anonymous March 1st, 2006 08:41PM  

I believe this song may be relating to more than that. It sounds like it's about someone who was shunned by the "in crowd". The girl in the ladie's room is a person who had recently been upstaged by the new face, she's no longer the center of attention. I originally thought that there was a newer, prettier girl in town, but I believe now, it is a man. (the reference to black slacks).this newcomer is a guy who she had shot down, or an ex-boyfriend. He's a "cancer" on her very existence. Soon, the party begins to pay more attention to him than her. She is whispered about behind her back, people start looking at her differently, but in her mind she deserves to be in the limelight. the "shunned" person goes to this soiree, with no other plans than to get revenge on the very people who had not accepted him, but recently had allowed him into the crowd. He returns to let the backstabbers have it. maybe I'm wrong, but this sounds pretty good to me.

anonymous March 21st, 2006 06:45PM  

Ok, the beginning "please leave all overcoats cains and tophats with the doorman from that moment you'll be out of place and underdressed" is talking about someone who is really fake that's hiding behind all this talk, but he's exposing them by taking all the rumors and stuff away. The other stuff is adding to the extended metaphor of a fake person being revealed at a public place. as said earlier, the part about cancer is how he is being a cancer to the fake person...

goldenticket24 April 22nd, 2006 06:42PM  

I think this song has to do with not one person being fake but with social groups and the pressure of being in them. In this song there's two personalities featured in a special way. The person who realizes that everyone in there depends on the other's acceptance, that behind the clothes and the poise there's insecurity, then there's the insecure girl, prey of other more popular, rich, special women. Therefore "I bet you just can't keep up (keep up) with these fashionistas, and/Tonight, tonight you are, you are a whispering campaign. I bet to them your name is "Cheap", I bet to them you look like shh... "

It's all about the girls insecurity, and the person who tells the story seemes to be feeding them. The whole "I'm the new cancer and you can't stand it" is about this man realizing everything and snapping, he (I think its a he)crashes the party, poisons the cigars and acts in a "shameless inappropiate matter" or in other words different than everyone else. To further prove that this song is about social pressure " And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up."

At least this is what I think...:)

ragmanlaw June 1st, 2006 11:43AM  

I think it's much more simple than any of that. The girl didn't like him. Now he is moving up the social society and she is the one who is missing out now instead of him. He is the "cancer" as she dying to have him, possibly the way he was dying for her before he realized she was worthless.

anonymous June 5th, 2006 07:39PM  

I thought that when he said "I'm the new cancer", he (the new guy) meant that he was spreading quickly, as in becoming more and more popular.

anonymous June 12th, 2006 11:22PM  

I don't necessarily think there is a connection to this song with any others on the rest of the CD, as many of you keep assuming. I think this song is about the narrator, presumably a man, who comes to a social gathering and is the center of attention while his ex-girlfriend hates it because she used to be the center of attention so she tries to reassure herself that she's still the it girl despite everyone turning against her. The phrase "new cancer" seems to me to be a mocking term for someone who is in the limelight since P! At The Disco are prone to sarcasm in their lyrics. None of you mention the connection between the ominous lines "everything goes according to plan" "[the cigarettes] just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin" "so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch". I think the narrator is making discreet murder attempts on the ex-girlfriend, perhaps because of some wrongdoing she did to him in the past, so it's not just about him bringing himself up in society and rubbing it in her face-it could be somewhat deeper than that.

anonymous June 17th, 2006 04:39PM  

I think that this guy was dating this girl that was extremely popular/rich. She dumped him thinking she was too good for him. Now he comes to crash their fancy banquet and get back at his ex and all her rich friends (murdering them by spiking the punch,lacing cigs.) He acts in such an odd manor that he is getting all the attention. His ex is so upset that her ex is stealing the limelight that she rushes to the ladies room and tries to reassure herself to make herself feel stronger. She is basically saying to herself "You are better than him, You should be getting the attention."

The whole cancer thing-he's saying I'm spreading quickly and killing (back to the punch and cig. Theory) just like cancer.

I agree with the number theory too- he laced the cigs. for the table he knew his ex would be sitting at.

Its all abot bitterness/revenge.

anonymous November 12th, 2006 01:20PM  

I believe that this song is about someone who wants to be the eccentric center of attention, but no one understands or even pays attention to her, so the only one who tells her that she's a diva is her reflection in the mirror.

anonymous November 19th, 2006 02:18PM  

Isn't nitrogylcerin also very sensitive to noise i.e. explodes when exposed to noise? That would make it very deadly, especially at a party. Or am I thinking of something else?

anonymous November 30th, 2006 03:30PM  

I'm just going to give what I think the chorus means and jsut the chorus for the moment.

Firstly I think the narrator before was the shy kind who sat in a corner at parties and never got involved.i also think that this is his exes party.

I'm the new cancer. never looked better. you can't stand it.

I'm ruining your life. just look at me now. and don't you hate me for it.

Because you say so under your breath, your reading lips when did he get all confident.

she is saying - this isn't the shy person I knew.

and the reading lips bit.

shes asking to her friends when id he dare to stand up and do something, whee did this confidence come from, hed never normaly do this.

havnt you heard that I'm the new cancer

havnt you heard already, I'm the one everyones talking about for all the right reasons, I'm spreading like cancer.

Thats what I think at least the chorus means.

