Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer Album Lyrics

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 for hours
And everything was crisp and clean till all came crashing down

So much fire and debris that I was nearly blind with panic,
and there was no one anywhere to turn to be saved
from the tyranny and cavalcade. And all use was lost.

And the more that I would struggle, the more that I became entwined
And the thickets & the thorns became my flesh and I was vine.
Creeping deep into the pavement, breaking ground as I grew fast
To the center of the city and up again where I did gasp
in the air or the breeze and I was still alive with a start

And there were people everywhere to behold and admire
And I longed to be one of them and though I was lost
I felt familiar with my surroundings, though they didn't look quite right
Like someplace that I had been before, under cover of night.
And I found my way by light of day to the center of a crowd
and told them I was one of them and begged them for their help.
And with stones they took their aim, and I knew I would die at their hands
Where I was crowned a heretic to be loathed and set fire and laid upon a pyre of fire

And as I cast my eyes to the sky I felt your touch,
so gentle and so soothing that I knew I had been saved,
but my movements were so labored and my will had been betrayed
But my lips they were collop now and to them I am enslaved.
And the slightest indiscretions that I made were met with rage
And I burned to be free and then you rescued me
with your voice and beckoned me beside you and your touch was alive.
Sensational and vibrant and with care and your words

You say "A secret is a stealthy thing, you cannot know its plans.
You were only dreaming, dear, and now you're here with me again."
You ask if I'd account to you the spirit of my night
And you handed me this pad and this pen with which to write.
While it's fresh in your mind.
Before it gets away
Before it gets away
Before it gets away
Before it gets away...

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

(Chorus)
I am 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 isoloated, so motivated
I am certain now that

(Chorus)

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 [3x]
So let me slip against the current and let me slip away

(Chorus)

Slight hope
It dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption...

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 to 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 wanna 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 wanna 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?

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 subtle than defeat
i feel the tension in my lungs and every move is filled by my resolve to

breathe, don't you wanna 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 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

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

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 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 might get you lost
and she just might leave you torn
but she just might save your soul
if she gets you when she gets you any closer

she leads you up, points out skylines and stars, steeple chases in bars
and took your keys and demanded that you stay
the city longs well for rooftops and invitations
all lace in secret places, she moves you to touch with her hands

and she just might get you lost
and she just might leave you torn
but she just might save your soul
if she gets you when she gets you any closer

under the cold sheet, where the welcomed touch of skin and skin will meet
out on the inside where a girls prize is at the tip of your tongue
where every move and each impulse brings clarity
to stay like this is everything you'll ever need

she just might get you lost
and she just might leave you torn
but she just might save your soul
but she gets you any closer

can you believe your eyes

Hand out the window
Floatin' on air
Just a flip of the wrist
And I am wavin' you goodbye

Drive past the lifeguard stand
Where I sit around waiting for you to remember
As I drive

How the girls could turn to ghosts before your eyes
And the very dreams that led to them are keeping them from dying
And how the grace with which she walked into your life
Will stay with you in your steps
And pace with you a while
So long, so long
So long, so long

The speaker in this door is blown
So nothing sounds quite right
Takin' my time, takin' this drive, wavin' this town goodbye
And I drive this ocean road and remember
The small of your back
And the nape of your neck
I remember everything as I drive, wavin' this town goodbye

How the girls can turn to ghosts before your eyes
And the very dreams that led to them are keeping them from dying
And how the grace with which she walked into your life
Will stay with you in your steps
Pace with you a while
So long, so long
So long, so long
So long, so long
So long, so long...

And I will leave under the cover
Of summer's kiss upon the sky
Like the stone face of your lover
Just before she says goodbye
I was certain that the season could be held between my arms
Well just as summer's hold is fleeting
I was here but now I'm gone...
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone...

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
the long drag becomes a slow dance and a halo of embers

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
it ends where it began, so hot with love, it burns our hands

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
back where i belong
back where i belong
back where i belong
take me back where i belong, you swear that it's safe here
there is nothing to fear at all
take me back where i belong, the pressure releases
if 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 [3x]
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 [3x]
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, in slender threads and things to treasure
days like that should last and last and last.

But you've already lost [3x]
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