins and the schemes of your father
And the infinite reach of his arm
Draw wealth from the funds in the trust
Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
For you it's a matter of blood
Drink well from your bottomless cup
And bask in your good fortune
For us it's a matter of charging the gates
For you it's a matter of blood and connections
So where will you be when you tire of the fun?
The escape, the charade and your time in the sun
I know everyone does their own reinvention
But yours has a taste that's hard to swallow
And what will you tell of your tenure with us?
Will you build yourself up, like the size of your hunt?
If they're anything like what you've been telling us
Those stories will make true believers
Of the chumps and the fools
So why do you speak with that accent now?
Everyone knows you're not from the streets
Clean Breaks lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I believe in clean breaks
I keep the old troubles away
But you're making sure
I was lying when I said
"I can leave this behind"
I need you to ruin me
For this finally
'Cause it's burying me
Now I'm in these old knots
Each move keeps me locked away
With each new embrace
I've tied myself up more tightly into you
Oh, but the more I fight
And the deeper I'm trapped
And I can't break free
Of this hold that you have
And I crave you more
Under the heat of your touch
And I need your skin to ruin me
For this wicked town
Where your ghosts are bound to me
One last sacrifice for this ritual
Escape
(I believe)
In this ritual
(In clean breaks)
I was lying when I said
(I believe)
In this ritual
(In clean breaks)
I was lying when I said
(I believe in)
In this ritual
(In clean breaks)
I was lying when I said
I believe in clean breaks
Widows Peak lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
You will wait in the widows peak
And while you watch the ships come in
I will take the early train
And I will take the back streets
Down to New Orleans
Before the avenues are swallowed
By the morning heat
And you will watch the ships come in
And I will take the early train
And I will make it home
We're stronger where
The strain had broken us
And there is fight in us, I know
That it will take more than
A heavy rain to silence us
When there's so much for us, I know
And you will wait at your post until
You've been relieved and warn us all
If seas are dangerous
But you should rest for a little while
And I will watch the ships come in
I'll alert the citizens, I'll sound the alarm
We're stronger where
The strain had broken us
And there is fight in us, I know
That it will take more than
A heavy rain to silence us
When there's so much for us, I know
They've tethered the ships in the harbor
They've anchored the rest at sea
We're stronger than
Before the strain had broken us
And there is fight in us, I know
Stronger than
Before the strain had broken us
And there is fight in us, I know
That it will take more than
A heavy rain to silence us
When there's so much for us, I know
The Only Gift That I Need lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I've got my eye on top shelf liquor
With taste so smooth it
Hits you quicker
But you've only got the well
And I've got an eye for top tier women
With legs so long they go straight to heaven
But this old bunch looks like hell
But tonight I'll take what I can get
I'd like to hear a great musician
With strange ideas and grand ambition
But this guy, he's got trouble with chords
And I'd like to leave this game a winner
Head held high, the luck of beginners
But this old losers crawling out on all fours
But tonight I'll take what I can get
Well this drink will do
And girl you look all right
And this band is playing like hell tonight
These dice are loaded
And Lord I am too
I might be losing but I'm leaving soon
With the prettiest girl
To enter this dump
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum
And tonight I'll take what I can get
I've got my sights on brand new beginnings
Brand new starts make saints of sinners
But I'm doomed to live in my past
Live nude girls says the sign out front
But old dead dreams are dancing in front
Of old dead dreamers with washed up luck
Buying love for cash
Well tonight I'll take what I can get
This old story gets stale and dry
No matter how I try and try
To spin this fable
Fresh and new
You strung me along
Like a tease on prom night
Getting me loose but
Leaving me uptight
Please tell me that
Some of that love was true
Tonight I'll take what I can get
Well this drink will do
And girl you look all right
And this band is playing like hell tonight
These dice are loaded
And Lord I am too
I might be losing but I'm leaving soon
With the prettiest girl
To enter this dump
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum
And tonight I'll take what I can get
Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I've got my eye on top shelf liquor,
With taste so smooth it
Hits you quicker.
But you've only got the well.
And I've got an eye for top tier women
With legs so long they go straight to heaven,
But this old bunch looks like hell.
But tonight I'll take what I can get.
I'd like to hear a great musician
With strange ideas and grand ambition,
But this guy, he's got trouble with chords.
And I'd like to leave this game a winner
Head held high, the luck of beginners
But this old losers crawling out on all fours.
But tonight I'll take what I can get.
Well this drink will do,
And girl you look all right,
And this band is playing like hell tonight.
These dice are loaded
And Lord I am too
I might be losing but I'm leaving soon.
With the prettiest girl
To enter this dump,
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum
And tonight I'll take what I can get
I've got my sights on brand new beginnings
Brand new starts make saints of sinners
But I'm doomed to live in my past
Live nude girls says the sign out front,
But old dead dreams are dancing in front,
Of old dead dreamers with washed up luck,
Buying love for cash
Well tonight I'll take what I can get.
This old story gets stale and dry,
No matter how I try and try
To spin this fable
Fresh and new
You strung me along
Like a tease on prom night
Getting me loose but
Leaving me uptight
Please tell me that
Some of that love was true.
Tonight I'll take what I can get
Well this drink will do,
And girl you look all right,
And this band is playing like hell tonight.
These dice are loaded
And Lord I am too
I might be losing but I'm leaving soon.
With the prettiest girl
To enter this dump,
She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum
And tonight I'll take what I can get.