Alisha

panicky December 2nd, 2006 10:31PM  

By saying "Please leave all overcoats, canes, and tophats, with the doorman, from that moment you'll be out of place and underdressed." I believe he means that she is like an ex-stripper or something, so she is underdressed in that way. "I'm the new cancer" refers to him being the center of attention, which she is not used to. The other girls call her cheap because of her clothing, but she still beleives she is a Diva.

anonymous December 27th, 2006 09:53PM  

The phrase "Oh and the smokes in that cigarette box on the table, they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin."

This phrase, like nearly every line of every song, is symbolic. The cigarette box is another attempt to regain the attention of the crowd, but it comes with a potentially deadly substance that will ruin the attempt, only making the problem worse.

If you notice the "Chuckle" made before the verse begins... it's a mocking laugh that says: Nice try, not good enough.

paniqluv January 4th, 2007 07:33PM  

I believe this song is about a couple. This couple had been going through some problems in their relationship and eventually broke up. The girl was cheating on the guy because of her lovers looks. They are both invited to a party, as well as her lover (now boyfriend). The guy got there before the girl. Sooner or later the new couple come in and the new guy is uncomfortable around her ex (feeling out of place and under dressed). The ex knows how he's making the guy feel that way (wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and choreographed). The ex knows he looks good in his black slacks with accentuating off-white pinstripes (a woah-oh). Everything goes according to plan.

His actions make himself feel like a new cancer, ruining the new couples evening, and he is ok with it. The girl is surprised at how good he looks, and confident, almost sorry that she left him. She reads his lips everywhere he goes to see if there is a new girl in his life. She can't stand how everyone loves him.

In vain she runs off to the ladies' room to ponder her problem. She realizes she dressed too informally and this only makes things worse (she can't keep up with these fashionistas). A whispering campaign, she's the only one who is so surprised at her ex's good looks.

To herself in the mirror to make herself feel better, choking back tears, says, "I'm a diva!"

Meanwhile the ex, to get bach at her further, laces her cigarettes with nitroglycerin.

She comes out of the ladies' room to get those cigarettes. She hates this feeling.

Notice the music slows down... The ex is regretting what he did. The music speeding up signifies him changing his mind, his hate overpowering his better judgement.

The girls new boyfriend somehow finds out about the nitroglyverin and plans to get even.

The ex is so occupied with his shock (caused by his seeing he has a real mean streak and is surreptitious, which means sneaky and stealthy) he doesn't see the boyfriend coming up to him.

The ex is distracted when the new guy strikes a punch.

That's my interpretation... I wish the song continued a story so I could know what happens next!

AshleyMonique January 11th, 2007 04:52PM  

i think the song is about some guy going to a party probably his exes and she probably cheated on him... and he goes there to get revenge and spreads rumors and stuff about her cheating so everyones talking about her behind her back... and plans on killing everyone there... like the nitroglycerin on the cigarette box nitroglycerin is an explosive and would explode... and

"I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious, so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch."

which is saying he's going to put something in the punch to like get back at everyone or at least get back at her

anonymous February 3rd, 2007 11:25PM  

Thanks to this new information I've recieved here:
"I just wanted to make you all aware that nitroglycerin is not poison. They use it to make dynamite but it's used in heart medication, treating some spider bites, and apparently even condoms now. It's a vasodilator, which means it dilates or opens your blood vessels, decreasing blood pressure and increasing heart rate. It is addictive. Withdrawal from it can give you very bad headaches. I have no idea why anyone would think of adding it to cigarettes. I think this "cancer" just wants to fuck with people, certainly not kill them."

It makes it more clear than that if the heart is pumping faster, and if the punch is spiked, whatever is in the punch will take effect faster. Whether his intention is to kill the fading diva or to just make a fool of her, I believe that will be left up to everyone's imagination.

anonymous March 4th, 2007 12:59PM  

hahnahahahahahahahahhahahah I love ryan ross

anonymous March 24th, 2007 01:30PM  

OK, I think there's this guy and he's like getting a bunch of attention, and there's this girl, who, before he got in the picture, was like the center of attention, and he want to like kill her or something, and he like hates her and wishes she would die cause he's like a greedy attention adick, (but this is an awesome song in the long run), anyway, this guy is talking to these people and there all wondering why she's now, like, unconfident, and the guy spiked the punch and then he's going to try to make her drink lots of it so she gets drunk and makes a fool of herself, and then she'll get sick from the cigarettes and he'll help her looking like a big hero, when really, he's the ass whole who started all this shit!

Milkyyy April 2nd, 2007 04:33PM  

I think that the lyrics mean that they werent the best because of someone else, but they got courage and confidence to outshine them. "I'm the new cancer, never looked better and you can't stand it."

anonymous April 13th, 2007 06:07PM  

"I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it.
Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips "When did he get all confident?"

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better, and you can't stand it"

I think this bit is about a girl that maybe dumped the guy who wrote the song or cheated on him or something and now that he's really big and famous he's rubbing it in that she did whatever to him.

And yeah I think they just added a story to it to make the song better.

Well that's what I've always thought... You don't have to agree.

anonymous April 14th, 2007 01:25AM  

Oh yeah and to add on to what I said before "I'm the new cancer" I think means that their music is everywhere and it's a big hit that's gonna last for a while...

And yeah. That's all.