"And the plaster dented from your fist in the hall where you had your first kiss reminds you that the memories will fade." - Dashboard Confessional, "the brilliant dance"
"There was a path and to get where it's leading you had to be sharp, you couldn't swerve from side to side. I was a razor and you were a straight line." - Dashboard Confessional, "this is forgery"
"You hold on to your secrets, and I'm not privy to what's on your mind but I cannot help but feel tired, so tired." - Dashboard Confessional, "anyone, anyone"
"Wandering the 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, never."-Dashboard Confessional, "saints and sailors"
"I hope that your heart is always warm. I gave you the best that I had. You passed on my letters and passed on the best that I had." - Dashboard Confessional, "age six racer"
"Waiting here with hopes the phone will ring and I'm thinking awful things and I'm pretty sure that few would notice." - Dashboard Confessional, "saints and sailors"
"But your taste still lingers on my lips like I just placed them upon yours. And I starve... I starve for you!" - Dashboard Confessional, "standard lines"
"i was certain that the season could be held between my arms. But just as summer's hold is fleeting, I was here and now I'm gone." - Dashboard Confessional, "so long, so long"
"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." - Dashboard Confessional, "hold on"
"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?" - Dashboard Confessional, "the brilliant dance"
"So kiss me hard 'cause this will be the last time that I let you. You will be back someday and this awkward kiss that tells of other people's lips will be of service to keeping you away." - Dashboard Confessional, "best deceptions"
"this is one time that you can't fake it hard enough to please everyone or anyone at all." - Dashboard Confessional, "the places you have come to fear the most"
"Try to understand there's an old mistake that fools will make; And I'm the king of them, pushing everything that's good away." - Dashboard Confessional, "bend and not break"