The Shade Of Poison Trees (2007)

• Where There's Gold..
• Thick As Thieves
• Keep Watch For The Mines
• These Bones
• Fever Dreams
• The Shade Of Poison Trees
• The Rush
• Little Bombs
• I Light My Own Fires Now
• Matters Of Blood And Connection
• Clean Breaks
• Widows Peak
• The Only Gift That I Need
• Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get (iTunes Pre-order Bonus Track) 

Where There's Gold.. lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Step on the stage, the lights, the praise

The curtain calls and the big parade

You know that life all too well

The promise, the pain, the valor, the rage

Hold up your hands for the bow and the wave

You know its touch a little too well

You throw yourself into their arms

Mistresses have all the fun

But no one's ever there to take you home

Box up your gloves and your down coats

Bound for the sun and the west coast

Where upper-crust tragedies abound

A tip for the girl at the coat check

The guy at the door and the bar back

They know your face, oh so well

But movies never made you famous

All your dreams got lost or traded

And all you ever cared about got lost

But you were surely still an actress

Older men would find attractive

And all you ever dreamed of was the cost

Where there's gold, there's a gold digger

Where there's gold, there's a gold digger

Where there's gold, there's a gold digger

Where there's gold, there's a gold digger

Where there's gold, there's a gold digger

Where there's gold, there's a gold digger

You throw yourself into their arms

Mistresses have all the fun

But no one's ever there to take you home

Thick As Thieves lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Would it kill you to breathe easy?

Only seventeen miles lay between you and me

I could make it if I had to

I don't break easily

You got my council, thick as thieves

If there's a crime, we'll keep it secret

For there's only trace amounts left in your blood

You may be a sinner

But you may be justified

Just keep your mouth shut

Keep your guard up

I swear I'll make it right

Will it kill me to breathe?

Not as easy as you think

It is between you and me

I could fake it if I have to

I don't break easily

I need your council, thick as thieves

I have no crime to keep a secret

It was hers, it was not mine

Well, I may be a sinner

But it wasn't me this time

Just keep your mouth shut

Keep your guard up

I swear I'll make it right

Well, listen to yourself

There is a hemorrhage in your mouth

It won't stop bleedin'

Well, you may be the trigger

I will hold the smokin' gun, you'll get away clean

I'll keep your secrets 'til the grave has swallowed me

And I will never tell a tortured soul

They are burning by my side

That I am a sinner, I am a savior

I am a lie

So keep your mouth shut

Keep your guard up

I swear I'll make it right

Keep Watch For The Mines lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Don't act like you've been silent

I know how you spread that web of contradictions

Wide like so much cover fire

Keep watch for the mines

Keep watch for the mines

Be careful who you wave that tongue at 'round here

I've seen smarter acts than yours get disappeared

If you keep swinging that knife all over this town

You are bound to get your own back stabbed

Keep watch for the mines

The concealed dangers

The traps and the coils of the wires

With their sharp razors

The ditches and the trenches

And the smiles of the gravediggers

And if you're told the answer needs no questioning

The answer is a lie

Keep watch for the mines

Keep watch for the mines

Keep watch for the mines

(Will they bleed everyone out?

Will they bleed everyone out?)

Keep watch for the mines

(Will they bleed everyone out before they die?)

Keep watch for the mines

(Will they bleed everyone out?

Will they bleed everyone out?)

Keep watch for the mines

(Will they bleed everyone out before they die?)

Keep watch for the mines

The concealed dangers

The traps and the coils of the wires

With their sharp razors

The ditches and the trenches

And the smiles of the gravediggers

And if you're told the answer needs no questioning

The answer is a lie

Keep watch for the mines

Keep watch for the mines

These Bones lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Lay my bones at the feet of the ministry

I need the guilt and the company

I need the chance to be judged

And then long forgotten

Lately I just can't shake it

I count the days in seconds and minutes

Hours and hours are subtle

As shards of glass in the skin

So lay with me

I could use the company

You could help me ease

These bones are like maps and keys

Where they took their hits

And they felt those teeth

There's a story hidden underneath

If you dig in deep, will you find relief?

