Get Me Right lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I made my slow way home
Limping on broken bones
Out of the thickest part
Across the county lines
Onto Your wooden stairs
I know You can repair
I know You've seen the light
I know You'll get me right
Right, right, right
I own a sinner's heart
I know the rain falls hard
I know the currency
I know the things You'll need
I hope He hears my prayers
I see You cut Your hair
I know the saving type
I know You'll get me right
Right, right, right
Oh Jesus, I've fallen
I don't mind the rain if
I meet my maker
I meet my maker
Clearly, Jesus
The truth is
I struggle so hard to believe
I need my maker, I need my maker
To cure me of my darling gun
And drain me of the sins I love
And take from me my disbelief
I know it should come easily
But it remains inside of me
It battles and devours me
It cuddles up the side of me
In whispers, it convinces me I'm
Right, right, right
Right, right, right
Right, right, right
Right, right
Until Morning lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
It was the year I crashed my motorbike
I think it was the summer
I think you whispered
"When you gonna wake up? When you gonna wake up?"
Dear, slip these on your tongue
Little seeds of reinvention
In angels' hands
The medicine of modern man
Wait now
Tell me that this isn't over
Hang on, just long enough
If this is Heaven
Or if it's just a warning
Say you will stay with me
Even if it's just 'til morning
If this is over
Then why is it so hard?
Just say you will stay with me
One more night
Stay here and we can start again
We could be made over
You'll hear us shouting
"When you gonna wake up? When you gonna wake up?"
Scared, well, everyone gets scared
Just signal when you're ready
In angels' hands
Sleep so steady, sleep so steady
Wait now
Tell me that this isn't over
Hang on, just long enough
If this is Heaven
Or if it's just a warning
Say you will stay with me
Even if it's just 'til morning
If this is over then
Why is it so hard?
Just say you will stay with me
One more night
If you're running from your secrets
I won't make you take them with you
I am ready I can take it
You don't have to carry them alone
There's a way out if you want it
To an end or a new beginning
You just have to find it on your own
If this is Heaven
Or if it's just a warning
Say you will stay with me
If this is over then
Why is it so hard?
Just say you will stay with me
One more night
One more night
(If this is over)
One more night
(Or if it's just a warning)
Even if it's just 'til morning
One more night
(If this is over)
One more night
(Then why is it so hard?)
One more night
(Say you will stay with me)
Even if it's just 'til morning
Even if it's just 'til morning
Even if it's just 'til morning
Even if it's just 'til morning
Everybody Learns From Disaster lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
We went rolling up the coast
Then there was no more coast to wander
We tried every different road
Just to see which took us further
We were living on the run
Though there was no one chasing after
We were looking out for love
And we were flirting with disaster
While the world fades out
We stayed in the sun too long
Suffered a terrible burn
Now everybody learns from disaster
We stayed on the run too long
Hoping we'd never return
Now everybody learns from disaster
We watched the sun burn down into cinders
We turned out into the plains
And turned in when we got tired
We slept two across the bench
And we fit three under the covers
We had just enough cash left
To top the tank and fill the cooler
And we lit the van with dreams
After the sun burned into cinders
And the world fades out
We stayed in the sun too long
Suffered a terrible burn
Now everybody learns from disaster
We stayed on the run too long
Hoping we'd never return
Now everybody learns from disaster
We watched the sun burn down
We watched the sun burn down
We watched the sun burn down into cinders, into cinders
We watched the sun burn down
We watched the sun burn down into cinders
We stayed in the sun too long
Suffered a terrible burn
Now everybody learns from disaster
We watched the sun burn down
We watched the sun burn down into cinders, into cinders
We watched the sun burn down
We watched the sun burn down into cinders
Belle Of The Boulevard lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Down in a local bar out on the Boulevard
The sound of an old guitar
Is saving you from sinking
It's a long way down, it's a long way
Back like you never broke, you tell a dirty joke
He touches your leg and thinks he's getting close
For now you let him
Just this once, just for now, and just like that it's over
Don't turn away, dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Don't be afraid, but keep it all inside, all inside
When you fall apart, dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Life is always hard for the Belle of the Boulevard
In all your silver rings, in all your silken things
That song you softly sing
Is keeping you from breaking
It's a long way down, it's a long way
Back here you never lost, you shake the shivers off
You take a drink to get your courage up
Can you believe it?
