Taking Back Sunday

Genre: Rock, Alternative, Punk

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Rhythm	9.7
Melody	9.8
Instruments	9.9
Lyrics	9.9
Vocal	9.8
This song has been reviewed 27 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.

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Taking Back Sunday - ...Slowdance on the Inside Lyrics

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Song details
Title	...Slowdance on the Inside
Artist	Taking Back Sunday
Album	Where You Want To Be (2004) , Track 11
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Song lyrics

Send "...Slowdance on the Inside" ringtones to your cell

Passed out in our school clothes, 
So we'd wake up in our Sunday's best. 
I never asked for your opinion, 
I just got it; 
And I get it. 
You move slow like daytime drama, 
And I'm boring like his songs. 
So while I'm taking you for granted, 
We'll be humming along. 

Well cross my heart and hope to...
I'm lying just to keep you here. 
So reckless, (So reckless.), 
So thoughtless, (So thoughtless.) 
So careless, I could care less. 
Well cross my heart and hope to... 
I'm lying just to keep you here. 
(So reckless.) 
Well she's so heartless, 
And I could care less. 

So paint your face up something elegant, 
And this town may be a darker shade of red. 
'Cause a long night, 
Means a fist fight, 
Against your pillow and my pearly whites. 
I want to hear you scream. 
Yu'd like me better on my knees.
So let us pray.
(We don't believe in second chances.) 
So let us pray.

Don't you ask me. 
Don't you move. (Anywhere.) 

Well cross my heart and hope to...
I'm lying just to keep you here. 
So reckless, (So reckless.), 
So thoughtless, (So thoughtless.) 
So careless, I could care less. 
Well cross my heart and hope to... 
I'm lying just to keep you here. 
(So reckless.) 
Well she's so heartless, 
And I could care less. 

Well cross my heart and hope to... 
I'm lying just to keep you here. 
(I'll keep you here, I'll keep you here.) 

One of us never did it but we're taking it all, 
And tell me why you never promised that you wanted it all. 
And her eyes never batted when she said it. 
It's a long night, open, know it... 

This glass house is burning down. 
(Open all night, know it...) 
You light the match, I'll stick around. 
(Open all night, know it...) 
I'll give you everything you want, 
(Open all night, know it...) 
And wish the worst on what I was. 
(Open all night, know it...) 
This glass house is burning down. 
(Open all night, know it...) 
You light the match, I'll stick around. 
(Open all night, know it...) 
I'll give you everything you want, 
(Open all night, know it...) 
And wish the worst on what I was. 
(Open all night, know it...) 

Tonight won't make a difference. 
Tonight won't make a difference. 
Tonight won't make a difference. 
Well tonight won't make a difference. 
Well tonight won't make a difference. 
Tonight won't make a difference. 
Tonight won't make a difference. 
Well tonight won't make a difference.

Send "...Slowdance on the Inside" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by samantha

