The Swiss Army Romance (2000)

• Screaming Infidelities
• The Sharp Hint Of New Tears
• Living In Your Letters
• The Swiss Army Romance
• Turpentine Chaser
• A Plain Morning
• Age Six Racer
• Again I Go Unnoticed
• Ender Will Save Us All
• Shirts And Gloves
• Hold On
• This Is A Forgery
• Not So Easy 

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 Sharp Hint Of New Tears lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

On the way home this car hears my confessions

I think tonight I'll take the long way

In this weather, the wind outside is biting

It's left me feeling tired and exposed

You've been asking me to bleed

It seems these kinds of questions

They come too easy to you now

Your lack of shame comes naturally

I should not be surprised

I should have seen it sooner

Expect me to apologize for things that you've done wrong

But you're inciting others

You're owning up to nothing and I wish that I was gone

'Cause you're not going anywhere

And this damp air, it's fighting my defroster

My sighs they ring victorious and fog this tinted glass

And it's clouded and so is my head

The hint of these new tears are sharp I try to choke them back

But it's useless. I'm useless against them now

They are beating me with ease

On the way home this car hears my confessions

I think tonight I'll take the long way

Expect me to apologize for things that you've done wrong

But you're inciting others

You're owning up to nothing and I wish that I was gone

'Cause you're not going anywhere

On the way home this car hears my confessions

I think tonight I'll take the long way

Living In Your Letters lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I'm always assuming the worst

But you're going on nonetheless

And there's nothing to cushion your heart led fall

Letters from further away

Keep pulling me close to home

And there's something to cushion my callous sighs

And I know that you hope for

Longer good-byes

Embracing for forever

And falling in your eyes

(In your eyes, your eyes)

Pouring over photographs

I'm living in your letters

Breathe deeply from this envelope

It smells like you and I can't be

Without that scent. It's filling me

With all you mean to me

(To me)

Continually failing these trials

But you stand by me nonetheless

And you won't let me sink

Though I'm begging you, I'm begging you

Phone calls from further away

And messages on my machine

But I don't ever tell you this distance

Seems terrible

There's no need to test my heart with useless space

These roads go on forever

And there'll always be a place for you in my heart

So I'll hit the pavement

It's gotta be better than waiting

And pushing you far away

'Cause I'm scared

So I'll take my chances

And head on my way up there

'Cause turning to you is like falling in love when you're ten

The Swiss Army Romance lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Sleep with all the lights on

You're not so happy

You're not secure

You're dying to look cute in your blue jeans

But you're plastic just like everyone

Just like everyone

And that face you paint is pressed

Impressing most of us as permanent

And I'd like to see you undone

College night will draw the crowds

Dorms unload and you're heading out

Here is your moment to shine

Making up a history

It's nothing from the life you lead

But man, will they buy all your lines

Sleep with all the sheets off

Baring your mattress, baring your soul

And you're dying to look smooth with your tattoos

But you're searching just like everyone

You could be anyone

And those friends you have are the best

Impressing most of us as permanent

And I'd like to see you undone

Youth's the most unfaithful mistress

Still we forge ahead to miss her

Rushing our moment to shine

Making up a history

It's nothing from the life you lead

But man, will they buy all your lines

We're not twenty-one

But the sooner we are, the sooner the fun will begin

So get out your fake eyelashes and fake IDs and real disasters ensue

It's cool to take these chances

It's cool to fake romances

And grow up fast

Turpentine Chaser lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

This paint has been tasting of lead

And their chips will fall as they may

But it's not just my finish that's peeling

And it's not alone fleeing these walls

Well, sooner or later this cold, it's gonna break

So our hands will be warm again

But all I want is not to need you now

And sooner or later this code, it's gonna break

And our words will be heard again

But all I want are vows of silence now

This turpentine chaser's got kick

And the rag that it's soaked in is rich

The fumes aid the pace of my cleaning

And as soon as I'm done, I am gone

And the frightening facts we've been facing our backs to for so long now

Are begging for eyes to bear witness to lies and indifference

Now we're saying aloud the things we've declared in our silence

That new coats of paint will not reacquaint broken hearts to broken homes

A Plain Morning lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

It's yet to be determined

But the air is thick

And my hope is feeling worn

I'm missing home

And I'm glad you're not a part of this

There's parts of me that will be missed

And the phone is always dead to me

So I can't tell you the temperature is dropping

And it feels like

It's colder than it ought to be in March

And I still got a day or two ahead of me

'Til I'll be heading home

Into your arms again

And the people here are asking after you

It doesn't make it easier

It doesn't make it easier to be away (to be away)

