Panic! At The Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies Meaning
Song Released: 2006
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and I can't help but to hear, no I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words.
"What a beautiful wedding!",
"What a beautiful wedding! says a bridesmaid to a waiter.
"And yes,...
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anonymous Apr 21st 2006, 20:52 report
This song is the last in the story.
It goes:
'lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off'
'but its better if you do'
'i write sins not tradgedies'
You'll notice that the end of But It's Better If You Do runs into the start of this pretty smoothly. The narrator [from how I see it] is the groom. He overhears the conversation between the brides maid and the waiter and is pretty upset. I mean. This is the woman he wants to marry and here they are gossiping about her in a pretty vicious manner.
He considers saying 'havent you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?'. but doesn't say it, notice that the lyrics say 'i'd chime in' as in, I >would< chime in. but he doesnt, because the situation should be handled with poise and rationality.
To be rational he decides to investigate these allegations. In the booklet that comes with the album there are some lyrics that arent sung. In particular it says "oh no. Her infidelity just spilled all over the floor. can somebody help her?".
so my guess is he found her out.
Yhe wedding is called off and the marriage is saved from itself. meaning that it didn't begin so he didn't have to go through the hurt of finding out years from now and ending the marriage badly.
Yhis is the bright side of the situation and thus 'calls for a toast'.
And if you want to get technical about the video. The circus folk fill up the side for the brides family. which I think shows that she doesn't come from a 'respectable' background.
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anonymous Apr 1st 2006, 02:23 report
I just went on a website and on a VIDEO Brendon HIMSELF sais that the person he plays is the grooms conscience! Go on the website "www.fueledbyramen.com/adam/mtv/panic.mov" wow this really cleares things up. So when they say "I'd chime in with a haven't you people ever heard of closing a godamn door NO, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality" It's really the grooms conciance telling him that they (the bridesmaid and waiter) could be a bit more Quiet and then he tells himself that he should face these things head on("No, it's much better to face these kindsof things with a sence of poise and rationality"). Brendon also says that the grooms conciance is telling him that this girls not the one for him and that the brides family is wack-o. Doesn't this really clear things up, especially the music video. Wow...this is so-o awesome!
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anonymous May 19th 2006, 00:31 report
If you have actually read the interview with brendon WHO ACTUALLY SINGS!!! some person seemed to think that brent wilson is the singer when actually he is the BASS PLAYER.
Anyway Brendon is saying how his character is the groom's conscience. The groom is trying to deny how slutty his future wife is. He overhears what the waitor and the bridesmaid sais but he tries to ignor it. The conscience (Brendon) is trying to get him to realise that she is a slut and "it's much better to face these kind of things with a sense of poise and rationality" instead of denying it all.
so basically brendon is the grooms consience and just tried to get the groom to admit that his wife is a slut who will just end up hurting him.
AND FOR THE RECORD BRENT IS THE BASS PLAYER
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stjimmysdisciple Feb 9th 2006, 12:59 report
I've heard many interpretations of this song, in terms of who the singer is... meaning which character in the scenario he is voicing. I've heard everything from the groom to the pastor to the waiter, but no one seems to address the line "Yes, but what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore." with any detail, other than the obvious 'the bride has a secret lover(s)'. What if the singer's character is the bride's secret lover? That seems to make the most sense:
He is pacing the back of the church, some bizarre reason in his head for watching his lover marry another man.
He overhears the conversation between the bridesmaid and the waiter, realizes that their secret has been let out, and bursts in saying "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?". The bridesmaid responds with the "No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality", indicating that secrets like this must come out because they're the kind of secrets that eat you alive and destroy marriages.
After it's all said and done, he realizes that he just exposed the secret, and maybe they didn't know to begin with, and either way, the groom is sure to find out - it's just driving him insane, the moment ringing through his head, replaying over and over, hence the multiple repetitions of the chorus.
The slightly sarcastic tone on the "technically our marriage is saved" line could indicate that the groom is saying it to the bride after he finds out about her secret lover, or to the lover himself, in that same mocking tone. I get the impression the groom leaves the bride because, well, she doesn't love him anyway if she's off with her lover. -
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anonymous Feb 17th 2006, 22:47 report
I think it's from the groom's perspective. The waiter says the bride's a whore, and he overhears. He's upset because he thinks he would have been better off not knowing.
Then he says "Technically our marrige is saved." As in he's saved from making a mistake. It seems to be pretty bitter, so that makes the most sence to me. -
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annamal Feb 23rd 2006, 10:26 report
I think that the song is written from the perspective of the groom - for example,
the pacing the pews in the church could represent before the wedding, and how nervous the groom is before his wedding, because people tend to pace when they are nervous.
And I think that the groom overhears the bridesmaid and the waiter talking about how the bride is a whore, and didn't want to hear other people talking about his wife being a whore, because he believes it not to be true, so he 'chimes' in with "haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door", technically, he's angry because he only finds out on his wedding day, supposedly the happiest day of his life.
I think that the marriage has been saved because the groom realises that his fiance is a whore, and called off the wedding, and is being sarcastic when he says "this calls for a toast" I think the repetition of the chorus :
"I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality." really accentuates the fact that the groom is very upset about the whole thing, and that he has had to call his wedding off, and that he wishes he hadn't known about the fact his wife is a whore. -
annamal Feb 23rd 2006, 10:29 report
I think that the song is written from the perspective of the groom - for example, the pacing the pews in the church could represent before the wedding, and how nervous the groom is before his wedding, because people tend to pace when they are nervous.