For these bones shudder all night long

The hammer drops another scar

For these bones but I know

They're only my second home

Naked and under the cover of night

It's just a matter of time 'til I'm

Counted and measured and filed

And then long forgotten

Forgive my manner of speaking

I know it's quick but the clock is still ticking

And I've got a few words left

Burning holes on my tongue

I've been saving them

So lay with me

I could use the company

You could help me ease

These bones are like maps and keys

Where they took their hits

And they felt those teeth

There's a story hidden underneath

If you dig in deep, will you find relief?

For these bones shudder all night long

The hammer drops another scar

For these bones but I know

They're only my second home

No, you won't go down alone

No, you won't go down alone

No, you won't go down alone

No, you won't go down alone

So lay with me

I could use the company

You could help me ease

These bones are like maps and keys

Where they took their hits

And they felt those teeth

There's a story hidden underneath

If you dig in deep, will you find relief?

These bones are like maps and keys

Where they took their hits

And they felt those teeth

There's a story hidden underneath

If you dig in deep, will you find relief?

For these bones

'Cause I know you won't go down alone

Fever Dreams lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Fever dreams

Can only haunt you

'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

'Neath your skin and your games

You're alone

But you're so contagious

Tell me, what am I to do?

When a fire and a fever rages

And I have caught it too

So who's to blame?

Fever dreams

They can only haunt you

'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

I've had enough of those moves

I've had enough of those moves

You get everything away

I've lost all I can

Lost to your skill and your games

But you're so contagious

So contagious

Fever dreams

Can only haunt you

'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

But you're so contagious

Tell me, what am I to do?

When a fire and a fever rages

And I have caught it too

So who's to blame

For who gets burned

For holding you?

The Shade Of Poison Trees lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

If you knew what I know, would you try

Before your time has run anew and worn you down?

Would you know what you deserve in your heart?

And if you knew what I knew would you try?

Is there time, is there time

To follow just one desire?

Is there time, is there time

To follow your heart's?

Dress your wounds, test your strength, face the night

Crave the touch, feel the pain, know the signs

Is there truth in your pain? You decide

If you knew what I know, would you try?

Is there time, is there time

To follow just one desire?

Is there time, is there time

To follow your heart's?

As we lie in the shade of poison trees

Are we as safe as we let ourselves believe?

The Rush lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Taste, I love the taste

I need its warm rush

Rush, I need the rush

To pulse through my veins

And I'll love you tonight

Oh, I'll love you tonight

And tomorrow you may just feel the same

Please don't bite down

I will know I'm alive

I will know I'm alive

Rush, there is no rush

There is no reason

To blush, there's only us

To keep it between

And I'll love you tonight

I will love you tonight

And tomorrow we may just feel the same

And I won't bite down

'Til the moment counts

And I'll know I'm alive

And I'll know I'm alive

Give me some teeth

Give me something unforgettable

And I'll know I'm alive

And I'll know I'm alive

And I'll know I'm alive

And the moment's right

And I'll know I'm alive

And I'll know I'm alive

Give me some teeth

Give me something unforgettable

And I'll know I'm alive

And I'll know that I am alive

And I'll know that I am alive

Little Bombs lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

How can you ask for forgiveness?

So now you think that your crimes are victimless

I know you and your sins, your retributions

So how will you lay your penance down?

We all pay in time

So how will you clear your conscience

When your clock unwinds?

I've heard enough of your forked tongue

How do you know when the cuts are deep enough?

I know you like your stabs, your preemptive attacks

But how will you hold your demons down?

We're all judged in time

But how can you seek redemption

Using alibis?

You oughta know better than to bait your jailer

You oughta know, you oughta know better

How do you deal with the consequence

Now that we bear the weight of your arrogance?

I know you and your cons, your petty little bombs

But who will you blame your troubles on now?

We all pay in time

So how will you clear your conscience

When your lies unwind?

You oughta know better than to bait your jailer

You oughta know better than to test your luck

You oughta know better than to bite who feeds you

You oughta know, you oughta know better

How can you ask for forgiveness?

How can you think that your crimes are victimless?

I know you and your sins, your retributions

So how will you lay your penance down?

We're all judged in time

So how will you clear your conscience

When your lies unwind?