I'd like to hire a plane (a plane)

I'd see you in the morning (morning)

When the day is fresh

I'm coming home again (I'm coming home again)

Coming home again (again)

Coming home again (again)

When the day is fresh

I'm coming home again (I'm coming home again)

But it's warmer where you're waiting

It feels more like July

There's pillows in their cases

And one of those is mine

And you wrote the words "I love you"

And sprayed it with perfume

It's better than the fire is

To heat this lonely room

It's warmer where you're waiting

It feels more like July

It feels more like July

It's yet to be determined

But the air is thick

And my hope is feeling worn

I'm missing home

And I'm glad you're not a part of this

There's parts of me that will be missed

And the phone is always dead to me

So I can't tell you the temperature is dropping

And it feels like

It's colder than it ought to be in March

And I still got a day or two ahead of me

'Til I'll be heading home

Into your arms again

And the people here are asking after you

It doesn't make it easier (easier)

It doesn't make it easier to be away (to be away)

I'd like to hire a plane (a plane)

I'd see you in the morning (morning)

When the day is fresh

I'm coming home again (I'm coming home again)

Coming home again (again)

Coming home again (again)

When the day is fresh

I'm coming home again (I'm coming home again)

Age Six Racer lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

So long, sweet summer

I stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your rays

So long, sweet slumber

I fell into you, now you're gracefully falling away

Hey, thanks, thanks for that summer

It's cold where you're going, I hope that your heart's always warm

I gave you the best, I gave you the best that I had

You passed on the letters and passed on the best that I had

I hate the winter in Lexington

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

Ender Will Save Us All lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

It's just like you to contest

Wear it like a label on your breast

Don't you see what this takes of me?

A certain callousness complies with your charm

And in your pride a hopeful look draped in despise

I want to give you whatever you need

What is it you need? Is it what I need?

I want to give you whatever you need

What is it you need? Is it within me?

It's hard to explain how I am getting by on so little from you

It's hard to believe that I would let myself get so wrapped in you

There's got to be something that would be worthwhile for me to give to you

We need a connection but you seem to push me far away from you

From you, from you

Harder I push, the farther I fall

Well, you don't mind me being headstrong

But you don't want to sing along

Maybe it's trite but I can't always, always, always be wrong

It's just like you to contest

Wear it like a label on your breast

Don't you see what this takes of me?

A certain callousness complies with your charm

And in your pride a hopeful look draped in despise

I want to give you whatever you need

What is it you need? Is it what I need?

I want to give you whatever you need

What is it you need? Is it within me?