Dusk And Summer (2006)
- Don't Wait
- Reason To Believe
- The Secret's In The Telling
- Stolen
- Rooftops & Invitations
- So Long, So Long
- Currents
- Slow Decay
- Dusk & Summer
- Heaven Here
- Write It Out (Hidden track)
- Vindicated (from "Spiderman 2" soundtrack)
Don't Wait lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
The sky glows
I see it shining when my eyes close
I hear your warnings but we both know
I'm gonna look at it again
Don't wait, don't wait
The road is now a sudden sea
And suddenly, you're deep enough
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
Well, you get one look
I'll show you something that the knife took
A bit too early for my own good
Now let's not speak of it again
Don't wait, don't wait
The road is now a sudden sea
And suddenly, you're deep enough
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
Don't wait, don't wait
The lights will flash and fade away
The days will pass you by
Don't wait
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
Reason To Believe lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Oh, sweet lungs, don't fail me now
Your burning has turned into fear
It drills me in my every step, I'm moving quick
But you're always on my heels
Just one more breath, I beg you please
Just one more step, my knees are weak
My heart is sturdy, but it needs you to survive
My heart is sturdy, but it needs you
Breathe, don't you want to breathe?
I know that you are strong enough to handle what I need
My capillaries scream, there's nothing left to feed on
My body needs a reason to cross the line
Will you carry me there one more time?
Steady lungs, don't fail me now
I feel you bursting, but you won't let me die
Fill me up with every step, I'm feeling sick
But I'm leaving it behind
Just one more breath, I beg you please
Just one more step, you are not weak
My legs are sturdy, but they need you to survive
My heart is sturdy, but I need you
Breathe, don't you want to breathe?
I know that you are strong enough to handle what I need
My capillaries scream, there's nothing left to feed on
My body needs a reason to cross the line
Will you carry me there once more?
Once more?
I have reason to believe that I have victories to taste
I can feel them on my teeth, upon my lips and in my chest
I can roll them on my tongue, they are more supple than defeat
I feel the tension in my lungs, and every move is filled by my resolve to
Breathe, don't you want to breathe?
I know that you are strong enough to handle what I need
My capillaries scream, there's nothing left to feed on
My body needs a reason to cross that line
Will you carry me there one more time?
The Secret's In The Telling lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
The signal is subtle
We pass just close enough to touch
No questions, no answers
We know by now to say enough
With only simple words
With only subtle turns
The things we feel alone for one another
There is a secret that we keep
I won't sleep if you won't sleep
Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
We are compelled to do what we must do
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden
So I won't sleep if you won't sleep tonight
Our act of defiance
We keep this secret in our blood
No paper or letters
We pass just close enough to touch
We love in secret names
We hide within our veins
The things that keep us bound to one another
There is a secret that we keep
I won't sleep if you won't sleep
Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
We are compelled to do what we must do
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden
Until the last resilient hope
Is frozen deep inside my bones
And this broken fate has claimed me
And my memories for its own
Your name is pounding through my veins
Can't you hear how it is sung?
And I can taste you in my mouth
Before the words escape my lungs
And I'll whisper only once...
There is a secret that we keep
I won't sleep if you won't sleep
Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given
We are compelled to do what we have to
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden
'Cause you will be somebody's girl
And you will keep each other warm
But tonight I am feeling cold
Stolen lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
We watch the season pull up its own stakes
And catch the last weekend of the last week
Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced
Another sun soaked season fades away
You have stolen my heart
You have stolen my heart
Invitation-only grand farewells
Crash the best one of the best ones
Clear liquor and cloudy eyed
Too early to say goodnight
You have stolen my heart
You have stolen my heart
And from the ballroom floor, we are in celebration
One good stretch before our hibernation
Our dreams assured, and we all will sleep well
Sleep well, sleep well, sleep well, sleep well
You have stolen, you have stolen
You have stolen my heart
I watch you spin around in your highest heels
You are the best one of the best ones
And we all look like we feel
You have stolen my, you have stolen my
You have stolen my heart
Rooftops & Invitations lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
The first time you looked
At her curves you were hooked
And the glances you took, took hold of you
And demanded that you stay
And sunk in their teeth
Bit you hard and released
Such a charge that you need
Another touch, another taste, another fix
She just might get you lost
And she just might leave you torn
But she just might save your soul
If she gets you when she gets you any closer
And she leads you up
Points out skylines and stars
Steeplechases and bars and took your keys
And demanded that you stay
The city longs well for rooftops and invitations
All lace and secret places
She moves you to touch with her hands
And she just might get you lost
(She just might get you lost)
And she just might leave you torn
(She just might leave you torn)
But she just might save your soul
If she gets you when she gets you any closer
Under the cool sheet where the welcomed touch
Of skin and skin will meet
Hot on the inside, where the girl's prize
Is at the tip of your tongue
Where every move and each impulse
Brings clarity
To stay like this is everything
You'll ever need
She just might get you lost
And she just might leave you torn
But she just might save your soul
If she gets you any closer
She just might get you lost
(She just might get you lost)
And she just might leave you torn
(She just might leave you torn)
But she just might save your soul
If she gets you any closer
(If she gets you any closer)
Can you believe your eyes?
