Dashboard Confessional is an American alternative rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The band started out as Carrabba playing intimately personal acoustic songs by himself, but eventually the outfit became a full band ensemble. [read more] - Alter The Ending
I know that yesterday is gone and it won't come back to meBut I miss it after all, it never really lasts as long as we meant for it to beThere'll be twists and turns, they're pulling us and tearing to the seamsBut...
- The Motions
From small pins to fiery burns,These are the signals of my dying nervesSinged by the heat of your lines and curvesInto a fire that could scorch the earthI'm going through the motionsI'm going through the motionsI'm...
- Blame It On The Changes
I lay down, I cant sleepMy mind runs on repeatI stare at the ceiling from my sideI reach out you're right thereBut you're lost in the detailsI wait for the end of the long nightYou can blame it on the changesI can...
- I Know About You
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. And I see suspicions arise around you.I know the chatter as it starts to creep. I know...
- Water And Bridges
There's things I know I should have mentioned soonerBut I didn't know howI'm sorry I lost youI never thought that this could come between usI know its water and bridges nowBut what's the sense in carrying aroundThis...
- No News Is Bad News
I sit and wonder of your pause...What makes you so sureOur sins are not the startOf something holy, divine...I don't like the sound of thisNo news is bad newsAnd all is quietAnd all your looksGive no betrayal to what...
- Get Me Right
I make my slow way homeLimpin' on broken bonesOut of the thickest pineAcross the county linesOnto your wooden stairsI know you can't repairI know you've seen the lightI know you'll get me rightRightI own a sinner's...
- Hell On The Throat
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...
- Until Morning
It was the year, I crashed my motorbikeI think it was the summerI think you whispered"When you gonna wake up,when you gonna wake up?"Dear, slip these on your tongueLittle seeds of reinventionIn Angels handsThe...
- Belle Of The Boulevard
Down in a local bar, out on the boulevardthe sound of an old guitaris saving you from sinkingits a long way down, its a long wayback like you never brokeyou tell a dirty jokehe touches your legand thinks he's getting...
- Everybody Learns From Disaster
We went rolling up the coast 'til there was no more coast to wanderWe tried every different road just to see which took us furtherWe were living on the run, but there was no one chasing afterWe were looking out for...
- So Beautiful
I heard that you were home again,but you don't look like you're back to me.With your focuses changing,your gaze is transfixed ona point that I can't often see.You've got your new ties. I've got my old knots.You've got...
- Carry This Picture
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.And meet me at quarter to seven,the sun will still shine then, at this time of...
- If You Can't Leave It Be, Might As Well Make It Bleed
What you found sure upset you,never saw it comming did you?It's easy to be surprisedwith both your eyes sewn closed.Handled with great precision,another faultless execution,you're the subject of this exhibition,a...
- Am I Missing
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...
- Morning Calls
Morning calls for pain relief,a line above the step beneaththe worst that you could do.And the best that you could hope for, is hardly the best.Tepid waters chase the pillswith turpentine and chamomile,and don't get...
- Rapid Hope Loss
You called to say you wanted out.Well, I can't say I blame you now.Sometimes you've got to foldbefore you're found out.Well thanks for waiting this long to show yourself.Cause now that I can see you,I don't think...
- I Am Missing
Sharp disaster in a fresh new comaWasn't worth it when it was overProving yourself right You'd make the biggest noiseWell I lock my hands behind my headI cover my heart and hit the deckI'd brace myself for the impact...
- As Lovers Go
She said, "I've got to be honest, you're wasting your time if you're fishin' around here."And I said, "You must be mistaken, I'm not foolin' this feelin' is real."She said, "You've got to be crazy! What do you take me...
- Hey Girl
Hey girl, you've got a smart way about youthat makes me withthat I was smart enough for you.Hey girl, you've got a fine laugh,and I think that I could get used to that.And you're already used to laughing at me.Well,...
- Ghost Of A Good Thing
I guess it's luck, but it's the samehard 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...
- Bend And Not Break
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...
- 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.Diminished, faded just as soon as they are fired.We are, we are, intrigued....
- Hold On
She had a history of killing herselfI had a habit of dyingI think she gave me something to live forI guess I helped her pass the timeI had a vision of seeing things straightShe had the heart of a liarI never saw her...
- Shirts And Gloves
When I'm back from the road then you're out on itAnd I'm tired of the distance and I believe it's overratedAnd this phone tag game is endlessThe novelty is wearingI'm hoping time will pass without any assistance or...