It's hard to explain how I am getting by on so little from you

It's hard to believe that I would let myself get so wrapped in you

There's got to be something that would be worthwhile for me to give to you

We need a connection but you seem to push me far away from you

From you, from you

Harder I push, the farther I fall

Well, you don't mind me being headstrong

But you don't want to sing along

Maybe it's trite but I can't always, always, always be wrong

Be wrong, be wrong

Try not to be, try not to be, try not to be, try not to be wrong

Shirts And Gloves lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

When I'm back from the road, then you're out on it

And I'm tired of this distance and I believe it's over

It's over-rated

And this phone tag game is endless, the novelty is wearing

I'm hoping time will pass without any assistance or convincing

Road rules apply

There's so much action

You're getting busy

So I'll call your cellular phone

To tell you TV night was lonely without you

And so am I... so am I

It seems our day keeps falling on a leap year

So many high points on this last leg

I can't wait to recount them

It seems like nothing's happened until I've shared them with you

And the note that you have called says you're half a day away

And you are heading home just in time for me

For me to leave

And road rules apply

There's so much action

I'm getting busy

So make sure that I'm up to date on TV night

I hate to miss out

I think I miss you most on Wednesdays and Saturdays

Seems our day keeps falling on a leap year

Hold On lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

She had a history of killing herself

I had a habit of dying

I think she gave me something to live for

I guess I helped her pass the time

And I had a vision of seeing things straight

She had the heart of a liar

I never saw her leave me once

She never felt me beside her

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

She had a history of killing herself

I had a habit of dying

I think she gave me something to live for

I guess I helped her pass her time

And I had a vision of seeing things straight

She had the heart of a liar

I never saw her leaving me once

She never felt me beside her

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

It's cruel but she's got a good hold on me

This Is A Forgery lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

This is a forgery, this is a forgery

Every single word is plagiarized

Copied twice and thrice inscribed

This is a forgery

There is a path

And to get where it's leading

You've got to be sharp and never bend easy

This is an enemy, this is an enemy

Compliments and chemistry

Cavalier and so charming

This isn't everything, this isn't everything

I had a fit and you had a feeling

There was a path, and to get where it's leading

You had to be sharp, you couldn't swerve side to side

I was a razor and you were a straight line

This is a travesty, this is a travesty

Every sentiment has been contrived

Palatable and so refined. Sugar sweet to appetize

I had a fit and you had a feeling

There was a path and to get where it's leading

You had to be sharp, you couldn't swerve from side to side

I was a razor and you were a straight line

This is a forgery, this is a forgery

Every single word is plagiarized

Copied twice and thrice inscribed

This is a forgery

And we were looking out, for some shining light

But it was casket black, so we would search all night

Not So Easy lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Save up, until you've had it

Your purse gone, but you won't go on

Brought down with a force of nature

Breathing off my lung

It's not easy to like it

(It's not easy to like it)

It's not easy at all

(It's not easy at all)

It's not easy to like it at all

Fill up to the limit

Winter has come as an appetite

Money clips, equipped with paper

Pockets brimming and tight

It's not easy to like it

(It's not easy to like it)

It's not easy at all

(It's not easy at all)

It's not easy to like it at all

It's not easy to like it

(It's not easy to like it)

It's not easy at all

(It's not easy at all)

It's not easy to like it at all

(Breathing off of my lung)

(When you breathe off of my lung)

Save up, until you've had it

Offers come

But you won't go on

Brought down

(It's not easy to like it)

With a force of nature

Breathing off of my lung

It's not easy at all

It's not easy at all

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Alter The Ending (2019 Version) lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I know that yesterday is gone and it won't come back to me

But I miss it after all

It never lasted quite as long as I let myself believe

There'll be twists and turns to pull at us, and tear into our seams

But I make up what I broke down, if I can 'cause I miss you

It takes someone you love to alter the ending

Even as they watch you fall apart

Well, I was really lost – sinking and descending

I wasn't even there to break your heart

And now I'm waiting on the sun to clear away the haze

'Cause I can't see where I've gone

From where I started, where I strayed and where I'm meant to be

There'll be ash and dust to bury us, but I will keep you clean

And I'll be there, like I should be in the end

It takes someone you love to alter the ending

Even as they watch you fall apart

And I was really lost – sinking and descending

I wasn't even there to break your heart

And if the chance was mine, I'd take back every time

That I ever pulled away

It takes someone you love to alter the ending

Even as they watch you fall apart

Well, I was really lost – sinking and descending

I wasn't even there to break your heart

And if you'd take me back to what I almost had and the awful mess I made

If second chances count, then I give every ounce and I never pull away

Blue Christmas lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

(originally by Elvis Presley)

I'll have a blue Christmas without you

I'll be so blue just thinking about you

Decorations of red on our green Christmas tree

Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me

And when those blue snowflakes start fallin'

That's when those blue memories start callin'

You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white

But I'll have a blue, blue, blue Christmas

You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white

But I'll have a blue, blue, blue Christmas

Circles lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

(originally by Post Malone)

