Dashboard Confessional

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Song score

Rhythm	9.8
Melody	9.8
Instruments	9.8
Lyrics	9.8
Vocal	9.9
This song has been reviewed 20 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.

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Dashboard Confessional - Ghost Of A Good Thing Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Ghost Of A Good Thing
Artist	Dashboard Confessional
Album	A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar (2003) , Track 6
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Song lyrics

Send "Ghost Of A Good Thing" ringtones to your cell

I guess it’s luck, but it’s the same 
Hard luck, you’ve been trying to tame 
Maybe it’s love, but it’s like you said 
“Love is like a role that we play.” 

But, I believe in you so much 
I could die for the words that you say 
But, I believe in you so much 
I could die from the words that you say 

But, you’re chasin’ the ghost of a good thing 
Haunting yourself as the real thing 
Is getting away from you again 
While you’re chasin’ ghosts 

I guess it’s luck, but it’s the same
Hard luck, you’ve been trying to tame 
Maybe it’s love, but it’s like you said 
“Love is like a role that we play.” 

But, I believe in you so much 
I could die for the words that you say 
But, I believe in you so much 
I could die from the words that you say 

But, you’re chasin’ the ghost of a good thing 
Haunting yourself as the real thing 
Is getting away from you again 
While you’re chasin’ ghosts 

Just bend the pieces ‘till they fit 
Like they were made for it 
But, they weren’t meant for this 
No, they weren’t meant for this 

Just bend the pieces ‘till they fit 
Like they were made for it 
But, they weren’t meant for this 

Chasin’ the ghost of a good thing 
Haunting yourself as the real thing
Is getting away, away, away, away from you again

Chasin’ the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing
Is getting away from you again
While you’re chasin’ ghosts

Send "Ghost Of A Good Thing" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by MorganB

lyrics corrected by Chad Z

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26-04-2004 23:20 Glory_Does_Fade
362 posts	i love that song
12-07-2004 20:08 hopelessromance
20 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I absolutely love this song, one of my favorites by DC.
20-07-2004 01:51 jFURR
14 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i love this song, i listen 2 it all day...greatest DC song ever
26-07-2004 20:56 silent_skreamer
7 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal wOw!!! this has 2 b 1 of there best songs! its sad yet wonerful...reminds me of myselfjavascript:emoticon(' ')
23-08-2004 10:24 charloons
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i love this song sooooooooooo much.. wa one of the first songs i heard of d-c as soon as i heard it i wanted there albums!!!!!! n now i have them.. i have to listen to them all the time coz there sooooooooooooooo good!!!
29-08-2004 03:41 CaRoLiCiOuS
5 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I agree. It's an awesome song. I love the chorus so much!
11-09-2004 02:23 XoXoLeSLeY
27 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal chris is brilliant. i adore acustic songs.
11-09-2004 02:24 XoXoLeSLeY
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16-09-2004 20:39 monkeylover104
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I this song so much. I listen to it over and over again because one of my guy friends just did something really retarded. Guys suck sometimes and my friend Caroline is the best person alive
09-11-2004 06:18 CantTouchThis1
227 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is so good too!!! all of dashboard's songs ROCK and have so good meanings!!! i love them!!!!
13-11-2004 09:39 mOrbidrOmantic
8 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i cry enough.. but this is just so beautiful.. hehe me love it!
30-01-2005 12:44 punk_rock_kitty
74 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i love ths song, I got it from their website. It's so beautiful and sad and emo, it really touvched me. dashboard Confessional CD'a are very expensive back where I live cuz we have to get the import but I'm definitely going to save my money to get it!!!
09-04-2005 23:26 __perfectlife__
3 posts	I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG! ITS SOOO EMOTIONAL..AND SOOOO HOW I FEEL ALL THE TIME
27-05-2005 01:45 coasterchik
52 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I <3 this song...it's so beautiful. "Love is like a role that we play..." Dashboard Confessional_
29-05-2005 18:23 Reina_de_Cairo
544 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal omg.....this song is so sad and beautiful... it has a serious place in my life's movie......I'll be sitting in the bus to a track meet, looking out of the window, watching the trees and street signs whiz by.....
30-07-2005 01:24 sweetnsexijhawk
18 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal OMG! this song was on the first episode of the second season of laguna beach! * offtopic : love that show, and i love this song! but this song is so amazing. another great song from dashboard
01-08-2005 21:27 Melly721
18 posts	sweetnsexijhawk, thats were i first heard this song from - laguna beach! and i fell in love with it! this song is beautful. i keep listening to it over and over. i love most of their stuff; i really should buy their cd.
02-08-2005 04:03 3x5comfwheel
7,935 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal OH, thank god I'm not the only one with the whole Laguna Beach thing!
04-08-2005 07:42 carms00
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal im so in love with the lyrics to this song... actually im pretty much in love with dashboard!!!
12-08-2005 08:16 courtney8916
98 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal The lyrics to this song are so complex and bold and melancholly and so many other things uniquely formed into one. I mean, what I beautiful song and beautiful lyrics. I think you can also be educated from this song: "Just bend the pieces 'til they fit, like they were meant for it, but they weren't meant for this..." That just exposes you to a boldness and something to learn from...and I LOVE IT!
12-08-2005 08:18 Schatzi
21,747 posts	This is the first dc song that I ever LOVED. And oh what love it is.
11-10-2005 22:56 lostinlove
22 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i fear that this, in a nut shell, is mine and my boyfriend's relationship. for he believes he's in love. but i say to him, no you do not love me, you cannot love, please dont love me. he just wants to love me because i make him happy. and he makes me happy. but it is not love. and i wish he would realize this. you guys, love is so amazingly overrated. those of you that think love is awesome..either are not in love, or do not see things as they really are. love his hard, unfair, and jealous and not at all perfect. yes, love is rewarding. and yes, love is something to want in life. but it is not at all what they say it is in all of the fairytales. love is nothing compared to pure bliss. and if you think that just because you are happy, you are in love..that my friend, means that you are immature. you are not in love. and adding to that--if you read what i wrote and decided, that you are not in love, good to know. but if you read it and decided, oh, how emo. i think you should be shot in your head. yes, emo..blah blah blah. but that is not at all what it should mean. it is just my thoughts on life. however emotionally distraught they are..they are just thoughts. not fact. that is all.
25-06-2006 19:25 thatswatshesaid
69 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Gotta be my favorite Dashboard rules
13-08-2006 14:19 42Ech042
56 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal woah really good song....
01-03-2007 15:18 TheStagger28
92 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal A decent song that is obviously about chasing something that might be there. This song gets long, but is still DC which makes it pretty darn good!