So Long, So Long lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Hand out the window
Floating on air
Just a flip of the wrist
And I'm waving you goodbye
Drive past the lifeguard stand
Where I'd sit around
Waiting for you to remember
As I drive
How the girls can turn to ghosts before your eyes
And the very dreams that led to them
Are keeping them from dying
And how the grace with which she walked into your life
Will stay with you in your steps
And pace with you a while
For so long, so long, so long, so long
The speaker in this door is blown
So nothing sounds quite right
Taking my time, taking this drive
Waving this town, goodbye
And I drive this ocean road and remember
The small of your back, nape of your neck
I remember everything as I drive
Waving this town, goodbye
How the girls can turn to ghosts before your eyes
And the very dreams that led to them
Are keeping them from dying
And how the grace with which she walked into your life
Will stay with you in your steps
And pace with you a while
So long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long, so long, so long
(Taking my time, taking this drive)
So long, so long
(Waving this town, goodbye)
So long, so long
So long, so long, so long, so long
And I will leave under the cover
Of summer's kiss upon the sky
Like the stone face of your lover
Just before she says goodbye
And I was certain that the season
Could be held between my arms
But just as summer's hold is fleeting
I was here but now I'm gone
(So long, so long)
And I'm gone
(So long, so long)
I'm gone, I'm gone
(So long, so long)
I'm gone, I'm gone
(So long, so long)
I'm gone, I'm gone
(So long, so long)
I'm gone, I'm gone
(So long, so long)
I'm gone, I'm gone
(So long, so long)
Currents lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
The air is visible around you, rising up and off your lips
In slow currents, and I watch as your face is framed in its
Slow currents, drifting curls, a trailing path
A long drag becomes a tress of blue and ash
If it is born in flames, then we should let it burn
Burn as brightly as we can
And if it's got to end, then let it end in flames
Let it burn all the way down
The air is visceral around us
Turning in its simple steps on slow currents
And I watch as it pirouettes and spins in slow motion
A long drag becomes a slow dance
In a halo of ember
If it is born in flames, then we should let it burn
Burn as brightly as we can
And if it's got to end, then let it end in flames
Let it burn all the way down
All the way down
And if this is ever meant to end
Then I hope it ends where it began
So hot with love, we burned our hands
If this is ever meant to end
Then I hope it ends where it began
So hot with love, it burns our hands
If it is born in flames, then we should let it burn
Burn as brightly as we can
And if it's got to end, then let it end in flames
Let it burn
(Let it burn)
If it's got to end
(Let it burn)
If it's got to end
(Let it burn)
It ends where it began
So hot with love, it burns our hands
Slow Decay lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Stand down, son
And start resting easy
You've done your service
I am proud to have you home and see you safe
It's so good
You looked so strong
In that picture on the mantle
You sent your mom when you were gone
But you looked scared now
Hollow eyed, when are you coming?
When are you coming?
Back where you belong
I swear that it's safe here
There's nothing to fear at all
Come on back
Where you belong
The pressure releases
If you just let down your guard
Everything rests on you
You know that feeling well
The ball is falling, falling, falling
So far from a close call
Your injuries aren't mortal wounds
The only thing that's killing you
Is what you saw
And what you couldn't stop
Well, you're not the one I blame
It wasn't your mistake
But you're safe now so come home
Back where you belong
I swear that it's safe here
There's nothing to fear at all
Come on back
Where you belong
The pressure releases
If you just let down your guard
It's simple things, dad
I'm not hurt, I'm not dead
I just should be
Where my friends are lying
And I didn't hate
Those that I killed
But they're all dead now
And I'm here alive with satellites
And Friday nights and no one to judge me
Or the things that I've done at all
So how can I live with that?
Back where I belong
Back where I belong
Back where I belong
Back where I belong
Take me back where I belong
You swear that it's safe here
There is nothing to fear at all
Take me back where I belong
The pressure releases
If I just let down my guard
Dusk & Summer lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
She smiled in a big way, the way a girl like that smiles
When the world is hers and she held your eyes
Out in the breezeway
Down by the shore in the lazy summer
And she pulled you in
And she bit your lip and she made you hers
She looked deep into you as you lay together
Quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
When you only had barely enough to hang on
And she combed your hair and she kissed your teeth
And she made you better than you'd been before
She told you bad things
You wished you could change in the lazy summer
And she told you, laughing down to her core
So she would not cry as she lay in your lap
She said, "Nobody here can live forever
Quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer"
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
When you only had barely enough to hang on
She said, "No one is alone the way you are alone"
And you held her looser than you would have
If you ever could have known
Some things tie your life together, slender threads
And things to treasure days like that should last and last and last
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
When you only had barely enough of her
To hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on
Heaven Here lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
We are the only ones who feel it
Tonight we drink, tonight we dance
We are the last ones who can hear it
We're calling in whispers, we're tired of waiting
We'll take what we want
And we'll leave what we know behind
We are still dreamers in our dead sleep
Naked and tangled, twisted in love
And tonight we are the only ones who feel it
So let it last all night
So let it last all night
Let the fire surround us, let it all cave in
Let it all burn wild, we are leaving it all behind
We are leaving it all behind
Heaven is here, heaven is here
Heaven is here
We're tangled and brave
We're naked and saved
Well, Heaven's not waiting
It's spilling its secrets, it's right here between us
And we've no other choice but belief
We've no other choice but belief
We've no other choice but belief
So let it last all night
So let it last all night
So let it last all night
So let it last all night
Naked and tangled, and twisted in love
And tonight we are the only ones who feel it
Heaven is here, Heaven is here
And tonight we are the only ones who feel it
Write It Out lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Yeah I try to write it out, not sure what I recall
I can't tell if it's memory or story telling now
It happened very quickly but it seemed to last for hours
And everything was crisp and clean 'til all came crashing down
So much fire and debris that I was nearly blind with panic
And there was no one anywhere to turn to be saved
From the tyranny and cavalcade. And all use was lost
And the more that I would struggle, the more that I became entwined
And the thickets & the thorns became my flesh and I was vine
Creeping deep into the pavement, breaking ground as I grew fast
To the center of the city and up again where I did gasp
In the air or the breeze and I was still alive with a start
And there were people everywhere to behold and admire
And I longed to be one of them and though I was lost
I felt familiar with my surroundings, though they didn't look quite right
Like someplace that I had been before, under cover of night
And I found my way by light of day to the center of a crowd
And told them I was one of them and begged them for their help
And with stones they took their aim, and I knew I would die at their hands
Where I was crowned a heretic to be loathed and set fire and laid upon a funeral pyre
And as I cast my eyes to the sky I felt your touch
So gentle and so soothing that I knew I had been saved
But my movements were so labored and my will had been betrayed
But my lips they were collop now and to them I am enslaved
And the slightest indiscretions that I made were met with rage
And I burned to be free and then you rescued me
With your voice and beckoned me beside you and your touch was alive
Sensational and vibrant and with care and your words
You say, "A secret is a stealthy thing. You cannot know its plans
You were only dreaming, dear, and now you're here with me again."
