Dashboard Confessional

It's yet to be determined, but the air is thick, and my hope is feeling worn. I'm missing home, and I'm glad you're not a part of this, there's parts of me that will be missed. And the phone is always dead to me, so I can't tell you the temperature is d...

So quiet another wasted night, the television steals the conversation. Exhale, another wasted breath, again it goes unnoticed. Please tell me that you're just feeling tired cause if its more than that I feel that I might break out of touch, out of time. Pleas...

So long sweet summer. I stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your rays. So long sweet slumber. I fell into you now you're gracefully falling away. Hey, thanks, thanks for that summer. It is cold where you're going I hope that your hearts always warm. I g...

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 be twists and turns, they're pulling us and tearing to the seams But I'll meet you where we started once again, c...

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 (its a long way)...

I'm not sure of anyone, anyone. but I've got plans. I'm not asking for everything, but sure, I could use a hand. Get a little anxious sometimes you'll be gone and I'll be left behind get a little nervous sometimes it'll be my queue and I'll forget my lines get...

She said "I've gotta be honest, You're wasting your time if you're fishing round here." And I said "you must be mistaken, I'm not fooling... this feeling is real" She said "you gotta be crazy, What do you take me for? Some kind of easy mark? "You've got wits,...

Awake, through the years it takes to see you 'Til I almost lose my mind 'Cause I'll never be alright And I'm sorry you had to see this But I'm such a mess And I never could forget I'm scared I'll miss the way we use to talk And if its all forever lost dont wa...

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 thi...

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 h...

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...

I lay down, I cant sleep My mind drums 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 a long night You can blame it on the changes I can take it any way it is Just got lost but...

So this is odd, the painful realization that all has gone wrong. And nobody cares at all, and nobody cares at all. So you buried all your lover's clothes and burned the letters lover wrote, but it doesn't make it any better. Does it make it any better? And th...

Always assuming the worst But you going on Nonetheless And theres nothing to Cushion your heart Let fall Letters from further away Keep pulling me closer To home When there's something to Cushion my callous eyes And I know that you hope for Longer, good-byes...

She is dancing for you now Watch her twirling in the crowd She is beautiful She is beautiful She is fine She's filled with grace Such loveliness for such a place She is beautiful She is beautiful And you're left alone to ask of the ground "Will you hold?" Sh...

Carry this picture for luck kept in a locket tucked in your coller close to your chest make it a secret shown to the closest friends and meet me at quarter to 7 the sun will still shine then at this time of year we'll head to the inlet and we'll share a bottle...

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 Lo...

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 Wi...

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? Pharmacy? Crazy That's what you'd like to believe But it ain't easy When you're going crazy Over the rainbo...

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 b...

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 a...

And we're drowning you out in boasts of defection if everything was up to me I would be gone by the first sign the first sign of hope I'd be packed up and out of my way. And time has been spread so thin and it's just hours till the day begins. And the things...

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...

It's just like you to contest you wear it like a label on your breast don't you see what this takes of me? A certain callousness complies with your charm and in your pride a hopeful look draped in despise. I want to give you whatever you need. What is it you n...

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 I can hear your songs And I...

When your day is long And the night The night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough of this life Well hang on Don't let yourself go Cause everybody cries And everybody hurts Sometimes Sometimes everything is wrong Now it's time to sing along (Whe...

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 Beneath your skin And your games You're alone But you're so contagious Tell me, what...

Oh all right dear Have a nice year Teach the mean girls How to be feared And turn the weak ones Into servants You can't be satisfied You just want what you can't have Oh no, not again The shudders, the shaking Oh no, not again The faint and the faking Oh no,...

It's been a year now since you were here now And I've been trying to heal inside Dedications of how I placed And I see your resemblance in my face And on our birthday I said an extra wish for you (for you) And I have learned so much since you been gone And I...

I'm starting to fashion an idea in my head Where I would impress you with every single word I said It would come out insightful, or brave, or smooth, or charming And you'd want to call me And I would be there every time you need me I'd be there every time Bu...

I made my slow way home Limping on broken bones Out of the thickest pine Across the county lines On to 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 sinners heart I know the rain fa...

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 d...

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...

Come on home and let yourself heal You could sleep for a thousand years I won't let you disappear Let your heart beat here You've been running far and wide Doing what you hope is right Chasing what you feel inside I will take your path as mine I feel...

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,...

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, But all these years in the cold play hell on the throat Till everything I say burns like cinders, Why it's hard to belong t...

Hey girl, you’ve got a smart way About you that makes me wish that I was smart enough for you Hey girl, you’ve got a fine laugh And I think that I can get used to that And you’re already used to laughing at me So what if your friends think I’m crazy, well I w...

Which of the bold face lies will we use? I hope that you're happy You really deserve it This'll be best for us both in the end But your taste still lingers on my lips Like I just placed them upon yours And i starve I starve for you But this new diets liquid...