Just this once, just for now, and just like that it's over
Don't turn away, dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Don't be afraid, oh keep it all inside, all inside
When you fall apart, dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Life is always hard for the Belle of the Boulevard
Please hold on, it's all right
Please hold on, it's all right
Please hold on
Down in a local bar out on the boulevard
The sound of an old guitar
Is saving you
Don't turn away, dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Don't be afraid, but keep it all inside, all inside
When you fall apart, dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Life is always hard, let me dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Don't turn turn away
Time to dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Don't be afraid, or keep it all inside, all inside
When you fall apart, gonna dry your eyes, dry your eyes
Life is always hard for the Belle of the Boulevard
I Know About You lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Well, I know the trouble when the trouble starts
And I know the signals of a straying heart
And I know the stirrings of a double cross
And I see suspicions arise around you
I know the chatter as it starts to creep
I know the walls as they ring and repeat
I know the secrets they were meant to keep
And I see suspicions arise
It's a shame, I know
But it all shakes out real slow
When the forays of your weekend
Hang like smoke onto your clothes
And the shame of it grows
When you whisper it nice and low
But all the walls have ears my darling
And all bad things get known
And I know about you
I know about you
I know the ceiling when it starts to burn
And I know the season when it starts to turn
And I know the patterns that the wicked learn
And I see suspicions arise around you
I know the curtain and the way it falls
I know the burden and the pain it draws
I know you're sorry for something
But I don't know why
It's a shame, I know
But it all shakes out real slow
When the forays of your weekend
Hang like smoke onto your clothes
And the shame of it grows
When you whisper it nice and low
But all the walls have ears my darling
And all bad things get known
And I know about you
(I know about you)
I know about you
It's a shame, I know
But it all shakes out real slow
When the forays of your weekend
Hang like smoke onto your clothes
And the shame of it grows
When you whisper it nice and low
But all the walls have ears my darling
And all bad things get known
And I know about you
I know about you
(I know about you)
I know about you
(I know about you)
I know about you
Alter The Ending 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 really lasts as long
As we meant for it to be
There'll twists and turns
To pull at us and tear into the seams
But I'll meet you where we started once again
'Cause I miss you
Maybe we were right to carry on, to carry on
Even when they said we'd be undone
Take it as a sign we can still go on, we still belong
Even when the worst is yet to come
We're only waiting on the sun
To clear away the haze
'Cause we can't see where we've gone
From where we started, where we strayed
And where we're meant to be
There'll be ash and dust to bury us
But I will keep you clean
And I'll meet you where we started once again
Maybe we were right to carry on, to carry on
Even when they said we'd be undone
Take it as a sign we can still go on, we still belong
Even when the worst is yet to come
And when tomorrow comes
And we've shown everyone
What they can never take away
Maybe we were right to carry on, to carry on
Even when they said we'd be undone
Take it as a sign we can still go on, we still belong
Even when the best is yet to come
And when tomorrow comes
And we've shown everyone
What they can never take away
And when tomorrow comes
And we've shown everyone
What they can never take away
Blame It On The Changes lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I lay down, I can't sleep
My mind runs on repeat
I stare at the ceiling from my side
I reach out, you're right there
But you're lost in the details
I wait for the end of the long night
You can blame it on the changes
I can take it anyway it is
We just got lost but we both found
We need this more than ever
Can we take it? Can we save it?
Sick of keeping, tired of waiting
Can we hold out? Can you hold on?