You ask if I'd account to you the spirit of my night
And you handed me this pad and this pen with which to write
While it's fresh in your mind
Before it gets away
Before it gets away
Before it gets away
Before it gets away
Vindicated lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(from "Spiderman 2" soundtrack)
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow-spinning redemption
Winding in, and winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
And roped me in so mesmerizing
So hypnotizing
I am captivated
I am
Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now
The things you swore you saw yourself
So clear, like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intention
Oversized, and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me so isolated
So motivated
I am certain now that
I am
Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now
The things you swore you saw yourself
So turn up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my fingertips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper-thin
Just one touch, and I'd been in
Too deep now to ever swim against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now
The things you swore you saw yourself
Like hope dangles on a string
Like slow-spinning redemption
Hands Down lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep
This air is blessed, you share with me
This night is wild, so calm and dull
These hearts, they race, from self control
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine
We're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all
My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
So won't you kill me, so I die happy?
My heart is yours to fill or burst to break or bury
Or wear as jewelry, whichever you prefer
The words are hushed, let's not get busted
Just lay entwined here, undiscovered
Safe in here from all the stupid questions
"Hey, did you get some?" Man, that is so dumb
Stay quiet, stay near, stay close, they can't hear
So we can get some
My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
So won't you kill me, so I die happy?
My heart is yours to fill or burst, to break or bury
Or wear as jewelry, whichever you prefer
Hands down, this is the best day I can
Ever remember, I'll always remember the sound
Of the stereo, the dim of the soft lights
The scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers
And the time on the clock when we realized it's so late
And this walk that we shared together
The streets were wet, and the gate was locked
So I jumped it and I let you in
And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist
And you kissed me like you meant it
And I knew that you meant it, that you meant it, that you meant it
And I knew that you meant it, that you meant it
Rapid Hope Loss lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
You called to say you wanted out
Well, I can't say I blame you now
Sometimes you've got to fold before you're found out
Well, thanks for waiting this long to show yourself, yourself
'Cause now that I can see you
I don't think you're worth a second glance
So much for all the promises you made, they served you well
Now you're gone and they're wasted on me
So much for your endearing sense of charm, it served you well
Now it's gone and you're wasted on me
You called to say you wanted out
Well, I can't say I blame you now
Sometimes you've got to fold before you're found out
Well, thanks, thanks for waiting this long to show yourself, show yourself
'Cause now that I can see you
I don't think you're worth a second glance
So much for all the promises you made, they served you well
Now you're gone and they're wasted on me
So much for your endearing sense of charm, it served you well
Now it's gone and you're wasted on me
I guess that all you've got is all you're gonna get
So much for so much more
I guess that all you've got is all you're gonna get
So much for so much more
Do what you must if that's what you wish
I can't be a party to this
You have a sense that you were born with
You'll find a way to make things right
I guess that all you've got is all you're gonna get
So much for so much more
I guess that all you've got is all you're gonna get
So much for so much more
I guess that all you've got is all you're gonna get
So much for so much more
As Lovers Go lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
She said, "I've got to be honest
You're wasting your time if you're fishing around here."
And I said, "You must be mistaken
I'm not fooling, this feeling is real."
She said, "You've gotta be crazy!
What do you take me for? Some kind of easy mark?"
"You've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion
But I swear that you've got me all wrong, all wrong, all wrong
That you've got me..."
I'll be true, I'll be useful, I'll be cavalier, I'll be yours my dear
And I'll belong to you if just let me through
This is easy as lovers go
So don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?
And I said, "I've got to be honest, I've been waiting for you all my life."
For so long I thought I was asylum bound
But just seeing you makes me think twice
And being with you here makes me sane
I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my side
"You've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion
But are you brave enough to leave with me tonight, tonight, tonight?
You've got me..."
I'll be true, I'll be useful, I'll be cavalier, I'll be yours my dear
And I'll belong to you if just let me through
This is easy as lovers go
So don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?
And this is easy as lovers go
So don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?
And this is easy as lovers go
So don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?
