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

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 [x5]

Oh sweet lungs don't fail me now
Your burning has turned into fear
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 that 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 long 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 that 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?

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 (my)
You have stolen (my)
You have stolen my heart

I watch you spin around in your highest heels
You are the best one of the best ones
We all look like we feel

You have stolen my
You have stolen my
You have stolen my heart

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 dress of blue and ash

If it is born in flames then we should let it burn
Burn as brightly as we can
And if its gotta 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
a slow dance and a halo around her

If it is born in flames then we should let it burn
Burn as brightly as we can
And if its gotta 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
If its gotta end then let it end in flames
Let it burn, let it burn
If its gotta end let it burn
If its gotta end let it burn

Stand down son, start resting easy
You've done your service, i am proud to have you home and see you safe, it's so good
You look so strong in that picture on the mantle you sent your mom when you were gone
But you look 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,
What you couldn't stop
But you're not the one i blame, it wasn't your mistake

You're safe now so come on 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 the 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
But i'm here alive with satellites and friday nights
And no one to judge me for the things that i've done and all
So how can i live with that?

Back where i belong
Take me back where i belong, you swear that it's safe here
Theres nothing to fear at all
Take me back where i belong, the pressure releases
I just let down my guard

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
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
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
When you only had barely enough of her to hang on

We are the only ones who feel it
Tonight we drink, tonight we dance with all the last ones who can hear it
We're calling in whispers, we're tired of waiting
We'll take what we want and leave, 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

We are tangled and brave
We are leaking and saved
When heaven's not waiting, it's spilling its secrets
It's right here between us, and we've no other choice but believe
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
And tonight we are the only ones who feel it

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

[chorus]
vindicated
i am selfish
i am wrong
i am right
i swear i'm right
i swear i knew it all along

And i am flawed
But i am cleaning up so well
i am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

So clear
like the diamond in your ring
cut to mirror your intentions
Oversized and overwhelmed
the shine of which has caught my eye

And rendered me
so isolated, so motivated
i am certain now that i am

So turn
up the corners of your lips
part them and feel my finger tips
trace the moment, fall forever
defense is paper thin
just one touch and i'd be in
too deep now to ever swim against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
so let me slip away

Slight hope
it dangles on a string
like slow spinning redemption...

This is a forgery
This is a forgery
Every single word is plagiarized
Copied twice and thrice inscribed
This is a forgery

There is a path, and to get where it's leading
You gotta be sharp, and never bend easy

This is an enemy
This is an enemy
Compliments and chemistry
Cavalier and so charming
This isn't everything
This isn't everything

I had a fit
You had a feeling
There was a path, and to get where it's leading
You had to be shot, you couldn't swerve side to side
I was a razor, and you were a straight line

This is a travesty
This is a travesty
Every sentiment has been contrived
Palatable and so refined
The sugar sweet to appetite

I had a fit
You had a feeling
There was a path, and to get where it's leading
You had to be shot, you couldn't swerve side to side
I was a razor, and you were a straight line

This is a forgery
This is a forgery
Every single word is plagiarized
Copied twice and thrice inscribed
This is a forgery

And we were looking at the sun shining bright
But it was casket black, so we would search all night

Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep
This air is blessed, you share with me
This night is wild, so calm and dull
These hearts they race from self-control
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine
We're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all.

My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
So won't you kill me, so I die happy
My heart is yours to fill or burst
to break or bury, or wear as jewelery
Which ever you prefer

The words are hushed lets not get busted,
just lay entwined here undiscovered.
Safe in here from all the stupid questions..
"hey did you get some?"
Man, that is so dumb.
Stay quiet, stay near, stay close
they can't hear, so we can get some.

My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
So won't you kill me, so I die happy
My heart is yours to fill or burst
to break or bury, or wear as jewelery
Which ever you prefer

Hands down this is the best date I can ever remember
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo
The dim of the soft lights, the scent of your hair
That you twirled in your fingers
And the time on the clock when we realized it was so late
And this walk that we shared together
The streets were wet and the gate was locked
So I jumped it and let you in
And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist
And you kissed me like you meant it
And I knew, that you meant it
That you meant it, that you meant it
And I knew that you meant it, that you meant it

You've come to say you want it all,
but I can't say I blame you now.
Sometimes you got to fall before you're found out.
Thanks for waiting this long to show yourself,
Because now that I can see you,
I don't think you're worth a second glance.

So much for all the promises you've made.
It served well and now you're gone
And they're wasted on me.
So much for your enduring sense of charm.
It served well and now you're gone
And it's wasted on me.

You've come to say you want it all,
but I can't say I blame you now.
Sometimes you got to fall before you're found out.
Well thanks, thanks for waiting this long to show yourself, to show yourself
Because now that I can see you,
I don't think you're worth a second glance.

So much for all the promises you've made.
It served well and now you're gone
And they're wasted on me.
So much for your enduring sense of charm.
It served well and now you're gone
And it's wasted on me.

I guess that all you got is all you're gonna get.
So much for, so much for.....
I guess that all you got is all you're gonna get.
So much for, so much for.....

Do what you want, if that's what you wish.
I can't see...
You've got a sense...
You'll find a way to make things right.

I guess that all you got is all you're gonna get.
So much for, so much for....
I guess that all you got is all you're gonna get.
So much for, so much for....

She said, "I've gotta be honest.
You're wasting time if your're fishing round here."
And I said, "You must be mistaken,
'Cause I'm not fooling.
This feeling is real."
And she said, she said, "You've gotta be crazy.
What do you take me for, some kind of easy mark?
You got wits, you got looks, you got passion,
But I swear that you've got me all wrong, all wrong,
But you've got me."