'Cause I need you more than you know now
We play like we don't know
We both lie, but we don't show
That something is changing between us
We start out in one lane
The same road, the same name
But something we can't see divides us
You can blame it on the changes
I can take it anyway it is
We just got lost but we both found
We need this more than ever
Can we take it? Can we save it?
Sick of keeping, tired of waiting
Can we hold out? Can you hold on?
'Cause I need you more than you know now
'Cause I need you more than you know now
'Cause I need you more than you know now
(Don't run away, don't run away)
'Cause I need you more than you know now
(Don't run away, don't run away)
You can blame it on the changes
I can take it anyway it is
We just got lost but we both found
We need this more than ever
Can we take it? Can we save it?
Sick of keeping, tired of waiting
Can we hold out? Can you hold on?
'Cause I need this more than ever
'Cause I need you more than you know now
Even Now lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Even now, I can smell your clothes
Freshly from the wash
Still hot from the dryer
Even now, I can smell your skin
As I wrap you in a towel
Lay you on the bed
And try to love you
Even now, I can feel your arms
I can feel your breast
And I can hear your songs
And I always can find you again
Even now, I can feel your hand
Gently over mine
With almost no weight at all
Even now, I can feel your eyes
Watch me as I strum
Much too late at night
Even now, I can see you smile
I can hear you hum
I can hear you sing
And I always can find you again
Even in the dark of night
Even in the lowest light
Even as the world outside
Is spinning and spinning
Even now, I can feel your hair
Blow across my cheek
As we sit in one of two chairs
Even now, I can feel your face
Resting on my chest
Wrestling for sleep
And failing at it
Even now, I can see you sleep
I can see you dream
I can see you fly
And I always can find you again
And I always can find you again
The Motions lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
From small pains to fiery burns
These are the signals of my dying nerves
Singed by the heat of your lines and curves
Into a fire that could scorch the earth
I'm going through the motions
I'm going through the motions
I'm going through the motions
I'm going through them, but I can't remember how to feel
If this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Oh, if this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Then I am not afraid to be bound to impulses of science
If this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Oh, if this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Then I am not ashamed to be owned by the impulses
From small shocks to surging bolts
These are the signals from my spinal cords
Sent down the wires through the lines and folds
Into a wire on my frontal lobe
I'm going through the motions
I'm going through the motions
I'm going through the motions
I'm going through them, but I can't remember how to feel
Since I ran my hands over you
Nothing else will ever do now
To cool me down
If this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Oh, if this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Then I am not afraid to be bound to impulses of science
If this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Oh, if this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Then I am not ashamed to be owned by the impulses
Since I ran my hands over you
Nothing else will ever do
Since I ran my hands over you
Nothing else will ever do
Since I ran my hands over you
Nothing else will ever do now
To cool me down
If this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Oh, if this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Then I am not afraid to be bound to impulses of science
If this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Oh, if this is chemical, oh, if this is chemical
Then I am not ashamed to be owned by the impulses of science
If this is chemical, if this is chemical
If this is chemical, if this is chemical
(I can't remember how to feel)
If this is chemical, if this is chemical
If this is chemical, if this is chemical
Then I am not ashamed to be owned by the impulses of science
No News Is Bad News lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
I sit in wonder of your thoughts
What makes you so sure
Our sins are not the start
Of something wholly divine?
I don't like the sound of this
No news is bad news
And all this quiet and all your looks
Give no betrayal to what you shield or hide
Wider walls
Have not protected
Anything or anyone
The way I will protect your burning heart
I know you're careful
'Cause I've been burned before and I know how it makes you careful
And I know your symptoms
Are complicated from holding against the impulse
But if you're alone, are you lonely?
Well, you just don't have to be
Lonely anymore
I don't like the looks of this
Without you there's no truth
But all my doubt and all my trust
Is no betrayal to what I feel inside
Wider walls
Have not protected
Anything or anyone
The way I will defend your beating heart
I know you're careful
'Cause I've been burned before and I know how that makes you careful
And I know your symptoms
Are complicated from holding against the impulse
But if you're alone, are you lonely?