We couldn't turn around 'til we were upside down

I'll be the bad guy now, but no, I ain't too proud

I couldn't be there even when I tried

You don't believe it, we do this every time

Seasons change and our love went cold

Feed the flame 'cause we can't let it go

Run away, but we're running in circles

Run away, run away

I dare you to do something

I'm waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame

Run away, but we're running in circles

Run away, run away, run away

Let go, I got a feeling that it's time to let go

I say so, I knew that it was doomed from the get-go

You thought that it was special, special

But it was just the sex though, the sex though

And I still hear the echoes (The echoes)

I got a feeling that it's time to let it go, let it go

Seasons change and our love went cold

Feed the flame 'cause we can't let it go

Run away, but we're running in circles

Run away, run away

I dare you to do something

I'm waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame

Run away, but we're running in circles

Run away, run away, run away

Maybe you don't understand what I'm going through

It's only me, what you got to lose?

Make up your mind, tell me, what are you gonna do?

It's only me, let it go

Seasons change and our love went cold

Feed the flame 'cause we can't let it go

Run away, but we're running in circles

Run away, run away

I dare you to do something

I'm waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame

Run away, but we're running in circles

Run away, run away, run away

Currents (Original Lyrics) lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Desperation is following me

I try to shake it, but it's always on my heels

And when I try to get away, I'm in slow motion

Caught in the ruts on either side

A straight path becomes a knot I can't unwind

If it is born in flames then we should let it burn

Burn as brightly as we can

And if it's gotta end then let it end in flames

Let it burn all the way down

Hesitation is calling to me

I try to fight it, but it's always in my ear

And its whisper's winding reel on slow currents

Little lies to keep my tied

A straight path becomes a road I cannot find

Just some name I remember

If it is born in flames then we should let it burn

Burn as brightly as we can

And if it's gotta end then let it end in flames

Let it burn all the way down

All the way down

And if the light should fade away

And leave me on a darkened path

I will make some new mistakes

But I am never going back

There's only every each new step for each of us

There's so much left

If it is born in flames then we should let it burn

Burn as brightly as we can

And if it's gotta end then let it end in flames

Let it burn

If it is born in flames then we should let it burn

Burn as brightly as we can

And if it's gotta end then let it end in flames

Let it burn all the way down

KindaYeahSorta lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Boys in the corduroys out on the corner, ay

Girls with the curls won't go in the water, ay

He needs a lady, she needs a man too, ay

She likes him better when mom says 'he won't do', ay

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Girls in convertibles smile at the police, ay

Kids with the lids are popping the ollies, ay

Up in the club, they throw a party, ay

We want to go, don't have no ID, ay

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Him with the violin, play for a quarter, ay

She with the daiquiri taking the orders, ay

They like the sunny day soak in the color, ay

We in the canopy, all hot and bothered, ay

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

I kinda don't wanna go home

Do you kinda don't wanna go home?

I kinda don't wanna go home

Do you kinda don't wanna go home?

Boys in the corduroys out on the corner, ay

Girls with the curls won't go in the water, ay

He needs a lady, she needs a man too, ay

She likes him better when mom says 'he won't do', ay

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

I kinda don't wanna go home

Do you kinda don't wanna go home?

I kinda don't wanna go home

Do you kinda don't wanna go home?

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

Kinda, yeah, sorta

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Anyone, Anyone lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I'm not sure of anyone, anyone
But I've got plans
I'm not asking for everything but sure I could use a hand

Get a little anxious
Sometimes you'll be gone and I'll be left behind
Get a little nervous
Sometimes it'll be my cue and I'll forget my lines
Get a little lost look
And some staring from the corner of my eye
Never really mastered disinterest

I can't see how
The way that you leave me alone makes us close
I must be out of touch
I won't ask you
To give up on the things that seem to keep you gone
But I can be gone too

Feel a little sorry
Sometimes you're not here when I am writing
Feels a little awkward
Sometimes you won't talk but we're not fighting
You hold on to your secrets
And I'm not privy to what is on your mind
But I can't help but feel tired
So tired, so tired, so tired