- Turpentine Chaser
This paint has been tasting of leadAnd their chips will fall as they mayBut it's not just my finish that's peelingAnd it's not alone fleeing these wallsWell sooner or later this coldIt's gonna break so our hands will...
- A Plain Morning
It's yet to be determinedBut the air is thickAnd my hope is feeling wornI'm missing homeAnd I'm glad you're not a part of thisThere's parts of me that will be missedAnd the phone is always dead to meSo I can't tell...
- Ender Will Save Us All
It's just like you to contestWear it like a label on your breastDon't you see what this takes of me?A certain callousness compliesWith your charm and in your prideA hopeful look draped in despiseI wanna give...
- Living In Your Letters
always assuming the worstbut your going on nonethelessand theres nothing to cushion your heartlead fullletters from further awayyou're pulling me close to homeand theres something to cushion my callus sizeand i know...
- Age Six Racer
So long sweet summerI stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your raysSo long sweet slumberI fell into you now you're gracefully falling awayHey thanksThanks for that summerIt's cold where you're goingI hope that...
- This Is A Forgery
This is a forgeryThis is a forgery Every single word is plagerized Copied twice and thrice inscribedThis is a forgeryThere is a path, and to get where it's leading You've got to be be sharp, and never bend easy This...
- The Swiss Army Romance
Sleep with all the lights onYou're not so happyYou're not secureAnd you're dying to look cuteIn your blue jeansBut you're plastic just like everyoneYou're just like everyoneAnd that face you paint is pressedImpressing...
- The Sharp Hint Of New Tears
On the way homeThis car hears my confessionsI think tonight I'll take the long wayThis weatherThe wind outside is bitingIt has left me feeling tired and exposedYou've been asking me to bleedIt seems these kinds of...
- Standard Lines
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...
- This Ruined Puzzle
This ruined puzzle is beigeWith the pieces all face downSo the placing goes slowlyThe picture's of anything other than it's meant to beBut the hours, they creepPatterns repeatDon't be concernedYou know I'll be fine on...
- Screaming Infidelities
I'm missing your bed, I never sleep. Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak. And this bottle of beast is taking me home.I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets. You're not alone and you're not discrete. you...
- The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
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 and perfect makeup but you're barely scraping by,but you're...
- Saints And Sailors
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...
- The Good Fight
Consider the oddsConsider the obviousThe martyr is meaninglessThe campaign has diedIn the planning stagesAnd the fallen facesAre the singular proofThat it was ever aliveThis purchased rebellionHas been...
- The Best Deceptions
I heard about the trip.I heard about your souveneirs.I heard about the cool breeze in the cool nightsAnd the cool guysThat you spent them with.I guess I should have heard of them from youI guess I should have heard of...
- This Bitter Pill
Walking awayIt's not the same as runningIs it to you nowThat you've run this in the groundAnd you say, "Take this,This medicine is just what you deserve.Swallow, choke, and die."And this bitter pill is leaving you...
- This Old Wound
Well I've been bleeding well from this old wound,Cleaning it with salt, so it will still feel new.And sometimes eyes turn black, and sometimes scars are tracks.But every time you're gone,I wish that you'd come...
- Only Gift That I Need
You'll be leaving for the winterBut I won't see that it's trueIt's the right thing for youBut it's tough to be movedWith the holiday spirtWhen to tell you the truthI had big plans for ChristmasAnd high hopes for you.I...
- So Long Sweet Summer
So long sweet summerI stumbled upon you And gratefully basked in your raysSo long sweet summerI fell into you And you've gracefully fallen awayHey thanks, thanks for that summerIt's good where you're going I hope that...
- Drowning
Am I drowning you outBursts of defectionIf everything was up to me I would be gone by the first signThe first sign of hope I'd be packed up and out of my way Time has been spread so thinIt's just hours till the day...
- Jamie
JamieWhat you doin nowWhat you doin now girlPlease, please tell me Cuz I need to I need to know nowWhen I was down Came to me And promised to always beBy my side Now you're gone And I'm waiting patiently JamieI want...
- Lost In You
six days went bytrying to forget her faceit was you and iwe were too young for these gamesand all the pictures that i keptand all the things i should have saidit was you and ibut mostly melost in youand i cant find...
- Awake
AwakeThrough the years it takes to see you'Til I almost lose my mind'Cause I'll never be alrightAnd I'm sorry you had to see thisBut I'm such a mess And I never could forgetI'm scared to miss the way we used to...
