anonymous May 27th, 2007 03:11PM  
Okay, I think this is about a man who is hosting a banquet, and has invited his ex-girlfriend, who is really gorgeous, and stuck up. She's shocked at how confident he is, and he's doing his best to upset her. He's taken away all her posh clothes (Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman. From that moment you'll be out of place and under dressed.) so she's now left with nothing to make her look stunning. He's "never looked better" so I think he's trying to show her what he's missing. There are loads of fashion and high class people at the banquet, so she's really being looked down on. I think by "I'm the new cancer" he means that he's slowly but surely ruining her life and other peoples, and is also almost famous, like everyone's heard of him. Thats what I think anyway =] x

anonymous June 10th, 2007 08:00PM  
It's about someone that is cast out in a social scene. No one likes them because they don't know enough about them. So they are saying I'm the new cancer NEVER LOOKED BETTER AND YOU CANT STAND IT. Like you talk shit because you don't know me and you wish you were me, you make assumptions, or it's about what most panic songs are about leaving the day life for a night on the town where you leave drama and rumors behind and your the shit at this club but during the day your way different due to speculations.

smartgurl333 July 7th, 2007 07:26PM  
It's about a character who was dumped by a woman because he wasn't good enough for her and he's come to one of her posh little parties and show her just what she just gave up and ruin her party at the same time.It's an awesome song about just how fun mischief and revenge can be when it's at your ex's expense
: D

anonymous September 19th, 2007 11:53AM  
Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman.
From that moment you'll be out of place and underdressed.
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and...

I think this means that in order to make one person who doesn't fit in, able to fit in, but not able to fit in with the upper classes. When he says 'Im wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.' I think it means that he's beginning to ruin it for a single person who he plans to get revenge on. 'Ruining this banquest for the mildly inspiring' Seems to me to be interpreted as a Person doing it not for the sense of what has inspired him to do it, but what he gains out of it.

When you're in black slacks with accentuating, off-white, pinstripes
Whoa, everything goes according to plan.

This is supposed to mean that he planned this to happen, making sure noone thinks that it happened by coincedence. Could also be a hint towards Mimes [French] Or perhaps a reference to Prison.

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

'Im the new cancer, Never looked better, you can't stand it' Refers that before, he had a great relationship, but he didn't know he was dying a little bit more every time they hung out.

Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips "When did he get all confident?"

Means she believes that 'She' Broke up with him because he was insecure and unconfident. And also wasn't up with the fashion world. Now he's all of them, and he's ready to magnify that by hosting a party.

Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain, and
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...

So, the 'Ex-Girlfriend' Leaves to go cry or anything else in the bathroom as they ussually do. And now SHE feels out of place because she can't have him, and no one remembers or centers her because she looks different and everyone views her with different eyess.

Talk to the mirror, oh, choke back tears.
And keep telling yourself that "I'm a diva!"
Oh and the smokes in that cigarette box on the table,
they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin

She begins to reassure herself, but then has doubts. SHe starts to remember what it was like to have everyone like her, but noone does, so she begins to cry. She has to tell herself she is beautiful, meaning she never is. And the cigarette box could be a reference to his heart, or her heart. Because once you start, you addicted, and you never want to quit. But the heart is laced with poison, and could potentially kill you quickly, or make you suffer slowly.

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.

This refers to the fact that when ever anyone goes out, they are always going to be judged no matter what. Except when the couple were going out, they didn't care about any other judgements. And now, he's trying to keep it a secret, so noone knows, until the moment when someone takes a sip of the punch, which IF they have survived the rest of the party, they will be finished when he breaks her heart, ' Or sips the punch '

anonymous September 27th, 2007 12:40AM  
And you've all overlooked 'distress', 'off-white', or reptilian who 'spikes the punch'.
satanist!
same for 'Demon Hunter' and 'Sanctus Real'.
(and many other bands; just gotta PAY attention - satanists love double meanings & twisted talk)

anonymous October 6th, 2007 12:41PM  
Okay, I might be wrong about this, but this is my interpretation:
"please leave all overcoats.." down to "out of place and under-dressed" symbolizes taking off all the pretenses that people put on for others-- and being the only one to do so.
"i'm wreacking this evening already" down to "for the mildly inspiring" means that this guy went to a party with the thought of screwing someone else's night over in mind. Not to have fun, just to get revenge on someone.
his choice of dress (the black slacks mentioned in the next line) are to show that his plan is working.