So tired

Awake lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Awake
Through the years it takes to see you
'Til I almost lose my mind
'Cause I'll never be alright
And I'm sorry you had to see this
But I'm such a mess
And I never could forget

I'm scared I'll miss the way we use to talk
And if its all forever lost don't wanna know
I'm scared that you're the one that got away
And I want you here with me tonight you never come

I'm scared I'll miss the way we use to talk
And if its all forever lost don't wanna know
I'm scared that you're the one that got away
And I want you here with me tonight you never come

Broken Hearts And Concrete Floors lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I'm always assuming the worst
But you're going on none the less
And there's nothing to cushion your heart
Let it fall

Letters from further away
Keep pulling me close to home
And there's something to cushion
My callous eyes

And I know that you hope for longer goodbyes
Embracing for forever
And falling in your eyes
In your eyes, your eyes

Pouring over photographs, I'm living in your letters
Breathe deeply from this envelope it smells like you
And I can't be without that scent, it's filling me
With all you mean to me, to me

Continually failing these trials
But you stand by me none the less
And you won't let me sink though I'm begging you
I'm begging you

Phone calls from further away
And messages on my machine
But I don't ever tell you
This distance seems terrible

There's no need to test my heart with useless space
These roads go on forever
They'll always be a place
For you, in my heart

So I'll hit the pavement it's gotta be better then waiting
And pushing you far away 'cause I'm scared
So I'll take my chances and head on my way up there
'Cause turning to you is like falling love when you're ten

Crazy lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

(originally by The Afghan Whigs)

Whatever did happen to your soul?
I heard you sold it
To some old boy who lived uptown
Who could afford it
So what's gonna happen to you now?
Therapy? The pharmacy?

Crazy, that's what you'd like to believe
But it ain't easy
When you're going crazy
Over the rainbow

I think your story's jive, she said
There ain't nothing wrong with me
If I use it to get me some sympathy
Some ecstasy, a memory, I wanna remember me

Crazy, that's what you'd like to believe
But it ain't easy
When you're going crazy
Over the rainbow

Crazy, crazy over you
Crazy without you
Crazy without you
Crazy over you

Drowning lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Am I drowning you out?
Boasts of defection
If everything was up to me,
I would be gone by the first sight
The first sight of hope I'd be packed up and out on my way.
Time has been spread so thin
And it's just hours 'fore the day begins.
And the things that are keepin' you here are not keepin' me here.
The things that are keepin' you here
will keep me away.

And "You'll be sorry", isn't that what they'll say?
Don't follow your heart 'cause it just seems to get in your way.
And don't ever leave here
and mope at your leisure and straighten out your crease dear
and truth is in a tall beer

Are you drowning your fears?
Pasts of deception
When everything is hazy then everything will be OK
When everything is hazy then you won't be sad that you stayed.
Time has been spread so thin
And it's just hours 'til the day begins.
And the things that are keepin' you here are not keeping me here.
The things that are keeping you here will keep me away
And "You'll be sorry", isn't that what they'll say?
Don't follow your heart 'cause it just seems to get in your way
And don't ever leave here
and mope at your leisure and straighten out your crease dear,
and truth is in a tall beer...

That's the end
That's the end
That's the end...

El Scorcho lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

(originally by Weezer)

Goddamn you half-Japanese girls
Do it to me every time
Oh, the redhead said you shred the cello
And I'm jello, baby
But you won't talk, won't look, won't think of me
I'm the epitome of public enemy
Why you wanna go and do me like that?
Come down on the street and dance with me

I'm a lot like you so please, hello, I'm here, I'm waiting
I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me

I asked you to go to the Green Day concert
You said you never heard of them (how cool is that)
How cool is that?
So I went to your room and read your diary:
Watching Grunge leg drop New-Jack through a presstable...
And then my heart stopped:
Listening to Cio-Cio San, fall in love all over again.

