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Noah Kahan - Dashboard Lyrics



Noah Kahan - Dashboard Lyrics
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Always went looking for an easy way out
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Leave the pain you can't solve with the folks you let down
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Like the world just restarts, like the clock just resets
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Like we all just move on, like we all just forget
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And you tell yourself lies and disguise them as facts
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It'll hurt half as much if you drive twice as fast
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Just when you think that the road's straight ahead
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Is when the devil shows up on your dashboard again
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Look at you go, crossing state lines with your shadow
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Tryna run away, change your zip code
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Turns out that you're still an asshole
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All your new friends look a lot like your last
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(I wonder why)
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You took all your loose ends, made 'em sandalwood beads 'round your neck
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(Douche)
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Just when you think that the road's straight ahead
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When the devil shows up on the dashboard again
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Look at you go, crossing state lines with your shadow
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Tryna run away, change your zip code
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Turns out that you're still an asshole
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It ain't our fault that you aren't suddenly somebody else
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'Cause you've worked on yourself, got a dog
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You're an asshole after all
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Oh, woo
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Ooh, ooh
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Look at you go, crossing state lines with your shadow
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Tryna run away, change your zip code
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Turns out that you're just an asshole
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It ain't our fault that you aren't suddenly somebody else
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'Cause you've worked on yourself, got a dog
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You're an asshole after all
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Always went looking for an easy way out
+
Leave the pain you can't solve with the folks you let down
+
Like the world just restarts, like the clock just resets
+
Like we all just move on, like we all just forget
+
And you tell yourself lies and disguise them as facts
+
It'll hurt half as much if you drive twice as fast
+
Just when you think that the road's straight ahead
+
Is when the devil shows up on your dashboard again
+
Look at you go, crossing state lines with your shadow
+
Tryna run away, change your zip code
+
Turns out that you're still an asshole
+
All your new friends look a lot like your last
+
(I wonder why)
+
You took all your loose ends, made 'em sandalwood beads 'round your neck
+
(Douche)
+
Just when you think that the road's straight ahead
+
When the devil shows up on the dashboard again
+
Look at you go, crossing state lines with your shadow
+
Tryna run away, change your zip code
+
Turns out that you're still an asshole
+
It ain't our fault that you aren't suddenly somebody else
+
'Cause you've worked on yourself, got a dog
+
You're an asshole after all
+
Oh, woo
+
Ooh, ooh
+
Look at you go, crossing state lines with your shadow
+
Tryna run away, change your zip code
+
Turns out that you're just an asshole
+
It ain't our fault that you aren't suddenly somebody else
+
'Cause you've worked on yourself, got a dog
+
You're an asshole after all
+
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Writer: Noah Kahan
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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Noah Kahan - Dashboard Video
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'Dashboard' is one of the many stand-outs on Noah Kahan's stellar 2026 album, The Great Divide, with the Vermont native again stepping into the shoes of a close friend or relative as he self-critically assesses the person he has become in recent years.

It's a literary device Kahan utilises throughout The Great Divide, but on 'Dashboard' the 'Northern Attitude' hitmaker delivers a particulary damning self-assessement.

The track opens with a sparse, gentle acoustic guitar, with Kahan crooning ruefully over the undulating instrumentation. It's one of the more folk-leaning offerings on The Great Divide, with the sea-shanty chorus harking back to his beloved Stick Season era.

The gradual introduction of the electric guitar - which plays a key part throughout The Great Divide - helps to build the intensity as Kahan approaches the visceral, bitter chorus.

Much like 'Downfall' and 'Porch Light', 'Dashboard' seemingly finds Kahan examining the person he has become since enjoying an explosion in popularity off the back of Stick Season. He lambasts himself as an "asshole after all", and heartbreakingly dismisses the work he's been doing and the fact that he got a new dog as insignificant.

It's clearly from the perspective of an envious friend who is spiteful about Kahan's success, with 'Dashboard' exploring themes of self-hatred as well as the uniquely complex challenges of maintaining friendships amidst such a meteoric rise to fame.

The imagery around driving and cars is pivotal to The Great Divide, with Kahan's line, "Just when you think that the road's straight ahead / Is when the devil shows up on your dashboard again" tying into the sense that the whole project is one long road-trip. Driving symbolises that feeling of being in-between places, identities and states, with the activity an inherently transitional mode of being. It's a beautifully evocative metaphor that captures the spirit of The Great Divide.

ight on what this body of work represents to him, "From a long silence forms a divide, a great expanse demanding attention. I stare across it. I see old friends, my father, my mother, my siblings, my younger self, the great state of Vermont. I want to scream these feelings, to gesticulate wildly at the figures on the other side, but my voice has grown hoarse and muted after years of climbing a ladder towards the wild, spiraling dreams that have materialized in front of me".

The Vermont native offers insight into his creative process, "Instead, I wrote them down next to a piano in Nashville, next to a pond in Guilford Vermont, in a legendary studio in upstate New York, on a farm with a firetower in Only, Tennessee. The songs are the words I would say if I could. They are the fears I dance with in the moments before I drift off to sleep. The music here is my best attempt to delve deeper into the people, places, and feelings that have made me who I am. I am grateful for all of it, for all of you, for listening to them, if you choose to do so".
-holler.country.com
Performed by: Noah Kahan
From Album: The Great Divide
Genre(s): Alternative, Alternative Rock
Language: English
Length: 3:51
Written by: Noah Kahan
Released: April 24th, 2026
Year: 2026
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