The Better Of Me chords by Dashboard Confessional
Verse 1
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We
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went back to the shore
For the crash of the waves
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I love that sound and the curious
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comfort we found in each other
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Just like we did back in the day
Verse 2
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And the crackling clouds
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Of a storm out at sea
And you broke me down just by
leaning a little bit closer to me
And yet still somehow leaning away
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Verse 3
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Well, nobody told me
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Just how badly I'd grieve
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That I'd dig through my past
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That I'd keep looking back
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To find out who I wanted to be
Verse 4
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Have I forgotten
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How I let myself feel?
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How the slightest inflections
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Were like cuts that don't heal?
Verse 5
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And don't be mistaken
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That was true, I be lieve
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I was something, I swear it
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Before life got the better of
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Verse 6
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I think I know how you felt
I didn't know how to leave
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But looking back it was easy to
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think you'd be better off
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But I shouldn't have left you that way
Verse 7
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Without saying it right
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Or even saying it wrong
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I just moved on,
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ripped you out of my chest
And I picked up and left
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And just like a ghost I was gone
Verse 8
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Well, nobody told me
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Come on, kid, take your time
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Don't go rushing too fast
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'Cause if you lose your path
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It's gonna be so hard to find
Verse 9
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Have I forgotten
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How I let myself feel?
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How the slightest inflections
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Were like cuts that don't heal?
Verse 10
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And don't be mistaken
That was true, I believe
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I was something, I swear it
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Before life got the better of me
Verse 11
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Life is hard
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Just a series of battle scars
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From some fights we won
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And some fights we lost
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In a war that we never signed on for
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We keep holding our heads high
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Or hold each other and just cry
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And nobody's wrong
And no lines are drawn
And everyone's here
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And nobody's gone
Verse 12
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I was something, I swear it
Before life got the better
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Before life got the better
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Before life got the better of me
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The Better Of Me
Dashboard Confessional
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