Carry This Picture lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Carry this picture for luck
Kept in a locket, tucked in your collar, close to your chest
Make it a secret shown to the closest friends
And meet me at quarter to seven
The sun will still shine then at this time of year
We'll head to the inlet
And we'll share a bottle there
And color the coast with your smile
It's the most genuine thing I've ever seen
I was so lost, but now I believe
And follow me south of the big docks
Where they tether the boats
The rich men revere as so important
They hire our fathers to steer
And down to the edge of the water
Where we'll spill our guts and we'll name our fears
I'll give you this picture
Keep it and don't be scared
And color the coast with your smile
It's the most genuine thing I've ever seen
I was so lost, but now I believe in the coast
Your smile is the most genuine thing I've ever seen
I was so lost, but now I believe
Now I believe
Now I believe
Now I believe
Bend And Not Break lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I catalog these steps now
Decisive and intentioned
Precise and patterned specifically to yours
I'm talented at breathing
Especially exhaling
So that my chest will rise and fall with yours
I'm careful not to wake you
Fearing conversation
It's better just to hold you and keep you pacified
I'm talented with reason
I cover all the angles
I can fail before I ever try
Try to understand
There's an old mistake that fools will make and
I'm the king of them
Pushing everything that's good away, so
Won't you hold me now?
I will not bend, I will not break
Won't you hold me now?
I will not bend, I will not break
I am fairly agile
I can bend and not break
Or I can break and take it with a smile
And I am so resilient
I recover quickly
I'll convince you soon that I'm fine
Try to understand
There's an old mistake that fools will make and
I'm the king of them
Pushing everything that's good away, so
Won't you hold me now?
I will not bend, I will not break
Won't you hold me now?
For you, I'll rise, for you, I'll fall
Just hold me close to you
Just hold me close to you
Just hold me close to you (Won't you hold me now?)
Just hold me close to you, to you (Won't you hold me now?)
Try to understand
There's an old mistake that fools will make and
I'm the king of them
Pushing everything that's good away, so
Won't you hold me now?
Won't you hold me now, now?
Now, now
Now, now
Ghost Of A Good Thing lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I guess it's luck, but it's the same hard luck you've been trying to tame
Maybe it's love but it's like you said... love is like a role that we play
But I believe in you so much I could die for the words that you say
But I believe in you so much I could die from the words that you say
But you're chasing the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing is getting away from you again while you're chasing ghosts
I guess it's luck, but it's the same hard luck you've been trying to tame
Maybe it's love but it's like you said... love is like a role that we play
But I believe in you so much I could die for the words that you say
But I believe in you so much I could die from the words that you say
But you're chasing the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing is getting away from you again while you're chasing ghosts
Just bend the pieces 'til they fit, like they were made for it
But they weren't meant for this
No, they weren't meant for this
Just bend the pieces 'til they fit, like they were made for it
But they weren't meant for this
Chasing the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing is getting away, away, away, away from you again
Chasing the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing is getting away from you again while you're chasing ghosts
Am I Missing lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Sharp disaster in a fresh new coma
Was it worth it when it was over?
Provin' yourself right, you make the biggest noise
Well, I'd lock my hands behind my head
I'd cover my heart and hit the deck
I'd brace myself for the impact if I were you
(It's a long way) Is there anything
(For an answer) Worth looking for
(Is there any news?) Worth loving for
(Is there any word?) Worth lying for?
(Is there trauma) Is there anything
(Or a struggle?) Worth waiting for
(Am I missing) Worth living for
(Or was the body found?) Worth dying for?
(It's a long way) Is there anything
(For an answer) Worth looking for
(Is there any news?) Worth loving for
(Is there any word?) Worth lying for?
(Is there trauma) Is there anything
(Or a struggle?) Worth waiting for
(Am I missing) Worth living for
(Or was the body found?) Worth dying for?
I'm home
I'm home
I'm home
I'm home
Sharp disaster in a fresh new coma
Was it worth it when it was over?
Provin' yourself right, you make the biggest noise
Well, I'd lock my hands behind my head
I'd cover my heart and hit the deck
I'd brace myself for the impact if I were you
(It's a long way) Is there anything
(For an answer) Worth looking for
(Is there any news?) Worth loving for
(Is there any word?) Worth lying for?
(Is there trauma) Is there anything
(Or a struggle?) Worth waiting for
(Am I missing) Worth living for
(Or was the body found?) Worth dying for?
(It's a long way) Is there anything
(For an answer) Worth looking for
(Is there any news?) Worth loving for
(Is there any word?) Worth lying for?
(Is there trauma) Is there anything
(Or a struggle?) Worth waiting for
(Am I missing) Worth living for
(Or was the body found?) Worth dying for?
I'm home
I'm home
I'm home
I'm home
I'm home
Home
(It's a long way) Is there anything
(For an answer) Worth looking for
(Is there any news?) Worth loving for
(Is there any word?) Worth lying for?
(Is there trauma) Is there anything
(Or a struggle?) Worth waiting for
(Am I missing) Worth living for
(Or was the body found?) Worth dying for?
(It's a long way) Is there anything
(For an answer) Worth looking for
(Is there any news?) Worth loving for
(Is there any word?) Worth lying for?
(Is there trauma) Is there anything
(Or a struggle?) Worth waiting for
(Am I missing) Worth living for
(Or was the body found?) Worth dying for?