I'm a lot like you so please, hello, I'm here, I'm waiting
I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me

How stupid is it? I can't talk about it
I gotta sing about it and make a record of my heart
How stupid is it? Won't you gimme a minute
Just come up to me
And say hello to my heart
How stupid is it? For all I know you want me too
And maybe you just don't know what to do
Or maybe you're scared to say: 'I'm falling for you'

I wish I could get my head out of the sand
Cos I think we'd make a good team
And you would keep my fingernails clean
But that's just a stupid dream that I won't realize
Cos I can't even look in your eyes without shaking, and I ain't faking
I'll bring home the turkey if you bring home the bacon

I'm a lot like you so please, hello, I'm here, I'm waiting
I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me

I'm a lot like you
I'm a lot like you
I'm a lot like you
And I'm waiting
I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me

Everybody Hurts lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

(originally by R.E.M.)

When the day is long and the night
The night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life to hang on

Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
Everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone
If you feel like letting go
When you think you've had too much
Of this life, to hang on

'Cause everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
And everybody hurts

Don't throw your hand
Oh no, don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone
No, no, no, you're not alone

If you're on your own in this life
And the days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much
Of this life, to hang on

Everybody hurts, sometimes everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on

Finishing School lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

[from "Jennifer's Body" soundtrack]

Oh, alright dear, have a nice year
Teach the mean girls how to be feared
And turn the weak ones into servants
You can't be satisfied
You just want what you can't have

Oh no, not again, the shudders, the shaking
Oh no, not again, the faint and the faking
Oh no, oh no, love, it's not what you're thinking
I've just had enough of your finishing school

Oh, alright love, here's the good stuff
You can have it if you want it
But you want what you can't have

Oh no, not again, the shudders, the shaking
Oh no, not again, the faint and the faking
Oh no, oh no, love, it's not what you're thinking
I've just had enough of your finishing school

Oh no, not again, the shudders, the shaking
Oh no, not again, the faint and the faking
Oh no, oh no, love, it's not what you're thinking
I've just had enough

Oh no, not again, oh no, not again, oh no, not again
I've just had enough of your finishing school

For Justin lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

It's been a year now, since you were here now
And I've been trying to heal inside
Dedications have all been placed
And I see your resemblance in my face
And on our birthday I said an extra wish for you, for you

And I have learned so much since you've been gone
And I have done so little for so long
So now I'll settle up these grievances and focus on the savory
And wave all these discrepancies away
And I'll peter out these misconceptions, give out faith at my discretion
Live a life that you would think was sane, sane

Displaying changes, being made
And I wonder if you ever really wanted it this way
And in your memory they even hung a plaque for you, for you

And I have learned so much since you've been gone
And I have done so little for so long
So now I'll settle up these grievances and focus on the savory
And wave all these discrepancies away
And I'll peter out these misconceptions, give out faith at my discretion
Live a life that would think was sane, sane

Heart Beat Here lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Come on home let yourself heal
You could sleep for a thousand years
And I won't let you disappear
Let your heart beat here

You've been running far and wide
Chasing what you feel inside
Doing what you hope is right
Well, I will take your path as mine

I feel it in my ribs
I feel it in my soul
The pulse just grows
So loud and so clear
Let your heart beat here
Let your heart beat here

Winters come to take me away
I wear my ring to know what's at stake
And when the days work at their own pace
You'll remain my time and place

I feel it in my ribs
I feel it in my soul
The pulse just grows
So loud and so clear
Let your heart beat here
Let your heart beat here

We found our way past our youthful fears
And fought our way through the pain and tears
And we drove our stakes in the place most dear
And our hearts beat here

I feel it in my ribs
I feel it in my soul
The pulse just grows
So loud and so so clear
Let your heart beat here
So loud and so clear
Let your heart beat here
Let your heart beat here
Let your heart beat here

I Need A Sure Thing lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

You are a razor blade
You are precision-cut
You are a stare sharp as the tack in my eye?
At rest in my veins
[Your pulse in my neck?]
As sharp-edged as questions the time I have left
And so you are on my mind.

