D Yeah I try to write it out, not s Fm ure what I recall
I c Bm an't tell if it's memory or sto G ry telling now
D It happened very quickly but it s Fm eemed to last for hours
And Bm everything was crisp and clean till a G ll came crashing down
So much Em fire and debr G is that I was nearly bli D nd with p Fm anic,
and th Bm ere was no one anywh G ere to tur D n to be s Fm aved
from the t Bm yranny and caval G cade. And Em all use was los G t.
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 work alone 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 D Sleep it is a stealthy thing, you ca Fm nnot know its plans.
You were Bm only dreaming, dear, and now he G re with me again.
You a D sk if I'd account to you the sp Fm irit of my night
And you Bm handed me this pad and this pe G n with which to write.
While it's f Em resh in your mi G nd.
Before it gets a D way A
G Before it gets a D way A
G Before it gets a D way A
G Before it gets a D way
Dashboard Confessional