I Light My Own Fires Now lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Slip out the back before those

Handlers get too tight on you

I light my own fires now

I light my own fires now

Slip in this town like it was

Measured to fit right on you

We light our own fires now

We lead ourselves into the night

Oh yeah, I don't think I'll be held

Inside an ordinary cell

Am I the escape or

Am I the escape artist?

I know, I know it's just a

Question of details

Or one of denial

Could all of this trip wire

Cut so easy?

We'll just see

Cut the alarm before the

Motion sets off its sensors

We move in silence now

We guard our secrets with our lives

We cover our tracks so we are

Protected from surveillance

We move in silence now

We lead ourselves into the fight

Into the fight, into the fight

Into the fight, into the fight

Into the fight, into the fight

And all the saints will rise again

As sons of wealthy men

Tear the whole world down before our eyes

And all the signs we should have read

While we ignored the dead

Will haunt us long after the last of us has died

Slip out the back before those

Handlers get too tight on you

I light my own fires now

I light my own fires now

Slip in this town like it was

Measured to fit right on you

We light our own fires now

We lead ourselves into the night

Matters Of Blood And Connection lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Why do you speak with that accent now?

Everyone knows you're not from the streets

You went to prep school in Cambridge

With daughters and sons of the privileged elite

The fortunes from shipping and industry

The futures in yacht clubs and tales

So why do you speak with that accent now?

Everyone knows your moonlighting here

To avail yourself of your heritage

For a season or two in the sun

Draw wealth from the funds in the trust

Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons

For us it's a matter of charging the gates

For you it's a matter of blood and connections

Of blood and connections

So who do you fool with that costume now?

Everyone knows you're not who you seem

You've got a hard way about you

For someone whose passage is already paid

By the sins and the schemes of your father

And the infinite reach of his arm

Draw wealth from the funds in the trust

Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons

For us it's a matter of charging the gates

For you it's a matter of blood

Drink well from your bottomless cup

And bask in your good fortune

For us it's a matter of charging the gates

For you it's a matter of blood and connections

So where will you be when you tire of the fun?

The escape, the charade and your time in the sun

I know everyone does their own reinvention

But yours has a taste that's hard to swallow

And what will you tell of your tenure with us?

Will you build yourself up, like the size of your hunt?

If they're anything like what you've been telling us

Those stories will make true believers

Of the chumps and the fools

So why do you speak with that accent now?

Everyone knows you're not from the streets

Clean Breaks lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I believe in clean breaks

I keep the old troubles away

But you're making sure

I was lying when I said

"I can leave this behind"

I need you to ruin me

For this finally

'Cause it's burying me

Now I'm in these old knots

Each move keeps me locked away

With each new embrace

I've tied myself up more tightly into you

Oh, but the more I fight

And the deeper I'm trapped

And I can't break free

Of this hold that you have

And I crave you more

Under the heat of your touch

And I need your skin to ruin me

For this wicked town

Where your ghosts are bound to me

One last sacrifice for this ritual

Escape

(I believe)

In this ritual

(In clean breaks)

I was lying when I said

(I believe)

In this ritual

(In clean breaks)

I was lying when I said

(I believe in)

In this ritual

(In clean breaks)

I was lying when I said

I believe in clean breaks

Widows Peak lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

You will wait in the widows peak

And while you watch the ships come in

I will take the early train

And I will take the back streets

Down to New Orleans

Before the avenues are swallowed

By the morning heat

And you will watch the ships come in

And I will take the early train

And I will make it home

We're stronger where

The strain had broken us

And there is fight in us, I know

That it will take more than

A heavy rain to silence us

When there's so much for us, I know

And you will wait at your post until

You've been relieved and warn us all

If seas are dangerous

But you should rest for a little while

And I will watch the ships come in

I'll alert the citizens, I'll sound the alarm

We're stronger where

The strain had broken us

And there is fight in us, I know

That it will take more than

A heavy rain to silence us

When there's so much for us, I know

They've tethered the ships in the harbor

They've anchored the rest at sea

We're stronger than

Before the strain had broken us

And there is fight in us, I know

Stronger than

Before the strain had broken us

And there is fight in us, I know

That it will take more than

A heavy rain to silence us

When there's so much for us, I know

The Only Gift That I Need lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I've got my eye on top shelf liquor