I need a burning stake
I need a piercing dart
I need something as hot as it is sharp
And I need to bleed
I need to burn
I need a sure thing
I need a sure thing
And you are a mystery to me

You are a paper bird
Folded and folded and creased
And bent and shaped from a five dollar bill
It's priceless to me
And never spent
It hangs from a ceiling fan over my bed
And so you are on my mind

I need a burning stake
I need a piercing dart
I need something as hot as it is sharp
And I need to bleed
I need to burn
I need a sure thing
And you are a mystery to me

I'll hang my hopes all at once on a rope
There's a possibility that this is happening to someone who's not me
I'll hold my head
Keep it still and pretend
That these spins and the webs
Are actually desirable

I need a burning stake
I need a piercing dart
I need something as hot as it is sharp
And I need to bleed I need to burn
I need a sure thing
And you are a mystery to me

Jamie lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

[Originally written by Weezer]

Jamie, what you doing now?
What you doing now girl?
Please, please tell me
Cause I need to know, I need to know now
When I was down, you came to me
And promised you'd always be
By my side, now you're gone
And I'm waiting patiently
Jamie, I want you to know

Jamie, oh Jamie, I'm so glad you're mine
We'll be together a long time

Jamie, what you doing now?
He's dialin' your car phone
Please, please be true
You know that I trust you, do that which you must do
When I was down, you came to me
And promised you'd always be
By my side, now you're gone
And I'm waiting patiently
Jamie, I want you to know

Jamie, oh Jamie, I'm so glad you're mine
We'll be together a long time

You've got the Beach Boys, and your firm's got the Stones
But I know you won't leave me alone
Sometimes it seems you're not with me
It hurts me so much, it hurts me so much
Sometimes it seems you're not with me
It hurts me so much, it hurts me so much

You are the most, you're so rad, you're so fresh
And I'm so glad I am yours, you are mine
Show me where and I will sign
When I was down, you came to me
And promised you'd always be
By my side, now you're gone
And I'm waiting, waiting

Jamie, oh Jamie, I'm so glad you're mine
We'll be together a long time

Jamie, believe me, I won't let you down
Cause you are the best lawyer in town
Sometimes it seems you're not with me
It hurts me so much, it hurts me so much
Sometimes it seems you're not with me
It hurts me so much, it hurts me so much
It hurts me so much, it hurts me so much

This Old Wound lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I've been bleeding well from this old wound,
Cleaning it with salt, so it will still feel new.
Sometimes eyes turn black, and sometimes scars are tracks.
But everytime 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 belts
And shoelaces away.
But I believe in luck...
I think I do.
Well I believe for sure,
If ever I see you.

I've been fanning flames from these old coals.
Feeding them with tender, and hoping they will grow.
And I've been savoring what I can't hold.
A blind belief in goodness
That doesn't seem to show.

And I've been bleeding well from this old wound.
Cleaning it with salt, so it will still feel new.

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

[Chorus]
I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I 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 intentions
Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me so isolated, so motivated
I am certain now that

[Chorus]

So turn
Up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my finger tips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now to ever swim against the current
So let me slip away [3x]
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away [4x]

[Chorus]

Slight hope
It dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption...

Warmth Of The Sand lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Relax and stand in the warmth of the sand
the day is long
and here for us to take for granted.
We find ourselves to our knees
Water clear, a tender breeze upon our faces
as we bask in our good graces
Yeah, we all are golden here.

And summer, and summer,
where night belongs to lust and lovers.
And summer, and summer,
and I am here to win you over.
You will be mine this year. (this year that's right this is the one this year, this year)

The sun is set and the moon is high,
The night is long and here for you and I to capture (it's for us)
And flood ourselves to the gills with icey drinks
With bolstering wills and we are braver for the moment
Yeah, we all are golden here

And summer, and summer,
where all the girls bare olive shoulders,
and summer, and summer,
and I am here to win you over.
You will be mine this year. (this year)

The courtyard where the garden stands,
Behind the beach, in crystal and sands, we shed our clothes,
And felt romantic, tinted by the moon fantastic.
Bright and warm, and hours alone absolve us of the sins we own.
And from one year into another I think of you when I feel summer.

And summer, and summer, where all the girls bear olive shoulders
And summer, and summer, where all you hope for is another
And summer, and summer, where night belongs to lust and lovers
And summer, and summer, and I am here to win you over
You will be mine this year. (This year)