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Dashboard Confessional

Hands Down

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Hands Down was released on August 12, 2003 by DGC/Interscope as a part of the album A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional

Performer

Christopher Ender Carrabba

Christopher Ender Carrabba

Vocals

Dan Horner

Guitar

Scott Schoenbeck

Scott Schoenbeck

Bass Guitar

Johnny Lefler

Piano

Mike Marsh

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Christopher Ender Carrabba

Christopher Ender Carrabba

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Gil Norton

Producer

James Paul Wisner

James Paul Wisner

Producer

Adrian Bushby

Mixing Engineer

Mike Fanuele

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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 jewelry

Whichever you prefer

[Verse 2]

The words are hushed, let's not get busted

Just lay entwined here, undiscovered

Safe in here from all those stupid questions

"Hey, did you get some?"

Man, that is so dumb

Stay quiet, stay near, stay close, they can't hear

So we can get some

[Chorus]

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 jewelry

Whichever you prefer

[Outro]

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

And this walk that we shared together

And the streets were wet, and the gate was locked

So I jumped it and I let you in

And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist

And you kissed me like you meant it

And I knew that you meant it

That you meant it, that you meant it

And I knew that you meant it

That you meant it

Written by: Chris Carrabba

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