- Rapid Hope Loss
You called to say you wanted out.Well, I can't say I blame you now.Sometimes you've got to foldbefore you're found out.Well thanks for waiting this longto show yourself, yourself.'Cause now that I can see you,I don't...
- Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get
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...
- The Brilliant Dance
So this is odd,The painful realization That all has gone wrongAnd nobody cares at all,And nobody cares at all.So you buried all your lover's clothesAnd burned the letters lover wrote,But it doesn't make it any...
- Hands Down
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...
- Hope You're Happy
Which of the bold faced lies will we useI hope that you're happyYou really deserve itThis will be best for us both in the end(Chorus):But your taste still lingers on my lipsLike I just placed them upon yoursAnd I...
- The Ghost Of A Good Thing
I guess it's luck but it's the sameHard luck you've been trying to tameMaybe it's love but it's like you saidLove is like a role that we playBut I believe in you so much that I could die for The words that you sayBut...
- The Rush
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...
- Keep Watch For The Mines
Don't act like you've been silent.I know how you've spread thatWeb of contradictions,Wide like so much cover fire.Keep watch for the mines.Be careful who you Wave that tongue at around here.I've seen smarter act than...
- Clean Breaks
I believe in clean breaks.I keep the old troubles away.But you're making sureI was lying when I said"I can leave, this behind."I need you to ruin me.For this finally,Because it's burying me.Now, I'm in these old...
- Little Bombs
How can you ask for forgiveness?So now you think that yyour 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...
- Thick As Thieves
Would it kill you to breathe easy?Only seventeen miles layBetween 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...
- Matters Of Blood And Connection
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...
- The Shade Of Poison Trees
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...
- These Bones
Lay my bones at the feet of the ministry.I need the guilt an 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...
- Where There's Gold...
Step on the stageThe lights, the praise.The curtain calls,And the big paradesYou know that life, all too well.The promise, the painThe valor, the rage.Hold up your handsFor the bow and the wave.You know his touch,A...
- Fever Dreams
Fever dreams, can only haunt you,'Til the fever breaksThey can only haunt you'Til the fever breaksThey can only haunt you'Til the fever breaksThey can only haunt youBeneath your skin, and your games,You're aloneBut...
- I Light My Own Fires Now
Slip out the back before thoseHandlers get too tight on you.I light my own fires now.I light my own fires now.Slip in this town like it wasMeasured to fit right on you.We light our own fires nowWe lead ourselves into...
- The Widows Peak
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 swallowedBy the morning heat.And you will...
- So Impossible
So she said, "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 outside of the classroomWearing the smile that I'll bring youI was hoping to learn a few...
- Remember To Breathe
She fixes her lipsThey always look perfectNever a smudged lineNever too much I try on my blue shirtShe told me she liked itShe wonders what I'll wearShe knows just what she'll wearShe always wears blueSome sneakers or...
- For You To Notice
I'm starting to fashion an idea in my headWhere I would impress youWhere every single word I saidWould come out insightful or braveOr smooth or charmingAnd you'd want to call meAnd I would be there everytime you need...
- The Warmth Of The Sand
Relax and stand in the warmth of the sandthe day is longand here for us to take for granted.We find ourselves to our kneesWater clear, a tender breeze upon our facesas we bask in our good gracesYeah, we all are golden...
- Anyone, Anyone
I'm not sure of anyone, anyoneBut I've got plansI'm not asking for everythingBut sure, I could use a handI get a little anxious sometimesYou'll be gone and I'll be left behindI get a little nervous sometimesIt'll be...
- For Justin
It's been a year nowSince you were here nowAnd I've been trying to heal insideDedications have all been placed And I see your resemblance in my face And on our birthday I said an extra wish for you, for youAnd I have...
- Carve Your Heart Out Yourself
Carve your heart out yourself.Hoplelessness is your cell.Since you've drawn out these lines,are you protected from trying times?Man it takes a silly girlto lie about the dreams she has.But lord, it takes a lonely one...
- End Of An Anchor
I was away for a while,And I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me,But I don't deserve it,I'll Charish it well if you give meOne of your new starts, Just one more last chanceI swear that I'll earn it if you front me for...
- Again I Go Unnoticed
So quietAnother wasted night,the television steals the conversation.Exhale,another wasted breath,again it goes unnoticed.Please tell me you're just feeling tired,cause if it's more than that I feel that I might...
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