Dashboard Confessional

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Rhythm	9.5
Melody	10.0
Instruments	10.0
Lyrics	10.0
Vocal	10.0
This song has been reviewed 4 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.

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Dashboard Confessional - The End of an Anchor Lyrics

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Song details
Title	The End of an Anchor
Artist	Dashboard Confessional
Album	A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar (2003) , Track 15
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Song lyrics

Send "The End of an Anchor" ringtones to your cell

I was away for a while
But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me
But I don't deserve it

I'll cherish it well if you give me
One of your new starts
Just one more last chance
I swear that I'll earn it
If you front me for now

I'm good for it I swear
I'm better now I swear

In earlier days
They'd persecute people
They'd carry them off
And hobble their legs
For lesser offences
Than how I have harmed you
But still you allow me
To walk free of pain
Though I punish myself
I will never settle
The debts I've incurred
For scorning the face
Of absolute beauty
And measureless grace
And though I once mocked you
I'm dying to pay for it now.
I'm dying to pay for it now.

So hand me the rocks
To help weigh me down
And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound to the
End of an anchor
Thrown in to the sound
And test me to see
If I
Will rise
Against
The worst
That it 
Can get.

I wasn't well for a while
I savor the things that I knew
Were sure to destroy me
And that seemed to hold me
That seemed to carry me where I couldn't go
On the strength of my own
But I should've known
That that gets me nowhere
I've learned that now I swear

I earlier days
They'd persecute people
They'd carry them off
And hobble their legs
For lesser offences
Than how I have harmed you
But still you allow me
To walk free of pain
Though I punish myself
I will never settle
The debts I've incurred
For scorning the face
Of absolute beauty
And measureless grace
And though I once mocked you
I'm dying to pay for it now.
I'm dying to pay for it now
Now
Now

So hand me the rocks
To help weigh me down
And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound
To the end of an anchor
Thrown in to the sound
And test me to see
If I
Will rise
Against
The worst
That it
Can get.

Well I wasn't sure that I could
Well I wasn't sure that I could
Well I wasn't sure that I could
But I can.

Send "The End of an Anchor" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by Chad Z

lyrics corrected on 19-02-2005

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09-07-2004 05:19 emojoe00
7 posts	where can i get this song from? I've never heard of it before.
13-07-2004 18:01 tokyorose
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song was issued as 1 of 2 bonus tracks on the UK version of A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. So, I don't know where you could get a copy of it from if you don't have that version other than by downloading. Sorry I couldn't help more!
13-07-2004 18:03 danastasia
19,287 posts	If you want to add me to MSN, I'll send it to you over there. PM me for my email addy
29-07-2004 17:36 Xxemo_tearzxX
9 posts	this song is sooo sweet it makes me cry!! emo tearz xxx
19-09-2004 22:05 asundaydrive
25 posts	this song is so awesome man. i wish i was in the uk for the this release. awww maannn..
19-09-2004 22:06 asundaydrive
25 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal use bearshare.
17-09-2006 18:54 MakeoutBarbie
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I adore this song. I'd say it's one of Dashboard's deepest songs.
25-01-2007 20:36 BxWhiteBoi
31 posts	dis song is reall really deep, u have 2 listen to it wit all da light off in a pitch black room 2 fullyappreciate it
01-03-2007 16:17 TheStagger28
92 posts	A kinda slow un moving song...but, again the lyrics behind it show he has another side to him that he knows heshould apologize for..nice work!
07-07-2009 12:23 isashi68
232 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal "The debts I've incurred For scorning the face Of absolute beauty And measureless grace And though I once mocked you I'm dying to pay for it now." awww...seems so sincere...haha