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