[ti:Slow Decay] 
[ar:Dashboard Confessional] 
[al:Dusk And Summer] 
[00:00.00]Dashboard Confessional - Slow Decay
[00:06.89]Stand down, son
[00:09.51]Start resting easy
[00:11.97]You ve done your service
[00:13.41]I am proud to have you home
[00:16.36]And see you safe
[00:17.79]It s so good
[00:19.27]You look so strong
[00:22.17]In that picture on the mantel
[00:25.01]You sent your mom when you were gone
[00:27.89]But you look scared now,
[00:31.61]Hollow-eyed
[00:35.42]When are you coming
[00:38.36]When are you coming
[00:40.30]Back where you belong
[00:44.27]I swear that it s safe here
[00:47.21]Theres nothing to fear at all
[00:51.18]Come on back where you belong
[00:55.83]The pressure releases
[00:58.81]If you just put down your gun
[01:03.47]Everything rests on you
[01:08.03]You know that feeling well
[01:10.59]The ball is falling
[01:13.28]Falling
[01:14.18]Falling
[01:15.02]So far from a close call
[01:20.34]Your injuries aren t mortal wounds
[01:23.62]The only thing that s killing you
[01:26.18]Is what you saw and what you couldn t stop
[01:31.24]But you re not the one I blame
[01:34.19]It wasn t your mistake
[01:37.79]But you re safe now so come on
[01:41.10]Back where you belong
[01:44.97]I swear that it s safe here
[01:48.00]Theres nothing to fear at all
[01:51.84]Come on back where you belong
[01:56.63]The pressure releases
[01:59.54]If you just put down your gun
[02:03.62]It s the simple things Dad,
[02:06.20]I m not hurt
[02:07.49]I m not dead
[02:08.80]I just should be where my friends are lying
[02:15.01]And I didn t hate those that I killed
[02:19.39]But they re all dead now
[02:22.55]And I m here alive
[02:25.55]With satellites
[02:28.33]And Friday nights
[02:31.18]And no one to judge me
[02:34.05]For the things that I ve done at all
[02:36.99]So how can I live with that
[02:56.27]Back where I belong
[03:18.55]Take me back where I belong
[03:23.37]You swear that it s safe here
[03:26.14]There is nothing to fear at all
[03:30.15]Take me back where I belong
[03:35.00]The pressure releases
[03:37.73]If I just put down my gun