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 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 (It's a long way) is...

Oh love, hang on, I’ve gotta say this right 'Cause I only get one shot, Once in my life 'Cause I want to grow old with you And I want you to hold me forever Do you think that you love me? 'Cause I do, I do, I do Do you want that forever? 'Cause I do, I do, I...

Well I know the trouble when the trouble starts. I know the signals of a straying heart. I know the stirrings of a double-cross. 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...

Slip out the back before those Handlers get to 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...

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

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 wi...

What you've found sure upsets you Never saw it coming did you? Its easy to be suprised with both your eyes sewn closed Handeld with great percision, another thoughtless execution You're the subject of this exhibition A willing cadaver, a willing cadaver. Scalp...

I never seen you look like this without a reason Another promise fallen through, another season passes by you I never took the smile away from anybody's face And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child In a big country dreams stay with...

Jamie, whatchoo doin' now? Whatchoo doin' now girl? Please, please tell me Cuz I need to know, I need to know now When I was down, you came to me And promised you'd always be By my side, now you're gone And I'm waiting patiently Jamie, I want you to know Jam...

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 around here I've seen smarter acts than yours Get disappe...

This basket arrives to show your condolence, You hope that it finds me well and just in time, this loss was unbearable but now I have flowers, Thoughtful happy bright arrangement I can fall into... Just a corpse in his place, you only have one shot to knock e...

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 you conscience When your clock unwinds? I've heard e...

I'm always assuming the worst, but you're going on none the less and there's nothing to cusion your heart led fall. Letters from further away keep pulling me close to home. And there's something to cushion my callous sighs. And I know that you hope for longer...

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. Their fortunes from shipping and industry, Their futures in yacht clubs and tails. So why...

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 o...

From small pins 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 'em But I can't remember...

Breathe in for luck. Breathe in so deep. This air is blessed you share with me. This night is wild so come and dull. These hearts they race from south countral. Your legs are smoothe as they graze mine. we're doing fine. Were doing nothing at all. My hopes ar...

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago, Turned around backwards so the windshield shows Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse Still, it’s so much clearer I forgot my shirt at the water’s edge The moon i...

I sit and wonder of your pause What makes you so sure Our sins are not the start Of something holy, divine. I don't like the sound of this No news is bad news And all is quiet And all your looks Give no betrayal to what you shield or hide Wider walls have not...

Save up until you've had it. The offer's come but you won't go on Brought down with the force of nature breathing off my lungs it's not easy to like it (it's not easy to like it) it's not easy at all (it's not easy at all) it's not easy to like it at all fil...

You'll be leaving for the winter, but I won't see that it's true It's the right thing for you, but it's tough to be moved With the holiday spirt, when to tell you the truth I had big plans for Christmas, and high hopes for you. Chorus: I want you here by my s...

You wrote a letter I made a phone call you werent at home and then you called back thats two to one I should be winning, but im loosing my sense of im loosing in the end im loosing my grasp on im loosing in the end You stood me up ya didnt show up stood on t...

You called to say you wanted out. Well, I can't say I blame you now. Sometimes you've got to fold before you're found out. Well thanks for waiting this long to show yourself. Cause now that I can see you, I don't think you're worth a second glance. So much f...

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 heals 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 s...

She fixes her lips they Always look perfect never a smudged line never too much I try on my blue shirt she told me she liked it, once she wonders what I'll wear she knows just what she'll wear she always wears blue so, sneakers or flip flops? I'm starting to p...

Well I'm back from the road, And you're out on it, And I'm tired of this distance, And I believe it's over, It's over I'm waiting.. And this phone tag game is endless, The novelty is wearing, I'm hoping time will pass, Without any assistance or convincing Roa...

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 your heart and released such a charge that you need another touch, another taste, another fix she just m...

This is where I say I've had enough And no one should ever feel the way that I feel now. A walking open wound, a trophy display of bruises And I don't believe that I'm getting any better. Any better. Waiting here with hopes the phone will ring And I'm thinkin...

I'm missing your bed, I never sleep Avoiding the spotswhere we'd have to speak And this bottle of beastis taking me home. I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets You're not alone and you're not discreet. You make sure I know who's taking you home. I'm read...

Several Ways To Die Trying : Pacific Sun, you should have warned us, it gets so cold here. And the night can freeze, before you set it on fire. And our flares go unnoticed. Dimminished, faded just as soon as they are fired. We are, we are, intrigued. We are,...

When I'm back from the road then you're out on it and i'm tired of this distance and I believe it's over, it's over-rated. And this phone tag game is endless the novelty is wearing I'm hoping time will pass without any assistance or convincing. Road rules appl...

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 com...

