Dashboard Confessional The End Of An Anchor Lyrics

 I was away for a while 
 But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me 
 Though 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 offenses, and how I have harmed you 
 And still you allow me to walk free of pain 
 
 Though I punish myself 
 I will never settle 
 The debts I've incured 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 into 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 savored 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 
 Well, I should've known
 That gets me nowhere 
 I've learned that now I swear 
 
 In earlier days, they'd persecute people 
 They'd carry them off, and hobble their legs 
 For lesser offenses, and how I have harmed you 
 And still you allow me to walk free of pain 
 
 Though I punish myself 
 I will never settle 
 The debts I've incured 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 then end of an anchor thrown into 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