With taste so smooth it

Hits you quicker

But you've only got the well

And I've got an eye for top tier women

With legs so long they go straight to heaven

But this old bunch looks like hell

But tonight I'll take what I can get

I'd like to hear a great musician

With strange ideas and grand ambition

But this guy, he's got trouble with chords

And I'd like to leave this game a winner

Head held high, the luck of beginners

But this old losers crawling out on all fours

But tonight I'll take what I can get

Well this drink will do

And girl you look all right

And this band is playing like hell tonight

These dice are loaded

And Lord I am too

I might be losing but I'm leaving soon

With the prettiest girl

To enter this dump

She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum

And tonight I'll take what I can get

I've got my sights on brand new beginnings

Brand new starts make saints of sinners

But I'm doomed to live in my past

Live nude girls says the sign out front

But old dead dreams are dancing in front

Of old dead dreamers with washed up luck

Buying love for cash

Well tonight I'll take what I can get

This old story gets stale and dry

No matter how I try and try

To spin this fable

Fresh and new

You strung me along

Like a tease on prom night

Getting me loose but

Leaving me uptight

Please tell me that

Some of that love was true

Tonight I'll take what I can get

Well this drink will do

And girl you look all right

And this band is playing like hell tonight

These dice are loaded

And Lord I am too

I might be losing but I'm leaving soon

With the prettiest girl

To enter this dump

She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum

And tonight I'll take what I can get

Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

I've got my eye on top shelf liquor,

With taste so smooth it

Hits you quicker.

But you've only got the well.

And I've got an eye for top tier women

With legs so long they go straight to heaven,

But this old bunch looks like hell.

But tonight I'll take what I can get.

I'd like to hear a great musician

With strange ideas and grand ambition,

But this guy, he's got trouble with chords.

And I'd like to leave this game a winner

Head held high, the luck of beginners

But this old losers crawling out on all fours.

But tonight I'll take what I can get.

Well this drink will do,

And girl you look all right,

And this band is playing like hell tonight.

These dice are loaded

And Lord I am too

I might be losing but I'm leaving soon.

With the prettiest girl

To enter this dump,

She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum

And tonight I'll take what I can get

I've got my sights on brand new beginnings

Brand new starts make saints of sinners

But I'm doomed to live in my past

Live nude girls says the sign out front,

But old dead dreams are dancing in front,

Of old dead dreamers with washed up luck,

Buying love for cash

Well tonight I'll take what I can get.

This old story gets stale and dry,

No matter how I try and try

To spin this fable

Fresh and new

You strung me along

Like a tease on prom night

Getting me loose but

Leaving me uptight

Please tell me that

Some of that love was true.

Tonight I'll take what I can get

Well this drink will do,

And girl you look all right,

And this band is playing like hell tonight.

These dice are loaded

And Lord I am too

I might be losing but I'm leaving soon.

With the prettiest girl

To enter this dump,

She drank all of the whiskey but she left me the rum

And tonight I'll take what I can get.

Dusk And Summer (2006)

• Don't Wait
• Reason To Believe
• The Secret's In The Telling
• Stolen
• Rooftops & Invitations
• So Long, So Long
• Currents
• Slow Decay
• Dusk & Summer
• Heaven Here
• Write It Out (Hidden track)
• Vindicated (from "Spiderman 2" soundtrack) 

Don't Wait lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

The sky glows

I see it shining when my eyes close

I hear your warnings but we both know

I'm gonna look at it again

Don't wait, don't wait

The road is now a sudden sea

And suddenly, you're deep enough

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

Well, you get one look

I'll show you something that the knife took

A bit too early for my own good

Now let's not speak of it again

Don't wait, don't wait

The road is now a sudden sea

And suddenly, you're deep enough

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

Don't wait, don't wait

The lights will flash and fade away

The days will pass you by

Don't wait

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

To lay your armor down

Reason To Believe lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Oh, sweet lungs, don't fail me now

Your burning has turned into fear

It drills me in my every step, I'm moving quick

But you're always on my heels

Just one more breath, I beg you please

Just one more step, my knees are weak

My heart is sturdy, but it needs you to survive

My heart is sturdy, but it needs you

Breathe, don't you want to breathe?

I know that you are strong enough to handle what I need

My capillaries scream, there's nothing left to feed on

My body needs a reason to cross the line

Will you carry me there one more time?