I'm home
I'm home
I'm home
I'm home
Morning Calls lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Morning calls for pain relief
A line above the step beneath the worst that you could do
And the best that you could hope for is hardly the best
Tepid water, chase the pills with turpentine and chamomile
And don't get cheap with the wine
You need to be up all of the time
Shield your eyes, conceal your lies
And don't blink. Everyone's watching
They'll think you're up to something
They need for you to be everything that they cannot
Morning calls for pain relief
A line above the step beneath the worst that you could do
And the best that you could hope for is hardly the best
Tepid water, chase the pills with turpentine and chamomile
And don't get cheap with the wine
You need to be up all of the time, all of the time
Shield your eyes, conceal your lies
And don't blink. Everyone's watching
They'll think you're up to something
They need for you to be everything that they cannot
And don't blink. Everyone's watching
They'll think you're up to something
They need for you to be everything that they cannot be themselves, be themselves
Carve Your Heart Out Yourself lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Carve your heart out yourself
Hopelessness is your cell
Since you've drawn out these lines
Are you protected from trying times?
Man, it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
But Lord, it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh, look now, there you go with hope again
Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end
Dig your ditch deep enough
To keep you clear of the sun
You've been burned more than once
You don't think much of trust
Man, it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
But Lord, it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh, look now, there you go with hope again
But I'll be sure your secret's safe with me
Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end
You're treating me like I'm already gone
But I'm not, I will stay where you are, always
I will stay, I will stay, I will stay
I will stay
I will stay
I will stay (No matter where you go)
I will stay (No matter where you go)
I will stay
I will stay (No matter now where you go)
So Beautiful lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I heard that you were home again
But you don't look like you're back to me
With your focuses changing, your gaze is transfixed on a point that I can't often see
You've got your new ties. I've got my old knots
You've got your inside line
But you're never happy with what you've got
Careful now, you're so beautiful when you've convinced yourself that no one else is quite as beautiful
I heard that you were living well
But you don't look like you're living to me
Though the sparkle is gone, your smile is in place, so that everyone watching will see
You've got them all convinced
But I know so well that you could list your friends, but you can't count on them
Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced that you're alright when no one else is quite as vulnerable
As soon as you've got it you want something else
It's not the sale that you love, it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down, down, down, down
It's gonna bring you down, down, down, down, down
It's gonna bring you down, down, down, down
It's gonna bring you down, down, down, down, down
Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced that you're alright when no one else is quite as vulnerable
Careful now, you're so beautiful when you've convinced yourself that no one else is quite as beautiful
You're so beautiful
As soon as you've got it you want something else
It's not the sale that you love, it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down, down, down, down
It's gonna bring you down, down, down, down, down
As soon as you've got it you want something else
It's not the sale that you love, it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down
Hey Girl lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Hey girl, you've got a smart way
About you that makes me wish that I was smart enough for you
Hey girl, you've got a fine laugh
And I think that I can get used to that
And you're already used to laughing at me
So what if your friends think I'm crazy, well
I wasn't trying to impress those girls anyway
They're all theory, no action
Where I'm from we live
Like it's the latest attraction
Hey girl, you've got a short fuse
And I've got designs on lighting you up
And setting you off
And watching you burn for me
The world lives for the weekends
Well I watched as my weeks bleed right into them
Without a line to divide what is theirs
And what is mine
So what if your friends think I'm crazy, well
I wasn't trying to impress those girls anyway
They're all theory, no action
Where I'm from we live like it's the latest attraction
Go on, go on, your cruel intentions
Won't solve your problems
Everyone's gotta get bottom
Bottomed out in the long run
And those are the times you need love
Go on, go on, your cruel intentions
Won't solve your problems
Everyone's gotta get bottom
Bottomed out in the long run
And those are the times you need love
Go on, go on, your cruel intentions
Won't solve your problems
Everyone's gotta get bottom
Bottomed out in the long run
And those are the times you need love
If You Can't Leave It Be, Might As Well Make It Bleed lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
What you found sure upset you
Never saw it coming did you?
It's easy to be surprised with both your eyes sewn closed
Handled with great precision, another faultless execution
You're the subject of this exhibition
A willing cadaver, a willing cadaver
Scalpeled, sutured, made whole again
These cuts are leaving creases
Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell your story, you don't need to say a word
Call off the cavalry, can't save a wretch like me
Clean this with kerosene
If you can't leave it be, might as well make it bleed
Scalpeled, sutured, made whole again
Your wires are frayed, can't fire right
You look better when out of sight
You were not made to stand and fight
There's something better wrong with you
Your wires are frayed, can't fire right
You look better when out of sight
You were not made to fight a riot
There's something better wrong with you
Your pulse is anemic, you're tired of the fire
You're bruising too easy, and falling behind
And no one is waiting for you, and no one is waiting for you
And no one is waiting for you, and no one is waiting, and no one is waiting for you, for you, for you
Call off the quarantine, can't save the rest from me
Clean this with kerosene
If you can't leave it be, might as well make it bleed
Scalpeled, sutured, made whole again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again
Your wires are frayed, can't fire right
You look better when out of sight
You were not made to stand and fight
There's something better wrong with you
Your wires are frayed, can't fire right
You look better when out of sight
You were not made to stand and fight
There's something better wrong with you
Several Ways To Die Trying lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Pacific sun, you should have warned us it gets so cold here
And the night can freeze before you set it fire
And our flares go unnoticed, diminished
Faded just as soon as they are fired
We are, we are intrigued
We are, we are invisible
Oh, how we've shouted, how we've screamed
