// Vindicated, by Dashboard Confessional: Lyrics
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow-spinning redemption
Winding in, winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
And roped me in
So mesmerizing
So hypnotizing
I am captivated
I am
Vindicated
I am selfish, I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things
You swore you saw yourself
So clear like a diamond in a ring
Cut to mirror your intention
Oversized and overwound
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me
So isolated
So motivated
I am certain now that
I am
Vindicated
I am selfish, I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things
You swore you saw yourself
So turn up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my fingertips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper-thin
Just one touch and I'll be in
Too deep now to ever swim
Against the current
So let me slip away...[repeating]
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away...[repeating]
Vindicated
I am selfish, I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things
You swore you saw yourself
Like hope dangles on a string
Like slow-spinning redemption
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