Well, you just don't have to be
Lonely anymore
I sit in wonder of your thoughts
What makes you so sure
Our sins are not the start
Of something wholly divine?
I don't like the sound of this
No news is bad news
I don't like the sound of this
No news is bad news
I don't like the sound of this
No news is bad news
I don't like the sound of this
No news is bad news
Water And Bridges lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
There's things I know I should've mentioned sooner
But I didn't know how, I'm sorry I lost you
I never thought that this could come between us
I know it's water and bridges now
But what's the sense of carrying around this weight?
These words are tearing me apart
And that's enough for the back to break
That's enough for a life to take
But I've been paying for it since I drove my girl away
And that's the sign of a solemn man
I'll make the best of the best I can
And I'll be better for it if I ever get my chance
That face, I know exactly what you're thinking
But I'm certain this time is different
And that's why I can't pretend that everything is mended
I know I've tried to for too long now
But what's the sense in carrying around this weight?
These words are tearing us apart
And that's enough for the back to break
That's enough for a life to take
But I've been paying for it since I drove my girl away
And that's the sign of a solemn man
I'll make the best of the best I can
And I'll be better for it if I ever get my chance
Oh, save me from a gray life
Oh, save me from the gray life
I've paid the price with my soul
Oh, save me
And that's enough for the back to break
That's enough for a life to take
But I've been paying for it since I drove my girl away
And that's the sign of a solemn man
I'll make the best of the best I can
And I'll be better for it if I ever get my chance
If I ever get my chance, if I ever get my chance
If I ever get my chance
Hell On The Throat lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
A line of strands to mark the trail
No one said it would be easy
I must admit I thought the risk
Was better waged in younger seasons
And all these years in the cold play hell on the throat
'Til everything I say burns like cinders
Well, it's hard to belong to a girl or a song
In the crease of a strangling winter
It's strange to be lost, stranger still to belong
On the strings of a twisting line
Along the way the turns are sharp
No one said it would be easy
I must admit, I thought the trip
Was better made in younger seasons
But all these years in pursuit made a man of a fool
'Til every word I say is unwavered
Well, it's hard to belong to a girl or a song
In the case of a selfish believer
It's strange to be lost, stranger still to belong
On the strings of a twisting line
Well it's hard to belong to a girl or a song
In the case of a selfish believer
It's strange to be lost, stranger still to belong
On the strings of a twisting line
And when the path I have made from the grass to the grave
I will love you still
And when the sand turns to glass and all that's left is the past
I will love you still
Truth Of The Matter lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Over the fence
My foot gets a hold of the grate
And up to the rope
Who knows if it can't take my weight
Nut even if it frays
Even as I scale these walls
I believe that troubles mount
And I believe a curse
Hold me in her arms
And the truth of the matter
Is it's all over you
Ahead of it shouts by a mile or two
If I sail out to the west
Who know if I can make the rest
But even if I can't
Even if they take me back
I believe that troubles mount
And I believe a curse
Hold me in her arms
And the truth of the matter
Is it all over you
And the truth of the matter
Is it all over you
All over over you
All over over you
But even if I'm safe
Even if I make it out
I believe that troubles mounts
And I believe a curse
Holds me in her arms
And the truth of the matter
Is it all over you
And the truth of the matter
Is it all over you
The Cut And Run Routine lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
So, I've seen the truth is
That you've been leaving since the day you showed
Oh well, I've seen your little cut and run routine
Enough times now to have it memorized
So there's no surprises
Oh it's sad enough to be a fine mess
But it's shaping up to be a cold and lonely party
For a cold and lonely girl
With her sights set on the big exit
With a chase and a catch and some makeup sex
So it feels a bit less lonely
For a cold and lonely girl
So, I could see the angles you play
And I've been your game since the day you showed
Oh well, I've had you about as much I wanted
Enough times now to have it memorized
So there's no surprises
Oh it's sad enough to be a fine mess
But it's shaping up to be a cold and lonely party
For a cold and lonely girl
With her sights set on the big exit
With a chase and a catch and some makeup sex
So it feels a bit less lonely
For a cold and lonely girl
All I ever wanted for you was to stand on your own
All I ever wanted for you was to stand on your own
Sure, there's no surprises
Oh it's sad enough to be a fine mess
But it's shaping up to be a cold and lonely party
For a cold and lonely girl
With her sights set on the big exit
With a chase and a catch and some makeup sex
So it feels a bit less lonely
For a cold and lonely girl
So it feels a bit less lonely
For a cold and lonely girl
So it feels a bit less lonely
For a cold and lonely girl like you
Theme From Volume 1 lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
Why is the world in love again?