Take notice, take interest, take me with you
But all our fears fall on deaf ears
Tonight, they're burning the roads they built to lead us to the light
And blinding our hearts with their shining lies
While closing our caskets cold and tight
But I'm dying to live
Pacific sun, you should have warned us
These heights are dizzying, and the climb can kill you long before the fall
And our trails go unmarked and unmapped and covered just as soon as they are crossed
We are, we are intriguing
We are, we are desirable
Oh, how we've shouted, how we've screamed
Take notice, take interest, take me with you
But all our fears fall on deaf ears
Tonight, they're burning the roads they built to lead us to the light
And blinding our hearts with their shining lies
While closing our caskets cold and tight
But I'm dying to live
Oh, how we've shouted, how we've screamed
Take notice, take interest, take me with you
But all our fears fall on deaf ears
Tonight, they're burning the roads they built to lead us to the light
And blinding our hearts with their shining lies
While closing our caskets cold and tight
But I'm dying to live
This Old Wound lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Well, I've been bleeding well from this old wound
Cleaning it with salt, so it will still feel new
And sometimes eyes turn black and sometimes scars are tracks
But every time you're gone, I wish that you'd come back
And everyone watched me waste myself
And everyone cheered at last
And all of them found it comforting
It's better it's me than them
I think I'm doing well from what they say
They've taken both my belt and shoelaces away
Well, I believe in luck, I think I do
Well, I'd believe for sure if ever I saw you
Well, I've been fanning flames from these old coals
Feeding them with tinder and hoping they will grow
Well, I've been savoring what I can't hold
A blind belief in goodness that doesn't seem to show
Well, I've been bleeding well from this old wound
Cleaning it with salt, so it will still feel new
The End Of An Anchor lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I was away for a while
But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me, though I don't deserve it
I'll cherish it well if you give me one of your new starts
Just one more last chance
I swear that I'll earn it if you front me for now
I'm good for it, I swear
I'm better now, I swear
In earlier days, they'd persecute people
They'd carry them off and hobble their legs
For lesser offenses than how I have harmed you
And still you allow me to walk free of pain
Though I punish myself, I will never settle
The debts I've incurred for scorning the face
Of absolute beauty and measureless grace
And though I once mocked you
I'm dying to pay for it now
I'm dying to pay for it now
So hand me the rocks to help weigh me down
And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound
To the end of an anchor thrown into the sound
And test me to see if I will rise against the worst that it can get
I wasn't well for a while
I savored the things that I knew were sure to destroy me
And that seemed to hold me
That seemed to carry me where I couldn't go on the strength of my own
Well, I should've known
That gets me nowhere
I've learned that now, I swear
In earlier days, they'd persecute people
They'd carry them off and hobble their legs
For lesser offenses than how I have harmed you
And still you allow me to walk free of pain
Though I punish myself, I will never settle
The debts I've incurred for scorning the face
Of absolute beauty and measureless grace
And though I once mocked you
I'm dying to pay for it now
I'm dying to pay for it now, now, now
So hand me the rocks to help weigh me down
And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound
To the end of an anchor thrown into the sound
And test me to see if I will rise against the worst that it can get
Well, I wasn't sure that I could
Well, I wasn't sure that I could
Well, I wasn't sure that I could, but I can
The Brilliant Dance lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
So this is odd
Painful realization
That all has gone wrong
And nobody cares at all
And nobody cares at all
So you buried all your lover's clothes
And burned the letters lover wrote
But it doesn't make it any better
Does it make it any better?
And the plaster dented from your fist
In the hall where you had your first kiss
Reminds you that the memories will fade
So this is strange
Our sidestepping has come to be
A brilliant dance
Where nobody leads at all
Where nobody leads at all
And the picture frames are facing down
And the ringing from this empty sound
Is deafening and keeping you from sleep
And breathing is a foreign task
And thinking's just too much to ask
And you're measuring your minutes
By a clock that's blinking eights
Well, this is incredible
Starving, insatiable
Yes, this is love for the first time
And you'd like to think that you were invincible
Yeah, well weren't we all once
Before we felt loss for the first time?
Well this is the last time
Screaming Infidelities lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I'm missing your bed, I never sleep
Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak
And this bottle of beast is taking me home
I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets
But you're not alone and you're not discreet
Make sure I know who's taking you home
I'm reading your note over again
There's not a word that I comprehend
Except when you signed it "I will love you always and forever"
Well, as for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs
And sit alone and wonder how you're making out
But as for me, I wish that I was anywhere with anyone making out
I'm missing your laugh, how did it break?
And when did your eyes begin to look fake?
I hope you're as happy as you're pretending
I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets
And I am alone in my defeat
I wish I knew you are safely at home
I'm missing your bed, I never sleep
Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak
And this bottle of beast is taking me home
Well, as for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs
And sit alone and wonder how you're making out
But as for me, I wish that I was anywhere with anyone making out
Your hair, it's everywhere
Screaming infidelities, and taking its wear
Your hair, it's everywhere
Screaming infidelities, and taking its wear
Your hair, it's everywhere
Screaming infidelities, and taking its wear
Your hair, it's everywhere
Screaming infidelities, and taking its wear
The Best Deceptions lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I heard about your trip
I heard about your souvenirs
I heard about the cool breeze, in the cool nights
And the cool guys that you spent them with
Well I guess I should have heard of them from you
I guess I should have heard of them from you
Don't you see, don't you see, that the charade is over?
And all the "Best Deceptions" and "Clever Cover Story" awards go to you
So kiss me hard 'cause this will be the last time that I let you
You will be back someday and this awkward kiss that tells of other people's lips will be of service to keeping you away
I heard about your regrets
I heard that you were feeling sorry
I heard from someone that you wish you could set things right between us
Well I guess I should have heard of that from you
I guess I should have heard of that from you
Don't you see, don't you see, that the charade is over?