I heard that you were home again, but you don't look like your back to me With your focuses changing your gaze is transfixed on a point that I can't often see You've got your new ties, i've got my old knots, you've got your inside lines But your never happy wi...

So she says "Everyone's going to the party, won't you come if I come with a friend for your friend? I'd be so pleased to see you out of the classroom wearing the smile that I'll bring you. I was hoping to learn a few things like.. Do you do you like dishing th...

(feat. Adam Duritz of Counting Crows) Hand out the window Floatin’ on air Just a flip of the wrist I’d be wavin’ you goodbye Drive past the lifeguard stand Where I sit around waiting for you to remember Well past the beach hotels Where the girls are getting’...

Which of the bold faced lies will we use? I hope that you're happy, you really deserve it, this will be the best for us both in the end. But your taste still lingers on my lips like I just placed them upon yours and I starve I starve for you. But this new die...

We watch the season pull up its own stakes, And catch the last weekend of the last week, Before the gold and the glamour have been replaced. Another sun soaked season fades away. You have stolen my heart. You have stolen my heart. Invitation only...

Oh sweet lungs don't fail me now Your burning has turned into fear It drills me in my every step Im movin 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 s...

I heard about your trip. I heard about your souvenirs. I heard about the cool breeze, in the cool nights, and the cool guys that you spent them with. Well I guess I should have heard of them from you. I guess I should have heard of them from you. Don't you se...

So this is odd, the painful realization that has all gone wrong. And nobody cares at all, and nobody cares at all. So you buried all your lover's clothes and burned the letters lover wrote, but it doesn't make it any better. Does it make it any better? And th...

I was away for a while But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me Though I don't deserve it I'll cherish it well if you give me one of your new starts Just one more last chance I swear that I'll earn it If you front me for now I'm good for it I swear I'm better...

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 d...

Consider the odds, consider the obvious. The martyr is meaningless, the campaign has died. In the planning stages and the fallen faces are the singular proof that it was ever alive. This purchased rebellion has been outdated, denounced and rescinded and left...

You'll be leaving for the winter But I look and see that it's true It's the right thing for you But it's tough to be moved with the holiday spirit And to tell you the truth I have big plans for christmas And high hopes for you I want you here by my side Cold...

Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself And covered with a perfect shell Such a charming, beautiful exterior Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes Perfect posture, but you're barely scraping by But you're barely scraping by This is one time, t...

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 love you tonight And tomorrow you may just Feel the same Please don't bite down I will know I'm alive Rush There is no rush There is...

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 slee...

If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Before your time Has run on you And worn you down Would you know, What you desire, In your heart? If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Is there time? Is there time? To follow just one desire? Is there time? Is t...

On the way home, this car hears my confessions. I think tonight I'll take the long way. This weather. The wind outside is biting. It has left me feeling tired & exposed. You've been asking me to bleed. It seems these kinds of questions come too easy to you...

I can't remember the time or place, or what you were wearing, it's unclear about how we met, all I know it was the best conversation that I've ever had, to this day I never found someone, with eyes as wide as yours, I've been searching up and down this coast,...

Sleep with all the lights on. You're not so happy. You're not secure. You're dying to look cute in your blue jeans, but you're plastic just like everyone. You're just like everyone. And that face you paint is pressed impressing most of us as permanent and I'd...

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...

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...

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've got my counsel, thick as thieves If there's a crime we'll keep it secret, For there's only trace amounts left in your blood....

Walking away. It's not the same as running Is it to you now That you've run this in the ground? and you say "Take this, This medicine is just what you deserve Swallow, choke, and die. And this bitter pill is leaving you with such an angry mouth One that's voi...

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...

I’ve been bleeding well From this old wound Cleaning it with salt, So it will still feel new Sometimes eyes turn black, And sometimes scars are tracks But every time that you’re gone I wish that you’d come back And everyone watched me waste myself And everyon...

This ruined puzzle is beige with the pieces all face down. So the placing goes slowly. The pictures of anything other than it's meant to be. But the hours they creep The patterns repeat Don't be concerned You know I'll be fine on my own. I never said "Don't...

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...

This paint has been tasting of lead and their chips will fall as they may, but it's not just my finish that is peeling, and it is not alone fleeing these walls. Well sooner of later this cold it's gonna break and our hands will be warm again, but all I want i...

It was the year I crashed my motor bike 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 Let us see it's a reinvention In angels hands, the medicine, a modern man Wait now Tell me...

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 I swear I...

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

There's things I know I should have 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 its water and bridges now But what's the sense in carrying around This weight, these words are tearing me ap...

Step on the stage the lights, the praise, the curtain calls and the big parade You know that life all too well Promise the pain, the valor, the rage Hold up your hands for the bow and the wave You know his touch a little too well You throw yourself into the...

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...

[Note: This is the hidden track before "Don't Wait". It can be found by re-winding the first track on the cd.] 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 f...