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| Dashboard Confessional was started in 1999, as a side project from Carrabba's venture with Florida punk band Further Seems Forever. The name Dashboard Confessional is derived from one of his songs, "The Sharp Hint of New Tears," which contains the line "On the way home/This car hears my confessions." Contrary to popular belief, the name Dashboard Confessional refers only to Carrabba, as he originally intended it to be only a solo project. Addressing this misunderstanding, he challenged: "What rulebook says it has to be called your name if you're one guy?"[1] But Carrabba often brought along friends to play live shows with him, and in 2002 he decided to make the current line-up a permanent one. The current line-up includes Carrabba (vocals, guitar), John Lefler (guitar), Scott Shoenbeck (bass), and Mike Marsh (drums). As of 2005, they have released three EPs and four full-length albums, three of which have been certified gold by the RIAA. In May of 2005, Dashboard Confessional entered the studio to record their fifth album with Daniel Lanois. Lanois has co-produced the landmark albums So (Peter Gabriel), The Joshua Tree (U2) and produced Bob Dylan's Grammy award winning masterpiece(album of the year 1997) "Time out of Mind". "Don't Wait" is said to be the first single from the new album Dusk & Summer, which is currently set to be released on June 27, 2006. Following the release of Dusk & Summer, Dashboard Confessional will embark on a summer tour of the United States with special guests Say Anything and Ben Lee. On June 14, 2006 the newest album Dusk & Summer was leaked on torrent websites. |
| Don't Wait Memorable Lyrics: "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" |
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Reason To Believe Memorable Lyrics: " Breathe, don't you want to 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?" |
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The Secret's In The Telling Memorable Lyrics: "Until the last trace and this 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...." |
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Stolen Memorable Lyrics: "And from the bar room floor we are a celebration One good stretch before our hibernation Our dreams assured and we are, we'll sleep well You have stolen You have stolen my heart." | |
Rooftops and Invitations Memorable Lyrics: "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." | |
So Long, So Long Memorable Lyrics: "And I will leave under the cover Of summer's kiss upon the sky Like the storm face of your lover Just before she says goodbye I was thinking 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 I'm gone..." | |
Currents Memorable Lyrics: "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" | |
Slow Decay Memorable Lyrics: "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?" | |
Dusk And Summer Memorable Lyrics: "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 When you only had barely enough to hang on" | |
Heaven Is Here Memorable Lyrics: "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" | |
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