Dashboard Confessional

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"

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 -"vindicated"

I'm missing your laugh How did it break? And when did your eyes begin to look fake? I hope you're as happy as you 're pretending. -"screaming infidelities"

Wandering this house like I've never wanted out, And this is about as social as I get now. And I'm throwing away the letters that I am writing you, Cause they would never do, I would never do. -"saints and sailors"

It's hard to explain how I am getting by on so little from you. It's hard to believe that I would let myself get so wrapped into you. -"ender will save us all"

So kiss me hard 'cause this will be the last time that I let you -"the best deceptions"

But, I believe in you so much I could die for the words that you say -"ghost of a good thing"

Hands down this is the best day 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's so late -"hands down"

I'm reading your note over again There's not a word that I comprehend, Except when you signed it "I will love you always and forever." --"screaming infidelities"

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'll just let me through. -"as lovers go"

The worst that you could do, And the best that you could hope for, is hardly the best -"morning calls"

Though the sparkle is gone, the smile is in place so that everyone watching can see. You've got them all convinced, but I know it so well. That you could list your friends, but you can't count on them -"so beautiful"

And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist and you kissed me like you meant it. -"hands down"

Oh, how we've shouted, how we've screamed, take notice, take interest, take me with you -"several ways to die trying"

So this is odd, the painful realization that has all gone wrong... And nobody cares at all -"the brilliant dance"

Sometimes you've got to fall 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 -"rapid hope loss"

and I said "I've gotta be honest I've been waiting for you all my life." for so long I thought I was asylum bound, but just seeing you makes me think twice. and being with you here makes me sane, I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my side -"as lovers go"

This is where I say I've had enough And no one should ever feel the way that I feel now -"saints and sailors"

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 -"carry this picture"

But your taste still lingers on my lips like I just placed them upon yours and I starve for you. -"standard lines"

This is incredible. Starving, insatiable, yes, this is love for the first time. -"the brilliant dance"

You've got your new ties, I've got my old knots, you've got your inside lines, But youre never happy with what you've got -"so beautiful"

On the way home this car hears my confessions. I think tonight I'll take the long way. -"the sharp hint of new tears"

And "you'll be sorry" isn't that what they'll say? Don't follow your heart 'cause it just seems to get in your way. -"drowning"

Hope dangles on a string like slow spinning redemption. Winding in and winding out the shine of which has caught my eye, and roped me in so mesmerizing, so hypnotizing I am captivated.. -"vindicated"

Pouring over photographs. I'm living in your letters. Breathe deeply from this envelope it smells like you & I can't be without that scent. It's filling me with all you mean to me. -"living in your letters"

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 go.' --"the ruined puzzle"

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. -"age six racer"

Call off your quarantine, can't save the rest from me Clean this with kerosene. "If you can't leave it be might as well make it bleed."

I'm waiting for blood to flow to my fingers, I'll be all right when my hands get warm.Ignoring the phone, I'd rather say nothing. I'd rather you'd never heard my voice. You're calling too late too late to be gracious you do not warrant long goodbyes -"the best deceptions"

I begged you not to go. I begged you, I pleaded. Claimed you as my only hope, And watched the floor as you retreated. -"the good fight"

I want to give you whatever you need. What is it you need? Is it what I need? I want to give you whatever you need. What is it you need? Is it within me? -"ender will save us all"

Sleep with all the sheets off bearing your mattress bearing your soul. And you're dying to look smooth with your tattoos, but you're searching just like everyone... could be anyone. -"the swiss army romance"

but all I want is not to need you now -"turpentine chaser"

But for now I'll look so longingly waiting... For you to want me, for you to need me, for you to notice me -"for you to notice"

And I am flawed, But I am cleaning up so well I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself -"vindicated"

She had a history of killing herself, I had a habit of dying. I think she gave me something to live for, I guess I helped her pass the time -"hold on"

I need a burning stake, I need a piercing dart, I need something as hot as it is sharp, And I need to bleed, I need to burn, I need a sure thing... and you are a mystery to me -"I need a sure thing"

So this is strange, our sidestepping has come to be a brilliant dance where nobody leads at all -"the brilliant dance"

Well As for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs, And sit alone and wonder how you're making out. But as for me, I wish that I was anywhere with anyone making out. -"screaming infidelities"

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