Matters of Blood and Connection-Dashboard Confessional

[ti:Matters Of Blood And Connection] [ar:Dashboard Confessional] [al:The Shade Of Poison Trees] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Matters of Blood and Connection - Dashboard Confessional [00:02.31]Written by：Christopher Ender Carrabba [00:04.62]Why do you speak with that accent now [00:07.59]Everyone knows you're not from the streets [00:10.72]You went to prep school in Cambridge [00:13.44]With daughters and sons of the privileged elite [00:16.66]Their fortunes from shipping and industry [00:18.93] [00:19.61]Their futures in yacht clubs and tails [00:22.27]So why do you speak with that accent now [00:25.23] [00:25.91]Everyone knows you're moonlighting here [00:29.07]To avail yourself of your heritage [00:31.96] [00:32.54]For a season or two in the sun [00:34.80] [00:35.63]Draw well from the funds in the trust [00:38.20]Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons [00:40.57] [00:42.08]For us it's a matter of charging the gates [00:45.15]For you it's a matter of blood and connections [00:50.11] [00:52.63]Of blood and connections [00:57.10] [00:59.70]So who do you fool with that costume now [01:02.95]Everyone knows you're not who you seem [01:05.95]You've got a hard way about you [01:08.26] [01:08.99]For someone whose passage is already paid [01:11.71] [01:12.49]By the sins and the schemes of your father [01:14.82] [01:15.49]And the infinite reach of his arm [01:17.88] [01:18.75]Draw well from the funds in the trust [01:21.45]Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons [01:23.59] [01:25.14]For us it's a matter of charging the gates [01:28.15]For you it's a matter of blood [01:30.30] [01:31.06]Drink well from your bottomless cup [01:33.77]And bask in your good fortune [01:36.20] [01:37.43]For us it's a matter of charging the gates [01:40.49]For you it's a matter of blood and connections [01:46.13]So where will you be when you tire of the fun [01:48.77]The escape the charade and your time in the sun [01:51.79]I know everyone does their own reinvention [01:54.62]But yours has a taste that's hard to swallow [01:58.11]And what will you tell of your tenure with us [02:00.96]Will you build yourself up [02:02.50]Like the size of your hunt [02:04.18]If they're anything like [02:05.56]What you've been telling us [02:07.13]Those stories will make true believers [02:10.24] [02:10.96]Of the chumps and the fools [02:13.20] [02:13.86]So why do you speak with that accent now [02:16.89]Everyone knows you're not from the streets