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Drowning Lyrics
And we're drowning you out
in boasts of defection
if everything was up to me I would be gone by the first sign
the first sign of hope I'd be packed up and out of my way.
And time has been spread so thin
and it's just hours till the day begins.
And the things that are keeping you here are not keeping me here
and the things that are keeping you here will keep me away.
And you'll be sorry
isn't that what they'll say.
Don't follow your heart cause it just seems to get in your way.
And don't ever leave here
and mope at your leisure
and straighten out your crease here
and truth is in a tall beer.
Are you drowning your fears
in a glass of deception?
When everything is easy then everything will be ok .
When everything is easy then you won't be sad that you stayed.
And time has been spread so thin
and its just hours till the day begins.
And the things that are keeping you here are not keeping me here
and the things that are keeping you here will keep me away.
And you'll be sorry
isn't that what they'll say.
Don't follow your heart cause it just seems to get in your way.
And don't ever leave here
and mope at your leisure
and straighten out your crease here
and truth is in a tall beer.
Song Info
Submitted by
carola On Nov 27, 2001
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ahhh im absolutely crazy for dashboard! i love this and all of his other songs.
this is a GREAT song.
Can someone put up the lyrics for "Broken Hearts and Concrete Floors"?? i need them.
good one, of course...all DC is good
me and the fellas figure its talking about getting drunk, now hear me out, 'glass of deception,' 'truth is in a tall beer,' and a few others
I'll drink to that
yea i think its about getting drunk but getting drunk because youre (or whoever) scared. thats what i think because he says, "are you drowning your fears in this glass of deception"...
this song is about drowning your fears. drinking alcohol is a relativly common way to do this. the "fear" in this song is a fear of change and hard times. it is partly about what you desire to do coliding with what others think is good for you.
i play it on guitar left handed and i think its about when you have problems and it usually about girls that screw you over cuz thats all they ever do. i love to play it and its cool how they have the violin thing in it and its rad bro. surfs up
i do think this song is about drinking, but the drinking isn't the focus, the focus is the fact that he feels he has to drink, because he's scared of something. i'm not gonna pretend to know what's going on, but i love this song, and i saw dashboard in concert recently, and i was right in the front with my friend, and in between songs my friend asked chris to play drowning, and he made kindof a face, and said he couldn't because that song made him upset. so whatever this song is about, it's definitely something deep.
This song makes me cry... Me and my boyfriend broke up just today, and I've been playing this and 'The Brilliant Dance' .... Both say how I feel and they mean a lot to me, both songs... For other reasons, not just today... Chris totally rocks and I admire him so much for being able to write lyrics that explain how so many people feel, but can't express