Steady lungs, don't fail me now

I feel you bursting, but you won't let me die

Fill me up with every step, I'm feeling sick

But I'm leaving it behind

Just one more breath, I beg you please

Just one more step, you are not weak

My legs are sturdy, but they need you to survive

My heart is sturdy, but I need you

Breathe, don't you want to breathe?

I know that you are strong enough to handle what I need

My capillaries scream, there's nothing left to feed on

My body needs a reason to cross the line

Will you carry me there once more?

Once more?

I have reason to believe that I have victories to taste

I can feel them on my teeth, upon my lips and in my chest

I can roll them on my tongue, they are more supple than defeat

I feel the tension in my lungs, and every move is filled by my resolve to

Breathe, don't you want to breathe?

I know that you are strong enough to handle what I need

My capillaries scream, there's nothing left to feed on

My body needs a reason to cross that line

Will you carry me there one more time?

The Secret's In The Telling lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

The signal is subtle

We pass just close enough to touch

No questions, no answers

We know by now to say enough

With only simple words

With only subtle turns

The things we feel alone for one another

There is a secret that we keep

I won't sleep if you won't sleep

Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given

We are compelled to do what we must do

We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

So I won't sleep if you won't sleep tonight

Our act of defiance

We keep this secret in our blood

No paper or letters

We pass just close enough to touch

We love in secret names

We hide within our veins

The things that keep us bound to one another

There is a secret that we keep

I won't sleep if you won't sleep

Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given

We are compelled to do what we must do

We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

Until the last resilient hope

Is frozen deep inside my bones

And this broken fate has claimed me

And my memories for its own

Your name is pounding through my veins

Can't you hear how it is sung?

And I can taste you in my mouth

Before the words escape my lungs

And I'll whisper only once...

There is a secret that we keep

I won't sleep if you won't sleep

Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given

We are compelled to do what we have to

We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

'Cause you will be somebody's girl

And you will keep each other warm

But tonight I am feeling cold

Stolen lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

We watch the season pull up its own stakes

And catch the last weekend of the last week

Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced

Another sun soaked season fades away

You have stolen my heart

You have stolen my heart

Invitation-only grand farewells

Crash the best one of the best ones

Clear liquor and cloudy eyed

Too early to say goodnight

You have stolen my heart

You have stolen my heart

And from the ballroom floor, we are in celebration

One good stretch before our hibernation

Our dreams assured, and we all will sleep well

Sleep well, sleep well, sleep well, sleep well

You have stolen, you have stolen

You have stolen my heart

I watch you spin around in your highest heels

You are the best one of the best ones

And we all look like we feel

You have stolen my, you have stolen my

You have stolen my heart

Rooftops & Invitations lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

The first time you looked

At her curves you were hooked

And the glances you took, took hold of you

And demanded that you stay

And sunk in their teeth

Bit you hard and released

Such a charge that you need

Another touch, another taste, another fix

She just might get you lost

And she just might leave you torn

But she just might save your soul

If she gets you when she gets you any closer

And she leads you up

Points out skylines and stars

Steeplechases and bars and took your keys

And demanded that you stay

The city longs well for rooftops and invitations

All lace and secret places

She moves you to touch with her hands

And she just might get you lost

(She just might get you lost)

And she just might leave you torn

(She just might leave you torn)

But she just might save your soul

If she gets you when she gets you any closer

Under the cool sheet where the welcomed touch

Of skin and skin will meet

Hot on the inside, where the girl's prize

Is at the tip of your tongue

Where every move and each impulse

Brings clarity

To stay like this is everything

You'll ever need

She just might get you lost

And she just might leave you torn

But she just might save your soul

If she gets you any closer

She just might get you lost

(She just might get you lost)

And she just might leave you torn

(She just might leave you torn)

But she just might save your soul

If she gets you any closer

(If she gets you any closer)

Can you believe your eyes?

