Monday, September 11, 2006
Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional
Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep,
this air is blessed, you share with me.
This night is wild, so calm and dull,
these hearts they race from self control.
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine,
we're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all.
My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me, so I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst,
to break or bury, or wear as jewelry,
which ever you prefer.
The words are hushed, lets not get busted;
just lay entwined here, undiscovered.
Safe in here, from all the stupid questions.
"Hey did you get some?". Man, that is so dumb.
Stay quiet, stay near, stay close they can't hear...
so we can get some.
My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me, so I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst,
to break or bury, or wear as jewelry,
which ever you prefer.
Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember,
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo,
the dim of the soft lights,
the scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers
and the time on the clock when we realized it's so late
and this walk that we shared together.
The streets were wet and the gate was locked so I jumped it,
and I let you in.
And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist
and you kissed me like you meant it.
And I knew that you meant it,
that you meant it,
that you meant it,
and I knew,
that you meant it,
that you meant it.
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Sitting here,surveying my surroundings,wincing at the thought of a whole day without the faintest idea of what to do next.Pacing uneasily across the floor,with every footstep,I felt my heart jump a lil.Grimacing in pain as I held my half bleeding arm,I realized I gotta get out.
Within a split second,thousands of possibilities crossed my mind,but it was now or never.With 1 quick movement of my arm,I snatched the chair,and knocked the guard unconscious.Dashing for the door,I found the tunnel that I had dug all this while,which led to the manhole that led to the sewers,my only hope was to make it to the exit before the alarm triggered,and set the entire prison household upon me.
"Baby,wait for me,I'm coming." That was the 1 single thought that ran through my head.Ducking under sewer pipes,and swimming across occasionally deep channels of water,I swam tirelessly.I could already hear the alarm ringing in my ears,as footsteps were heard above me.
Using whatever knowledge I had of the sewers,I took the nearest shortcut,and stopped dead in my tracks.Guard dogs were wandering,sniffing out my very scent.I backed off,knowing that as long as I stayed drenched,my scent wouldn't be traced.It was too late.There were guards everywhere.
I had to find another way to reach the exit.Lunging myself into a side entrance,I crawled through,taking occasional glances behind me.I knew,that the nearest exit lay just a few hundred meters in front of me,but I had to make 1 big round,avoiding any possible routes that may have been taken by the dogs that now roamed the sewers,on a mission to hunt me down.
With each step,I grew in determination and pushed and persevered on,knowing I had to make it out.After going through the dark and smelly tunnel that was filled with the stench of dead rats,I came out,unscathed,nearer to the exit.Peeping from behind the wall,I saw 3 guards looming around the exit.
I had no choice.Ambushing them,I knocked out 1,and put up a fight against the other 2.Fighting for all it was worth,I triumped,with a bruise leg,and some cuts,but with a very deep wound on my forehead.It seemed as if the whole sewers seemed to echo with the cries of the fallen men.I hurried up the stepladder,only to find the manhole,heavily locked,and barred.
Fighting to keep calm,I dived straight into a channel that led to another exit.I could hear,as there were footsteps constantly behind me.It seemed that my imagination was toying with me.To my relieve,I found the next exit,unguarded,and without a single soul within a mile radius.
Hastily,I climbed out.Tired,exhausted,I dragged myself to the corner of the stress,and sat there,injured. "I'm not giving up now.I need to see my baby 1 more time." I stopped a cab,told him the address,and asked him to hurry.He gave me funny stares,due to my current condition and state I was in.
Wrinkling up his nose because of the foul stench,he drove me there with such an urgency,to which I was grateful.As we reached the area,I still had 1 more final hurdle to climb before I reached my destination,8 flights of step.As I dragged myself up,I could feel all the remaining energy within me drained out.
I finally arrived in front of the door,and I rang the doorbell.The minute she opened the door,I collapsed into her arms.In between her tears and her sobbing,I told her the only thing I wanted to ever say to her. "I love you." And I closed my eyes,never to open them again,as I had accomplished what I had set out to do.
-Matt-