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Rhythm  9.9
Melody  9.9
Instruments  10.0
Lyrics  10.0
Vocal  9.9
This song has been reviewed 29 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.
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Dashboard Confessional - The Brilliant Dance Lyrics

Song details
TitleThe Brilliant Dance
ArtistDashboard Confessional
AlbumMTV Unplugged [2002], Track 11
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most [2001], Track 1
GenreAlternative, Indie, Pop, Rock
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Song lyrics
So this is odd.
The painful realization that all has gone wrong,
And nobody cares at all.
And nobody cares at all.

So you buried all your lover's clothes,
And burned the letters lover wrote,
But it doesn't make it any better.
Does it make it any better?
And the plaster dented from your fist,
In the hall where you had your first kiss,
Reminds you that the memories will fade.

So this is strange.
Our sidestepping has come to be a brilliant dance,
Where nobody leads at all.
Where nobody leads at all.

And the picture frames are facing down.
And the ringing from this empty sound,
Is deafening and keeping you from sleep.
And breathing is a foreign task,
And thinking's just to much to ask,
And you're measuring your minutes by a clock that's blinking eights.

This is incredible.
Starving, insatiable.
Yes, this is love for the first time.
Well, you'd like to think that you were invincible.
Yeah, well weren't we all once before we felt lost for the first time?
Well, this is the last time.
This is the last time.
This is the last time.
submitted by Lindsay Webb
corrected by PixieStix [Mar. 04/05] on 10-07-2008


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  07-07-2009 12:19 isashi68 
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this is a great song

"And the picture frames are facing down.
And the ringing from this empty sound,
Is deafening and keeping you from sleep.
And breathing is a foreign task,
And thinking's just to much to ask,
And you're measuring your minutes by a clock that's blinking eights."

I love that part
  23-04-2009 19:32 saralamack08 
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This is my favorite song of all time. Everything about it is perfect. I love Chris Carrabba, the man is a genius.
  01-03-2007 16:15 TheStagger28 
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I think this is the saddest of all DC songs. I always just get a very sad feeling and bad memories (but not in a bad way) when I hear this song...fromt he beginning "SO THIS IS ODD" and then the painful realizations that follow...This is great..but in no way can be seen in a positive light..this is pain at it's best!
  05-12-2006 02:30 DonnaBean2003 
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just amazing. my creative writing teacher was playing this song while we were writing in our journals...and i'm just like...hmm, sounds like dashboard confessional...but what's the title, i've never heard of this song! so i researched it...the lyrics really got to me, especially when i was listening to it while writing in those journals...dashboard is just amazing!!!
  14-11-2006 23:00 Caseyb_babyboy 
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kan someone help me i'm lost as to what this song means
  21-12-2005 03:01 amygrl1089 
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"this is incredible, starving, insatiable,
yes this is love for the first time"
when i'm in a love mood, i just think about those lines. when i'm in an anti-love mood, i think about the next few. what a good song.
  25-04-2005 01:43 r0mancEb00kgEEk 
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This is definitely one of my favorite Dashboard songs. I love them, I could just listen to them for hours...and I usually do. Great job Dash! thumb:
  12-04-2005 01:11 ally_kat3 
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this song is so flippin powerful, its ridiculous. chris has such amazing talent. he can rip your heart out and put it back together in the same four minutes. i cant even explain how much dashboard has helped me these past few years. AMAZING!!!
  22-03-2005 03:42 playCrAcKthesky 
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i absolutely loooove this song. the lyrics are just so beautiful. the places you have come to fear the most is their best cd, in my opinion.
  15-03-2005 01:15 emo_emma 
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"And the plaster dented from your fist, In the hall where you had your first kiss, Reminds you that the memories will fade" i luv this song, particularly this line. doesnt that just sooo break ur heart? i luv the whole song love dc and when i listen to them i feel a whole different way. best song ever
  06-03-2005 18:28 x_ashlee_x 
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Amazing!! I'm not in the best of moods right now but this song helps me remember the good times and helps me reflect!!
  26-12-2004 22:18 the_weez_junkie 
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ive gotta say ..i tried so hard not to like dashboard at first, but im hooked on it now ...they're awesome in concert
  23-12-2004 23:34 wishful_dreamer 
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this is such a deepressing song, but i i still love it, one of their BEST!!!! Dashboard Confessionals are the best!!!!!!!!!!!
  23-11-2004 22:57 ambrosia420 
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I like Hands Down. I agree, not one of Dashboard's best, but it's up there. Vindicated is... okay. Brilliant Dance is my favorite Dashboard song.
"And the plaster dented from your fist in the hall where you had your first kiss reminds you that the memories will fade.
  23-11-2004 08:48 LaUrA_CoRdIaL 
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this is just one of those songs that makes me go...oh my god...it is beautifully written, sung and played. i can listen to this song and my mind is cleared instantly. chris's best work by far!! keep it up
  15-11-2004 02:18 dc_girl5 
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"Our sidestepping has come to be a brilliant dance, where nobody leads at all." Doesn't your heart just break when you hear that?
  13-11-2004 06:38 rocker_jess02 
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I love Dashboard Confessional, a friend burned me a CD of a bunch of their songs and I'm in love with it. They're words and music are just amazing...the only word to describe it all.
  10-11-2004 02:55 pmabooya 
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What does he mean by a brilliant dance?
  25-10-2004 20:02 kAy_EsS_x_11 
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and this is the BEST damn song everrr
  24-10-2004 03:52 kAy_EsS_x_11 
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dashboard is such a kick ass band. My all time favorite, by far. All you idiots who only know the songs that are played on the radio need to shut up and buy the cd - hands down and vindicated are deffinalty not anywhere near the best. I wish chris would make his music like he use to though. He's the most honest artist ever...
  12-10-2004 19:29 Lovers_buns 
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This is my favorite song ever!!!! I want to go to one of their concerts too. Im serious if I had on week to live it would be my last wish to go to their concert!!!!! Im so in love!!!
  27-09-2004 22:25 Van_Spaz 
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yeah dashboard rocks, love the acoustic sutff and this song alot, and they do kickass live
  27-09-2004 22:23 landofrevery 
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I am in love with Dashboard Confessional!!!! I wish I could go to one of their concerts, even tho I hear that you can't realy hear them. Oh well...
All of their songs are dear to my heart. I agree, they are not on of those bands you can just blast on ur CD player, or whatever. Their songs have meaning. I love 'em!
  11-09-2004 19:06 usexymofo 
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  31-08-2004 02:15 dashboard5 
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anything and everything by dashboard is amazing

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