Passed out in our school clothes so we'd wake up in our Sunday's best
I never asked for your opinion, I just got it and I get it
You move slow like daytime drama
And I'm boring like his songs
So while I'm taking you for granted
We'll be humming along

Well cross my heart and hope to
I'm lying just to keep you here
So reckless (so reckless), so,
So thoughtless (so thoughtless)
So careless, I could care less

Well cross my heart and hope to
I'm lying just to keep you here
(So reckless)
Well she's so heartless,
And I could care less

So paint your face up something elegant
And this town maybe a darker shade of red
Cause a long night means a fist fight
Against your pillow and my pearly whites
I want to hear you scream you like me better on my knees
So let us pray
(we don't believe in second chances)
So let us pray

Don't you ask me
Don't you move (anywhere)

Cross my heart and hope to
I'm lying just to keep you here
So reckless (so reckless), so,
So thoughtless (so thoughtless)
So careless, I could care less

Well Cross my heart and hope to
I'm lying just to keep you here
(So reckless)
Well she's so heartless
And I could care less

Well cross my heart and hope to
I'm lying just to keep you here (I'll keep you here, I'll keep you here)

One of us never did it but we're taking it all.
And tell me why you never promised that you wanted it all.
And her eyes never batted when she said it
It's a long night, open, know it

This glass house is burning down (open all night, know it)
You light the match, I'll stick around (open all night, know it)
I'll give you everything you want (open all night, know it)
And wish the worst of what I was (open all night, know it)

This glass house is burning down (open all night, know it)
You light the match, I'll stick around (open all night, know it)
I'll give you everything you want (open all night, know it)
And wish the worst of what I was (open all night, know it)

Tonight won't make a difference
Tonight won't make a difference
Tonight won't make a difference
Well tonight won't make a difference
Well tonight won't make a difference
Tonight won't make a difference
Tonight won't make a difference
Well tonight won't make a difference



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"Slowdance on the Inside" as written by Matthew A./mascherino Rubano

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  • -1
    General Comment:Real story behind TBS, BN & SLR.

    wiki.answers.com/Q/…
    Flag charleekhanhon September 12, 2011   Link
  • 0
    Lyric Correction:these lyrics are all messed up.
    Flag bunkfutonon January 24, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Okay so I'm definitely not sure if what I hear is what he actually says but I thiiiiink:
    "Don't you ask me,
    and don't you lose"
    should actually be
    "Don't you ask me,
    don't you utter a word"

    And:
    "So paint your face up something elegant,
    and this town maybe a darker shade of red"
    should be
    "So paint your face up something elegant,
    and this time maybe a darker shade of red"

    Like I said, I'm not sure but it's just a suggestion.
    Flag BirdBathSkinGraphon October 22, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:so yeah, 6 years later and this song is still not about john nolan...it was performed live when john and shaun were in the band ALL of Adam's lyrics stayed the same, John's lyrics and guitar parts were changed when Fred came aboard.
    Flag double3on June 07, 2010   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:PLEASE DON'T READ THIS, YOU WILL GET KISSED BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE ON SATURDAY, TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE BUT YOU HAVE TO REPOST THIS, IF YOU REPOST THIS IN 2 SONGS YOU WILL DIE IN 2 HOURS, BUT IF YOU REPOST THIS TO 5 SONGS IT WILL TRULY BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE, WHEN YOU'RE DONE, PUSH F6 ON YOUR KEYBOARD AND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS... ITS SCARY BUT IT WORKS
    Flagged marge21on March 22, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:tbs is life
    Flag yoguywtfbon February 17, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:" I never asked for your opinion i just got it & i get it"....line is golden!
    Flag jailynon December 23, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The way that this and Soco could be related could be how this is about a falling out in a relationship, and how Soco was about the best, the peak of a relationship. Considering that Jesse and John used to be tight, this was probably written as the aftermath of that song, or like, a part 2.
    Just a thought.
    Flag Molz017on November 16, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:okay so just regarding the connection between Seventy Times Seven and There's No "I" in Team, i don't think the lyrics were written in succession of one another, the line "is that what you call tact? you're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back" was reportedly a line in a phone conversation between jesse and john.

    and as for ...slowdance on the inside, i don't think the song has ANYTHING to do with taking back sunday vs. brand new. Many articles about Taking Back Sunday in Alternative Press and other magazines mention how adam became a huge assett to TBS when it came to lyrics because he wrote many songs about his high school sweetheart. I think this song is about Adam's relationship with this girl coming to a dead end regardless of how hard they tried to fix things and make it work.

    I find the lyics of this song and the overall tone to be incredibly powerful and this is the only song that can always make me cry no matter how many times I listen to it.

    Btw, fuck anyone who says TBS or Brand New are unoriginal and sound just like another crappy emo band. The musicality and harmonies in all of their songs are 20 times more creative and complicated than any of that green day shit everyone still loves listening to on the radio and i think it's bands like these that write music that gets teens through their adolescence and set the standards for great alternative mmusic.
    Flag julesfreshon August 14, 2009   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:this replaces ellieisomg hawt and is attention to get john nolan, cause they once had song name you can slow dance on the inside for prove here virb.com/takingthefall/videos/…
    Flag xscarsbullet321on January 07, 2009   Link

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