So Long, So Long lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Hand out the window

Floating on air

Just a flip of the wrist

And I'm waving you goodbye

Drive past the lifeguard stand

Where I'd sit around

Waiting for you to remember

As I drive

How the girls can turn to ghosts before your eyes

And the very dreams that led to them

Are keeping them from dying

And how the grace with which she walked into your life

Will stay with you in your steps

And pace with you a while

For so long, so long, so long, so long

The speaker in this door is blown

So nothing sounds quite right

Taking my time, taking this drive

Waving this town, goodbye

And I drive this ocean road and remember

The small of your back, nape of your neck

I remember everything as I drive

Waving this town, goodbye

How the girls can turn to ghosts before your eyes

And the very dreams that led to them

Are keeping them from dying

And how the grace with which she walked into your life

Will stay with you in your steps

And pace with you a while

So long, so long, so long, so long

So long, so long, so long, so long

(Taking my time, taking this drive)

So long, so long

(Waving this town, goodbye)

So long, so long

So long, so long, so long, so long

And I will leave under the cover

Of summer's kiss upon the sky

Like the stone face of your lover

Just before she says goodbye

And I was certain that the season

Could be held between my arms

But just as summer's hold is fleeting

I was here but now I'm gone

(So long, so long)

And I'm gone

(So long, so long)

I'm gone, I'm gone

(So long, so long)

I'm gone, I'm gone

(So long, so long)

I'm gone, I'm gone

(So long, so long)

I'm gone, I'm gone

(So long, so long)

I'm gone, I'm gone

(So long, so long)

Currents lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

The air is visible around you, rising up and off your lips

In slow currents, and I watch as your face is framed in its

Slow currents, drifting curls, a trailing path

A long drag becomes a tress of blue and ash

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

Burn as brightly as we can

And if it's got to end, then let it end in flames

Let it burn all the way down

The air is visceral around us

Turning in its simple steps on slow currents

And I watch as it pirouettes and spins in slow motion

A long drag becomes a slow dance

In a halo of ember

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

Burn as brightly as we can

And if it's got to end, then let it end in flames

Let it burn all the way down

All the way down

And if this is ever meant to end

Then I hope it ends where it began

So hot with love, we burned our hands

If this is ever meant to end

Then I hope it ends where it began

So hot with love, it burns our hands

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

Burn as brightly as we can

And if it's got to end, then let it end in flames

Let it burn

(Let it burn)

If it's got to end

(Let it burn)

If it's got to end

(Let it burn)

It ends where it began

So hot with love, it burns our hands

Slow Decay lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Stand down, son

And start resting easy

You've done your service

I am proud to have you home and see you safe

It's so good

You looked so strong

In that picture on the mantle

You sent your mom when you were gone

But you looked scared now

Hollow eyed, when are you coming?

When are you coming?

Back where you belong

I swear that it's safe here

There's nothing to fear at all

Come on back

Where you belong

The pressure releases

If you just let down your guard

Everything rests on you

You know that feeling well

The ball is falling, falling, falling

So far from a close call

Your injuries aren't mortal wounds

The only thing that's killing you

Is what you saw

And what you couldn't stop

Well, you're not the one I blame

It wasn't your mistake

But you're safe now so come home

Back where you belong

I swear that it's safe here

There's nothing to fear at all

Come on back

Where you belong

The pressure releases

If you just let down your guard

It's simple things, dad

I'm not hurt, I'm not dead

I just should be

Where my friends are lying

And I didn't hate

Those that I killed

But they're all dead now

And I'm here alive with satellites

And Friday nights and no one to judge me

Or the things that I've done at all

So how can I live with that?

Back where I belong

Back where I belong

Back where I belong

Back where I belong

Take me back where I belong

You swear that it's safe here

There is nothing to fear at all

Take me back where I belong

The pressure releases

If I just let down my guard

Dusk & Summer lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

She smiled in a big way, the way a girl like that smiles

When the world is hers and she held your eyes

Out in the breezeway

Down by the shore in the lazy summer

And she pulled you in

And she bit your lip and she made you hers

She looked deep into you as you lay together

Quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer

But you've already lost

But you've already lost

But you've already lost

When you only had barely enough to hang on

And she combed your hair and she kissed your teeth

And she made you better than you'd been before

She told you bad things

You wished you could change in the lazy summer

And she told you, laughing down to her core

So she would not cry as she lay in your lap

She said, "Nobody here can live forever

Quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer"

But you've already lost

But you've already lost

But you've already lost

When you only had barely enough to hang on

She said, "No one is alone the way you are alone"