lyrics corrected by matthew_tm on 01-05-2006

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03-01-2005 20:36 DancingShadows
6 posts	This and the rest of the songs on this album are amazing!!! [offtopic] I just recently started listening to taking back sunday, so if anyone wants to like attempt to explain to me what they are all about, please do, thanks and I wil love you soo muhc
16-01-2005 23:24 YaNkEESfAN26
42 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this is one of my favorite songs! TBS is an awesome band!
08-02-2005 00:48 xxxpunkbabexxx
211 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal can you say... BRAND NEW BRAND NEW BRAND NEW BRAND NEW hmmmmm? THATS RIGHT. Take a look at Soco Amaretto Lime. Taking Back Sunday are good, but could NEVER surpass Brand New in the lyrical area.
14-02-2005 03:38 PerfectChaos18
34 posts	I dont think they're trying to surpass them, the lyrics are still a jesse and john thing, kinda like seventy times 7/there is no i in team (entire copied phrases) Im not sure what the whole story is behind the connection, but if you find that out Im sure you'll get the meaning.
04-03-2005 05:51 queenofdenial
7 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal its definatly still poking at jesse of brand new.. im pretty sure when he says "im boring like his songs" hes making a jab at brand new as well. they whole fight was over a girl actually. im pretty sure they set their differences aside, so im sure the jest is all in fun...and now just a staple of each of their music to poke fun at each other. im from LI and actually knew the guys b4 they were in the band... but ne way... TBS is still amazing.. and yes im a Brand New fan as well.
23-03-2005 21:35 Oxymoronic
225 posts	Here...let's set the story straight. Jesse Lacey, frontman for Brand New, used to play bass for Taking Back Sunday. He and John Nolan (TBS' former guitarist and songwriter) were best friends. They, supposedly, went to this party, and John slept with Jesse's girlfriend. In retaliation, Jesse wrote "Seventy Times 7" (the number of sins Jesus says should be forgiven) for his band Brand New. ("I hope there's ice on all the roads/and you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt/and again when your head goes through the windshield.") TBS' answer song was "There's No 'I' In Team." It was kind of an apology ("I can't regret/can't you just forget it?"), but not really, mocking Jesse's "overkill" feelings ("Wearing your black eye like a badge of honor/soaking in sympathy"). Adam Lazzara, TBS's frontman, dated John's sister Michelle, and cheated on her a lot. Outraged, John left TBS and started his own band, Straylight Run, along with Michelle. There are two theories for what happened in between Jesse and John. One is that after "There's No 'I' in Team," Jesse and John reconciled, and that Jesse had a lot to do with John's decision to leave the band. The other is that AFTER John started Straylight Run, Jesse came around, and allegedly started bad-mouthing Adam at shows. Either way, both people still hold grudges against Adam. Back to this song, there is a LOT of lyrical parsing going around that it's about Jesse. TBS says they're sick of talking about it, but when Adam was asked whether or not he was still mad at Brand New, he said, "No...yeah. Fuck it. Keep it going. See if I care. All I'll say is that pride is a funny thing." It's an interesting story, and I hope we can get more information on it later.
23-03-2005 21:38 liddell1
8 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i just bought the cd. havent stopped listening to it. anybody else notice that the lyrics on the sheet dont really coincide with the lyrics in the songs? anyway-great band, great cd. brilliant song writing
08-04-2005 01:53 emosk8ermike
8 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal [b] i luv the drum part in the begining its aWsOmE you know what else is awsome? TaKiNg BaCk SuNdAy TWO THUMBS UP!!! :yes:
16-07-2005 07:15 theguitarprince
12 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this is my favorite song, and seeing as how im an artist myself, i can appreaciate there muisc more bcus i know how it is
24-07-2005 19:16 _crazee_
13 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Oh Jeez, I am in LOVE with this song!! I think Its great =)
21-08-2005 07:28 GCKidVicious69
10 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I really love this song. But I dont know what it's really talking about.
01-09-2005 21:12 SImPlEpLaN22
309 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal wow
05-02-2006 22:03 Alien_06
529 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal love it, TBS are one of the best bands ever!
17-04-2006 11:07 one_that_bleeds
14 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal TBS. wow. though its not their best album (but still great) this song is just wooooo. 'Cross my heart and hope to... im lying just to keep you here' That line is really clever when you think about it. Adam just great voice and amazing lyrics and Fred is such a great guitarist i think they're amazing one of my favourite bands.
17-04-2006 11:10 one_that_bleeds
14 posts	Taking Back Sunday are good, but could NEVER surpass Brand New in the lyrical area. LMAO! They already did that. About, 30 times. Sorry but their lyrics dont even compare, TBS are well known for their lyrics one of the best punk/emo lyrics of all time (whatever you label them these days) which is agreed by many critics eg Kerrang
04-06-2006 14:52 Shadow_Reaper
54 posts	And since when was Kerrang a trustworthy and good magazine? Idiot.
13-07-2006 03:33 Dragonnman25
4 posts	this song freaking rulesss
14-08-2006 21:33 TravisDrumstick
152 posts	i run out of great things to say about song...so lets just leave it at thies being a really really great song
23-11-2006 03:49 stuckinsunday
16 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal One of my all time favroites. Taking Back Sunday is truth.
07-01-2007 21:47 XamazingX
46 posts	ahhhh...second favorite song off Where You Want To Be. my first is A Decade Under The Influence
02-05-2007 01:37 missem34
109 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal 3
24-11-2007 16:49 DazedYouth
36 posts	i love how u say TBS lyrics are that much better than BN but we constantly see how TBS lyrics are based off BN lyrics. i guess its easy to copy great lyrics than make a little change then sit back and be called a great lyricist