Why are we marching hand in hand?
Why are the ocean levels rising up?
It's a brand new record of songs we've covered
We hope you like them, here is Volume 1
Valens lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(originally by The Movielife)
I took what I wanted
But I didn't have what I want
Balled up, sprawled out
Flame on the seat of the couch
Seemingly intangible, I cup it
Rekindle it, and ward the wind
I took what I wanted
But I didn't have what I want
Balled up, sprawled out
Seat's aflame on the couch
Seemingly intangible, I cup it
Rekindle it, and ward the wind
We clicked, and I clicked
I pointed, and squinted, and pulled
We clicked, and I clicked
I pointed, squinted, and pulled
And I can never take it back
I live in this heat, I freeze in its wrath
I live in this heat, I can't win
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 Jell-o, 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 press table
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
'Cause 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
'Cause 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
A Year In The Past, Forever In The Future lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(originally by Grade)
This is a time in my life
Where everything is falling apart
And at the same time
It's all coming together
Those summer days that I longed for
Never really were
What I wanted them to be
Just like when beautiful people
Drive ugly cars
Just like when pretty people
Crash ugly cars
I'm hitting the road again
With five of my best friends
We always seem to disagree
But I still enjoy their company
But I still enjoy their company
And when I'm here
I'll make you a mixed tape
Those singers always know
Just what to say
My throat is already hurting
And it's not even the first day
The record sounds great
But for some reason
I can't pull it off from day to day
This is the time in my life
Where everything is falling apart
And at the same time
It's all coming together
It's all coming together
It's all coming together
It's all coming together
This is the time in my life
Where everything is falling apart
And at the same time
It's all coming together
It's all coming together
It's all coming together
Overkill lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(originally by Men At Work)
I can't get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications
Especially at night
I worry over situations
I know will be alright
Perhaps it's just your imagination
Day after day, it reappears
Night after night, my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Alone between the sheets
Only brings exasperation
It's time to walk the streets
Smell the desperation
At least there's pretty lights
And though there's little variation
It nullifies the night from overkill
Day after day, it reappears
Night after night, my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Come back another day
I can't get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications
Especially at night
I worry over situations
I know will be alright
It's just overkill
Day after day, it reappears
Night after night, my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
If I Needed You lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
If I needed you
Would you come to me
Would you come to me
And ease my pain?
If you needed me
I would come to you
I'd swim the seas
For to ease your pain
In the night forlorn
The morning's born
And the morning shines
With the lights of love
You will miss sunrise
If you close your eyes
That would break
My heart in two
The lady's with me now
Since I showed her how
To lay her lily hand in mine
Loop and Lil agree, she's a sight to see
And a treasure for the poor to find
If I needed you
Would you come to me
Would you come to me
And ease my pain?
If you needed me
I would come to you
I'd swim the seas
For to ease your pain
Angels Of The Silences lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(originally by Counting Crows)
Well, I guess, you left me
With some feathers in my hand
Did it make it any easier
To leave me where I stand?
I guess, there might not be too many
Who would stand beside you now
Where'd you come from? Where am I going?