And you held her looser than you would have

If you ever could have known

Some things tie your life together, slender threads

And things to treasure days like that should last and last and last

But you've already lost

But you've already lost

But you've already lost

When you only had barely enough of her

To hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on

Heaven Here lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

We are the only ones who feel it

Tonight we drink, tonight we dance

We are the last ones who can hear it

We're calling in whispers, we're tired of waiting

We'll take what we want

And we'll leave what we know behind

We are still dreamers in our dead sleep

Naked and tangled, twisted in love

And tonight we are the only ones who feel it

So let it last all night

So let it last all night

Let the fire surround us, let it all cave in

Let it all burn wild, we are leaving it all behind

We are leaving it all behind

Heaven is here, heaven is here

Heaven is here

We're tangled and brave

We're naked and saved

Well, Heaven's not waiting

It's spilling its secrets, it's right here between us

And we've no other choice but belief

We've no other choice but belief

We've no other choice but belief

So let it last all night

So let it last all night

So let it last all night

So let it last all night

Naked and tangled, and twisted in love

And tonight we are the only ones who feel it

Heaven is here, Heaven is here

And tonight we are the only ones who feel it

Write It Out lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

Yeah I try to write it out, not sure what I recall

I can't tell if it's memory or story telling now

It happened very quickly but it seemed to last for hours

And everything was crisp and clean 'til all came crashing down

So much fire and debris that I was nearly blind with panic

And there was no one anywhere to turn to be saved

From the tyranny and cavalcade. And all use was lost

And the more that I would struggle, the more that I became entwined

And the thickets & the thorns became my flesh and I was vine

Creeping deep into the pavement, breaking ground as I grew fast

To the center of the city and up again where I did gasp

In the air or the breeze and I was still alive with a start

And there were people everywhere to behold and admire

And I longed to be one of them and though I was lost

I felt familiar with my surroundings, though they didn't look quite right

Like someplace that I had been before, under cover of night

And I found my way by light of day to the center of a crowd

And told them I was one of them and begged them for their help

And with stones they took their aim, and I knew I would die at their hands

Where I was crowned a heretic to be loathed and set fire and laid upon a funeral pyre

And as I cast my eyes to the sky I felt your touch

So gentle and so soothing that I knew I had been saved

But my movements were so labored and my will had been betrayed

But my lips they were collop now and to them I am enslaved

And the slightest indiscretions that I made were met with rage

And I burned to be free and then you rescued me

With your voice and beckoned me beside you and your touch was alive

Sensational and vibrant and with care and your words

You say, "A secret is a stealthy thing. You cannot know its plans

You were only dreaming, dear, and now you're here with me again."

You ask if I'd account to you the spirit of my night

And you handed me this pad and this pen with which to write

While it's fresh in your mind

Before it gets away

Before it gets away

Before it gets away

Before it gets away

Vindicated lyrics - Dashboard Confessional

(from "Spiderman 2" soundtrack)

Hope dangles on a string

Like slow-spinning redemption

Winding in, and winding out

The shine of it has caught my eye

And roped me in so mesmerizing

So hypnotizing

I am captivated

I am

Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong

I am right, I swear I'm right

Swear I knew it all along

And I am flawed

But I am cleaning up so well

I am seeing in me now

The things you swore you saw yourself

So clear, like the diamond in your ring

Cut to mirror your intention

Oversized, and overwhelmed

The shine of which has caught my eye

And rendered me so isolated

So motivated

I am certain now that

I am

Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong

I am right, I swear I'm right

Swear I knew it all along

And I am flawed

But I am cleaning up so well

I am seeing in me now

The things you swore you saw yourself

So turn up the corners of your lips

Part them and feel my fingertips

Trace the moment, fall forever

Defense is paper-thin

Just one touch, and I'd been in

Too deep now to ever swim against the current

So let me slip away

So let me slip away

So let me slip away

So let me slip against the current

So let me slip away

So let me slip away

So let me slip away

So let me slip away

Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong

I am right, I swear I'm right

Swear I knew it all along

And I am flawed

But I am cleaning up so well

I am seeing in me now

The things you swore you saw yourself

Like hope dangles on a string

Like slow-spinning redemption