And all the "Best Deceptions" and "Clever Cover Story" awards go to you
So kiss me hard 'cause this will be the last time that I let you
You will be back someday and this awkward kiss that screams of other people's lips will be of service to keeping you away. To keeping you away
I'm waiting for blood to flow to my fingers
I'll be all right when my hands get warm.Ignoring the phone
I'd rather say nothing. I'd rather you'd never heard my voice
You're calling too late too late to be gracious you do not warrant long goodbyes
You're calling too late you're calling too late you're calling too late
This Ruined Puzzle lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
This ruined puzzle is beige with the pieces all face down
So the placing goes slowly
The pictures of anything other than it's meant to be
But the hours, they creep, the patterns repeat
Don't be concerned, you know I'll be fine on my own
I never said "don't go", "don't go"
But I've hidden a note
It's pressed between pages that you've marked to find your way back
It says "Does he ever get the girl?"
But what if the pages stay pressed
The chapters unfinished
The stories too dull to unfold?
Does he ever get the girl?
Well, this basement's a coffin, I'm buried alive
I'll die in here just to be safe
I'll die in here just to be safe
'Cause you're gone, I get nothing
And you're off with barely a sigh
I never said "Good-bye"
But I've hidden a note
It's pressed between pages that you've marked to find your way back
It says "Does he ever get the girl?"
But I've hidden a note
It's pressed between pages that you read if you're so inclined
"Does he ever get the girl?"
But the hours, they creep, the patterns repeat
Don't be concerned, you know I'll be fine on my own
I never said "don't go", "don't go"
Does he ever get the girl?
Saints And Sailors lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
This is where I say I've had enough
And no one should ever feel the way that I feel now
A walking open wound
A trophy display of bruises
And I don't believe that I'm getting any better, any better
Waiting here with hopes the phone will ring
And I'm thinking awful things
And I'm pretty sure that few would notice
And this apartment
Is starving for an argument
Anything at all to break the silence
Wandering this house
Like I've never wanted out
And this is about as social as I get now
And I'm throwing away the letters that I am writing you
'Cause they would never do
I would never do, never
Waiting here with hopes the phone will ring
And I'm thinking awful things
And I'm pretty sure that few would notice
And this apartment
Is starving for an argument
Anything at all to break the silence
So don't be a liar
Don't say that "everything's working"
When everything's broken
And you smile like a saint
But you curse like a sailor
And your eyes say the joke's on me
But I'm not laughing and you're not leaving
And who do I think I am kidding
When I'm the only one locked in this cell?
Waiting here with hopes the phone will ring
And I'm thinking awful things
And I'm pretty sure that few would notice
And this apartment
Is starving for an argument
Anything at all to break the silence
So don't be a liar
Don't say that "everything's working"
When everything's broken
And you smile like a saint
But you curse like a sailor
And your eyes say the joke's on me
The Good Fight lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Consider the odds
Consider the obvious
The martyr is meaningless
The campaign has died
In the planning stages and the fallen faces
Are the singular proof it was ever alive
This purchased rebellion has been outbidded
Denounced and rescinded and left to die championless
Championless
Championless
I begged you not to go
I begged you, I pleaded
Claimed you as my only hope
And watched the floor as you retreated
I begged you not to go
I begged you, I pleaded
Claimed you as my only hope
And watched the floor as you retreated
Hope has sprung a perfect dive
A perfect day, a perfect lie
A slowly crafted monologue conceding your defeat
This purchased rebellion has been outbidded
Denounced and rescinded and left to die championless
Championless
Championless
I begged you not to go
I begged you, I pleaded
Claimed you as my only hope
And watched the floor as you retreated
I begged you not to go
I begged you, I pleaded
Claimed you as my only hope
And watched the floor as you retreated
Does it comfort you to know you fought the good fight?
Basking in your victory, hollow and alone
And you boast your bitter bragging rights to anyone who'll listen
While you're left with nothing tangible to gain
Standard Lines lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Which of the bold faced lies will we use?
I hope that you're happy, you really deserve it
This will be the best for us both in the end
But your taste still lingers on my lips
Like I just placed them upon yours
And I starve, I starve for you
But this new diet's liquid
And dulling to the senses
And it's crude but it will do
So which of the standard lines will we use?
I've been meaning to call you
I've just been so busy
We'll catch up soon
Let's make it a point to
But your taste still lingers on my lips
Like I just placed them upon yours
And I starve, I starve for you
But this new diet's liquid
And dulling to the senses
And it's crude but it will do
But it will do
I hope it will do
Again I Go Unnoticed lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
So quite another wasted night
The television steals the conversation
Exhale another wasted breath
Again it goes unnoticed
Please, tell me you're just feeling tired
'Cause if it's more than that, I feel that I might break
Out of touch, out of time
Please, send me anything but signals that are mixed
'Cause I can't read your rolling eyes
Out of touch, are we out of time?
Close lipped, another good night kiss
Is robbed of all its passion
Your grip another time is slack
It leaves me feeling empty
Please, tell me you're just feeling tired
'Cause if it's more than that, I feel that I might break
Out of touch, out of time
Please, send me anything but signals that are mixed
'Cause I can't read your rolling eyes
Out of touch, are we out of time?
I'll wait until tomorrow
Maybe you'll feel better then
Maybe we'll be better then
So what's another day
When I can't bear these nights of thoughts of going on without you?
This mood of yours is temporary
It seems worth the wait to see you smile again
Out of the corner of your eye
Won't be the only way you'll look at me then
So quite another wasted night
The television steals the conversation
Exhale another wasted breath
Again it goes unnoticed
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