Carve Your Heart Out Yourself

Dashboard Confessional · A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar [2003]

Carve your heart out yourself

Hopelessness is your cell

Since you've drawn out these lines

Are you protected from trying times?



Man, it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has

Lord, it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all

Oh look now, there you go with hope again

Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end



Dig your ditch deep enough

To keep you clear of the sun

You've been burned more than once

You don't think much of trust



Man, it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has

Lord, it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all

Oh look now, there you go with hope again

But I'll be sure your secret is safe with me

Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end

Treating me like I'm already gone



But I'm not, I will stay where you are always

I will stay, I will stay, I will stay (all of now)

[repeat to fade out]