Dashboard Confessional : Turpentine Chaser

Lyrics for the Dashboard Confessional song "Turpentine Chaser" from their "The Swiss Army Romance" album. Feel free to browse the rest of our Dashboard Confessional lyrics here, or download the rest of our The Swiss Army Romance lyrics.

Band: Dashboard Confessional
Album: The Swiss Army Romance
Song: Turpentine Chaser

This paint has been tasting of lead
& their chips will fall as they may,
But it's not just my finish that is peeling,
& it is not alone fleeing these walls.

Well sooner of later this cold
It's gonna break
& our hands will be warm again,
But all i want is not to need you now.
And sooner or later this cold
It's gonna break
& our words will be heard again,
But all i want are vows of silence now.

This turpentine chaser's got kick
& the rag that it's soaked in is rich.
The fumes aide the pace of my cleaning
& as soon as i'm done i am gone.

The frightening facts
We've been facing our backs
For so long now
Are begging for eyes
To bear witness to lies
& indifference.

Now we're saying aloud
The things we've declared in our silence.
The new coats of paint will not reaquaint
Broken hearts to broken homes.