I'll be true
I'll be useful
I'll be cavalier
I'll be yours, my dear
And I'll belong to you if you just let me through

This is easy as lovers go
So don't complicate it by
hesitating
This is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor made
What's the sense of waiting?

I said, "I've gotta be honest.
I've been waiting for you all my life.
For so long I thought I wasn't gonna settle down,
But just seeing you makes me think twice.
The feel of you here makes me sane.
I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my sight."
You've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion,
But are you brave enough to leave with me tonight
Tonight, tonight
You've got me

I'll be true
I'll be useful
I'll be cavalier
I'll be yours, my dear
And I'll belong to you if you just let me through

This is easy as lovers go,
So dont complicate it by hesitating.
This is wonderful as loving goes,
This is tailor made
What's the sense of waiting?

This is easy as lovers go,
So dont complicate it by hesitating.
This is wonderful as loving goes,
This is tailor made
What's the sense of waiting?

This is easy as lovers go,
So dont complicate it by hesitating.
This is wonderful as loving goes,
This is tailor made
What's the sense of waiting?

Carry this picture for luck
kept in a locket, tucked in your collar
close to your chest.
Make it a secret
shown to the closest friends.
Meet me at quarter to seven,
the sun will still shine then
at this time of year.
We'll head to the inlet
and we'll share a bottle there.

And color the coast with your smile,
it's the most genuine thing
that i've ever seen.
I was so lost,
but now I believe.

And follow me south of the big docks
where they tether the boats
the rich men revere.
They're so important,
they hire our fathers to steer
And down to the edge of the water
where we'll spill our guts
and we'll name our fears,
I'll give you this picture
keep it and don't be scared.

And color the coast with your smile,
it's the most genuine thing
that I've ever seen.
I was so lost,
but now I believe
in the coast,
your smile is the most genuine thing
that I've ever seen
I was so lost
but now I believe.
Now I believe.
Now I believe.
Now I believe.

I catalog these steps now,decisive and intentioned,
precise and patterned specifically to yours.
I'm talented at breathing,especially exhaling,
so that my chest will rise and fall with yours.

I'm careful not to wake you,fearing conversation.
It's better just to hold you and keep you pacified.
I'm talented with reason,I cover all the angles.
I can fail before I EVER try.

Try to understand,theres an old mistake that fools will make.
And i'm the king of them,pushing everything that's good away.
So won't you hold me now? (I will not bend.I will not break.)
Won't you hold me now? (I will not bend.I will not break.)

I am fairly agile. I can bend and not break.
Or I can break and take it with a smile.

I am so resilient. I recover quickly.
I'll convince you soon that i am fine.


Try to understand,theres an old mistake that fools will make.
And i'm the king of them,pushing everything that's good away.
So won't you hold me now? (I will not bend.I will not break.)
Won't you hold me now? (For you I rise for you I fall.)

Try to understand,theres an old mistake that fools will make.
And i'm the king of them,pushing everything that's good away.
So won't you hold me now? Won't you hold me now?

I guess it's luck, but it's the same
Hard luck, you've been trying to tame
Maybe it's love, but it's like you said,
"Love is like a role that we play."

But, I believe in you so much
I could die for the words that you say
But, I believe in you so much
I could die from the words that you say

But, you're chasin' the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing
It's getting away from you again
While you're chasin' ghosts

I guess it's luck, but it's the same
Hard luck, you've been trying to tame
Maybe it's love, but it's like you said,
"Love is like a role that we play."

But, I believe in you so much
I could die for the words that you say
But, I believe in you so much
I could die from the words that you say

But, you're chasin' the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing
It's getting away from you again
While you're chasin' ghosts

Just bend the pieces til they fit
Like they were made for it
But, they weren't meant for this
No, they weren't meant for this

Just bend the pieces til they fit
Like they were made for it
But, they weren't meant for this

Chasin' the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing
It's getting away, away, away, away from you again

Chasin' the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing
It's getting away from you again
While you're chasin' ghosts

Sharp disaster in a fresh new coma
Was it worth it when it was over?
Proving yourself right, you'd make the biggest noise

Well, I'd lock my hands behind my head
I'd cover my heart and hit the deck
I'd brace myself for the impact if I were you


Chorus:
(It's a long wait)
Is there anything?
(For an answer)
Worth looking for?
(Is there any news?)
Worth loving for?
(Is there any word?)
Worth lying for?
(Was there trama?)
Is there anything?
(Or a struggle?)
Worth waiting for?
(Am I missing?)
Worth living for?
(Or was the body found?)
Worth dying for?

I'm home (x4)

Sharp disaster in a fresh new coma
Was it worth it when it was over?
Proving yourself right, you'd make the biggest noise

Well, I'd lock my hands behind my head
I'd cover my heart and hit the deck
I'd brace myself for the impact if I were you

(Repeat Chorus)

I'm home (x5)

(Repeat Chorus)

I'm home (x4)

Morning calls for pain relief
A line above the step beneath
The worst that you could do
And the best that you could hope for
Is hardly the best

Tepid water chase the pills
With turpentine and chamomile
And don't get cheap with the wine
You need to be up all of the time

Shield your eyes, conceal your lies.

Don't blink, everyone's watching.
They'll think you're up to something.
They need for you to be everything
that they cannot be themselves.

Carve your heart out yourself
Hopelessness is your cell
Since you've drawn out these lines
Are you protected from trying times?

Man it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
Lord it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh Lord, now, there you go with hope again
Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end

Dig a ditch deep enough
To keep you clear of the sun
You've been burned more than once
You don't think much of trust

Man it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
Lord it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh Lord, now, there you go with hope again
But I'll be sure your secret is safe with me
Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end
Treating me like I'm already gone

But I'm not, I will stay where you are always
I will stay, I will stay, I will stay (all of now)
[repeat to fade out]