Dashboard Confessional: Vindicated Meaning

Vindicated Lyrics

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 and so hypnotizing,
I am captivated, I am

{Chorus}
Vindicated
I am selfish
I am...

1. anonymous

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   Sep 10th 2007 !⃝

   My mom's first interpretation was that he was having an affair with a married lady.
   
   "So clear
   Like the diamond in your ring
   Cut to mirror your intention
   Oversized and overwhelmed
   The shine of which has caught my eye
   And rendered me
   So isolated, so motivated
   I am certain now that I am..."
   
   He's overwhelmed by the ring... He feels resent towards it? I think that this is the story of a guy that feels bad for having an affair with a married woman but can't stay away from her, and keeps being drawn back in.
   
   "Defense is paper thin
   Just one touch and I'll 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"
   
   It makes sense. I may be way off the mark... but it does fit pretty neatly.
2. anonymous

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   Jun 15th 2007 !⃝

   Look it's not about spider man you freaks! the song was written way before it! its ancient, idiots, the songs clearly about been in love and messing it up and trying for you second chance and getting it.
3. anonymous

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   Jul 29th 2006 !⃝

   This song is soo easy to interpret. Its obviously about spider man. Haven’t you seen the video??? Peter parker, who is really spider man, lives a secret life that only he knows about. You know fighting crime and saving people from burning buildings and stuff of that nature. And it’s holding him back from what he really wants to do (that is being with mary jane). Anyway….What was I talking about? Oh ya, he feels “vindicated” and he just wants to live a normal life again, like when he was a nerd/loser in high school. Who wouldn’t want to go back to that? Spider man may be a bad butt super hero(plz x-cuze the lingo) with his own comic books and now a sequel movie. But Peter parker, he is just a little!…well you get the idea. And that my friends, is the meaning of the song. Pretty deep huh? I thought so.

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4. anonymous

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   Jul 7th 2006 !⃝

   The part where it says "So turn, up the corners of your lips, and feel my finger tips, trace the moment for forever," is talking about fingering a chick.

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5. anonymous

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   Dec 18th 2005 !⃝

   "Hope dangles on a string
   Like slow spinning redemption
   Winding in and winding out
   The shine of it has caught my eye"
   
   This means that he sees a chance to make up for all the mistakes he has made.
   
   "Vindicated
   I am selfish
   I am wrong
   I am right
   I swear I'm right
   Swear I knew it all along
   And I am flawed, but I am cleaning up so well
   I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself"
   
   He is admitting me is wrong and responsible, and that he sees all of the things his girlfriend swears she saw in him. He is basically admitting that she was right.
   
   "So clear
   Like the diamond in your ring
   Cut to mirror your intention
   Oversized and overwhelmed
   The shine of which has caught my eye
   And rendered me
   So isolated,and so motivated
   I am certain now that I am"
   
   Her intentions are too much and because of these intentions, he is alone and by himself.
   
   "So let me slip away"
   let him admit that he is wrong
   My hope
   dangles on a string
   Like slow spinning redemption... "
   
   His hope of making everything the same as it was before
6. lumpgreenroom

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   Nov 22nd 2005 !⃝

   This song was written after seeing the Spider Man 2 movie. It's about the movie.

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