Why'd you leave me till I'm only good for
Waiting, for you
All my sins, I said that I would pay for them
If I could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming
Every night these silhouettes appear above my head
Little angels of the silences
That climb into my bed and whisper
Every time I fall asleep, every time I dream
Did you come? Would you lie?
Why'd you leave me till we're only good for
Waiting, for you
All my sins, I said that I would pay for them
If I could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming
I dream of Michelangelo when I'm lying in my bed
Little angels hang above my head
And read me like an open book and suck my blood
Break my nerve, offer me their arms
Well, I will not be an enemy of anyone
I'll only stand here
Waiting, for you
All my sins, I said that I would pay for them
If I could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming
I'm gone, I'm gone, I leave today
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone
Take me away
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone
I'm gone away, I'm gone, I'm gone
Catch lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(originally by The Cure)
Yeah, I know who you remind me of
A girl I think I used to know
Yeah I'd see her when the days got colder
On those days when it felt like snow
You know, I even think that she stared like you
She used to just stand there and stare
And roll her eyes right up to heaven
And make like I just wasn't there
And she used to fall down a lot
That girl was always falling, again and again
And I used to sometimes try to catch her
But never even caught her name
And sometimes we would spend the night
Just rolling about on the floor
(Just rollin' about on the floor)
And I remember
Even though it felt soft at the time
I always used to wake up sore
You know I even think that she smiled like you
She used to just stand there and smile
And her eyes would go all sorts of far away
And stay like that for quite a while
And I remember she used to fall down a lot
That girl was always falling, again and again
And I used to sometimes try to catch her
But never even caught her name
Yes, I sometimes even tried to catch her
But never even caught her name
Pretty Pathetic lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(originally by Smoking Popes)
You should have heard me sobbing
As I drove home that night
Got into bed and stayed there
For days I just laid there
Having been permanently changed
But we won't get into that now
Let's take it from the start
You should have seen me smiling
Like the world was mine
She used to call me baby
Softly, sometimes
But if I dwell on those days too long
I feel like my life is over, and that's no good
So let's move on
To the part where I begin to sense her distance
I panic and hold on tighter
That makes it worse
How am I supposed to take it
When she says
"This is something I'm going through
It's got nothing to do with you"
I had a special evening all planned out
Desperately determined to reignite
Some spark between us
She had to feel something for me
A love as strong as ours
Doesn't just go away
You can't just turn it off
Unless she was lying all those times
But I don't think so
I really don't think so
The way she used to look at me
Made me a thousand feet high
The meaning of the word, "cool"
Not the same geek
Who fumbled through his words that night
The ugliest night
I said some pretty awkward things
I got the feeling that she felt sorry for me
I should have seen it was hopeless and left it alone
But I had to go on embarrassing myself
"I miss what we had, I need you so badly"
"I miss what we had, I need you so badly"
"I miss what we had, I need you so badly"
"I miss what we had, I need you so badly"
I must have sounded pretty pathetic, I know
That's why I don't blame her for what she said
But listen to me rambling
We don't know each other that well
But you're so easy to talk to
I feel like I could tell you almost anything
I hope I haven't put you off
I have a tendency to do that
Why don't I just be quiet?
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
Better lyrics - Dashboard Confessional
(originally by Regina Spektor)
If I kiss you where it's sore
If I kiss you where it's sore
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
Born like sisters to this world
In a town where blood ties are only blood
If you never say your name out loud to anyone
They can never, ever call you by it
If I kiss you where it's sore
If I kiss you where it's sore
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
Getting sad, getting sad, getting sadder
And I don't understand and I don't understand
But if I kiss you where it's sore
If I kiss you where it's sore
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
Will you feel better, better, better?
Will you feel anything at all?
Will you feel anything at all?
Anything at all
Will you feel anything at all?
Will you feel anything at all?
Anything at all, anything at all
Anything at all, anything at all
Anything at all
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
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