And I think that the groom overhears the bridesmaid and the waiter talking about how the bride is a whore, and didn't want to hear other people talking about his wife being a whore, because he believes it not to be true, so he 'chimes' in with "haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door", technically, he's angry because he only finds out on his wedding day, supposedly the happiest day of his life.
I think that the marriage has been saved because the groom realises that his fiance is a whore, and called off the wedding, and is being sarcastic when he says "this calls for a toast" I think the repetition of the chorus :
"I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality." really accentuates the fact that the groom is very upset about the whole thing, and that he has had to call his wedding off, and that he wishes he hadn't known about the fact his wife is a whore. -
anonymous Mar 3rd 2006, 21:48 report
It's definitely from the groom's interpretation. If you see the video it'll all clear up. In the end he changes into the guy who hears. Just see the video.
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sexygreeneyes10 Mar 14th 2006, 13:19 report
I think that the entire meaning can be taken from the video itself beacuase after all the band did have a the biggest hand in creating the video. According to the video I believe that the singer (the person who is telling the story from a first person account) is the man she used to be with the "ex". She has obviously had some kind of affair and through the affair he claims to be saving the coupoles marriage by making it end. The reason he sais id chime in with a haven't you ppl ever heard of closing the goddamn door is becaue he realizes that through revealing the secret, the new couples marriage will in turn break up without a promise of her returning to him.
despite the literal translation of such song there's also a more sybolic message. The message being about rumors. This is most indirect of all set messages but listen for it... It makes sense. -
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anonymous Mar 19th 2006, 13:57 report
it's about the guy singing hears something he dosen't want to hear. That why he sing [ I chimed in haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door]and the bride cheats with a the best man[ or something]
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anonymous Apr 1st 2006, 00:59 report
I think the first one is perfect except for two things.
First of all the singer (Brent Willson) does NOT say "I chime in with a haven't you ppl ever heard of closing a godamn door" If you LISTEN CLOSLY you realize that he says "I'D chime in with a haven't you ppl ever heard of closing a godamn door" Secondly....it's NOT the bride who sais "NO, it's much beter to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality" it is the singer (wich I have no clue what person he is supposed to represent) who sais that..........seeeeeeeeeeee!!....now is when it all comes together.... He is ABOUT to "chime in"(bust through the church doors) and scream "Havent you ppl ever heard of closing a godamn door!" BUT...he stops himself and tells himself (probably in his head) wait that it's much better to face thesekinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality" Basically telling himself that...............wait a second (just so you know this has absolutly nothing to do with the song) I just screwed up on somthing bigtime.........darnit...screw this...furget everything I just told you (darnit this really sucks) -
anonymous Apr 1st 2006, 19:51 report
I think that this song is wonderful and is taken from the perspective of the groom hearing the waiter calling his wife a whore and then begins to believe that she is a whore
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anonymous Apr 21st 2006, 07:20 report
Well, my thoughts are that the waiter walks past the bride and the lover and "chimes" in with a .."haven't you people ever heard of closing a god damn door.." He thinks he should tell the groom..but instead acts with poise and rationality..and takes her to repent of her sins before she marries.."so technically..thier marriage is saved"...OH welll..probabli not right..but it's different..LoL
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SeikenIX May 1st 2006, 18:42 report
The third and final chapter in the trilogy of the latter, also proven by the fact that the latter song leads into it. It's stating that the groom got back together with the chick with the fidelity issues, and they are getting married. He's pacing around anxiously and overhears the conversation with the bridesmaid and the waiter and gets pissed and says ever heard of closing the goddamn door. The bridesmaid states it's better to face the issues head on rather than have it destroy the marriage later. The video illustrates the bride still proving to be unfaithful by making out with the mime at the end of the song.
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rockstar_mulatto May 10th 2006, 17:05 report
It seems so simple... There is a rumor going around the wedding that the bride is a whore. In the video, the groom soon discovers it for himself... and he says 'our marriage is saved' because he's glad he didn't end up in a relationship with a woman who would break his heart by fooling around...
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anonymous May 14th 2006, 01:43 report
I agree totally with no. 14 comment and I think that he is back with the girl from "lying is the most fun a girl an get..." and then that's it. If you think it out you kind of just kind of look at the song for just wut it says. U kno?
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anonymous May 17th 2006, 17:53 report
I think that the guy pacing the pews is an ex fiancee of the bride so he goes to her wedding to carsh it... at the end of the vidio the groom is wearing the same outfit as the gy pacing the pews
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Marie12345 May 17th 2006, 22:52 report
I believe that this song is part of the song trilogy with Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off and but its better if you do. In Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off the guy is obviously talking about a girl who cheated on him and he refuses to take her back In but its better if you do he goes to the strip club where he really would rather not be but he meets a stripper who he falls in love with and decides to marry in I write sins not tragedies ("And yes, but what a shame, what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore.") He is angry that people would say stuff like that at his wedding and asks them to keep their opinions to themselves (I'd chime in, "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!")
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