Now, I must admit. I am not a huge Dashboard Confessionals fan, but their most recent song, Vindicated, is good. I heard it yesterday while the credits for Spiderman 2 were rolling and recognized it on the radio just a half hour ago. The chorus, more than anything, makes me think. I would say I can relate to it, to some level. So, just because I love you, I bring you more lyrics. Enjoy.


Hope dangles on a string
like slow-spinning redemption
winding in and winding out
the shine of it has caught my eye
and roped me in
so mesmerizing so hypnitiizing
i am captivated
i am vindicated
i am selfish
i am wrong
i am right, i swear i'm right
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 the diamond in your ring
cut to mirror your intention
oversized and overwhelmed
the shine of it 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
i am flawed
but i am cleaning up so well
i am seeing in my 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'd be in too deep now
to ever swim against the current
so let me slip away
so let me slip away
so let me slip away
so let me slip against the current
so let me slip away (4x)

i am vindicated
i am selfish i am wrong
i am right, i swear i'm right
i swear i knew it all along
and i am flawed, but i am cleaing up so well
i am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

slight hope
it dangles on a string
like slow spinning redemption



Everett made an observation about Spiderman maybe half way through the movie. He leaned over to me and said, "I see, he needs love to function." How true. In that instance, Spiderman was even more human than Peter Parker. He seemed to do just fine without some sort of love, but Spiderman, now Spiderman nearly died everytime he tried to deny that he needed love, that he needed M.J. to even function. People need love to survive, to function, to even have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. 99 % of the people who don't want to wake up every day feel that way because they feel like nobody loves them. We are programmed to need an intimate love to survive, even if its not a romantic intimacy. I liked that about the movie, besides the fact that it was Spiderman and the movie was made wonderfully, the girl in me always did like a nice romance... (don't tell) If you deny who you are, you fall apart, and people are wired to need to be loved. Thats why Christ's love is such an amazing thing. Thats why the love of another person is such an amazing thing. I spent years thinking I didn't need it from anyone, and those were some of the single worst years that I can remember.

"i am selfish i am wrong
i am right, i swear i'm right
i swear i knew it all along
and i am flawed, but i am cleaing up so well
i am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself"

Not to mention that this week, DC is just reading my mind...