"I'm the new cancer" thru "when did he get all confident?" means that the girl he's getting revenge on is wondering how he worked up the nerve to do it. many types of cancer usually come from one form of addiction or another, and as the party goers become 'addicted' to him, he's spreading rumors about the girl and basically steling all the attention. This guy was probably really shy when she first knew him, so this is a shocker.

"next is a trip to the" thru "i'm a diva!" means that tthe girl eventually retired to the bathroom to cry and complain to herself. The rumors are spreading like wildfire and now everyone at the party is calling her "cheap" and making her out to be a slut.

"on and the smokes" thru "laced with nitroglyceren" is either once again comparing the guy to an addictive substence, or showing that she's trying to calm down by lightin up and he's mocking her by telling her that in the end, she's only killing herself.

the last few lines are the guy seeming to have doubts about his plan, then 'spiking the punch' or taking advantage of the girl's instant faith in him. I don't think he literally got her drunk, he just pretended that he was sorry, and when she believed him, he hurt her a lot worse

randomperson November 9th, 2007 09:31PM  
I love this song! Panic! at the disco are amazing with all of this different music. This song isn't hard to understand so I won't say anything else. :)

anonymous January 13th, 2008 02:06PM  
I heard a rumor that it was about Star Jones

anonymous February 11th, 2008 02:14PM  
This is probably a continuation of "I write sins not tragedies".
think about it, the narrator is the lover, and the girl is the bride. It's a long shot but maybe that's it...

anonymous March 7th, 2008 10:24AM  
I agree with Marie12345 in a way. I think all the songs on this album are connected in a way, and all tell a story, judging by their previous stage performances and interviews. I don't think that they were originally intentionally connected, but I think Panic sort of changed a few things so that they were. I agree that the girl in this song is probably the same one as the one in Lying and perhaps I Write Sins...? Anyway, I think the narrator comes to this party intending to crash it and show up the girl, who is probably his ex, and show everyone how fake she is to get back at her or whatever. I think that when he says, "I'm the new cancer..." he's saying he's like cancer, spreading the news of himself as well as the rumors about his ex as quickly as cancer spreads...

anonymous March 25th, 2008 10:55PM  
I think the song is talking about a girl who fancies herself to be a "diva" and is trying to be someone important so she can be the center of attention. The narrator may have been a former friend or boyfriend who she left behind to try and become popular. The song makes it seem like the diva is having a really hard time fitting in with those above her league, and then the former friend/boyfriend shows up at the party and as the line goes "I'm the new cancer," he's infecting the party, even when she's trying to ignore him. He's ruining the evening for her, and he's loving it because of what she did to him. I think the whole nitroglycerin line was a metaphor. Something deadly only after a very long time can become deadly very quickly, maybe the relationship between the diva and the ex friend/boyfriend. Not sure though.

anonymous March 27th, 2008 11:06AM  
I'd just like to state that nitroglycerin isn't poisonous. It's explosive.

anonymous March 28th, 2008 11:38PM  
I think this song has multiple meanings in general.. but that's just me. but I'm thinking its mostly about how people are fake and gossip and such
at the begging about the taking off of coats and top hats and canes they are saying to stop lying and being fake.. be your own person for once...
also I think when they say something like "I'm the new cancer" they are talking about his rumor and how he is the new gossip in town and such

anonymous April 27th, 2008 02:09AM  
I think that it is about revenge and it makes a lot of sense 'Im the new 'cancer' I've never looked better and you can't stand it' 'talk to the mirror choke back tears and keep telling yourself IM a DIVA" "and I know and I know it just dosnt feel like a night out with no one sizing you up! iv never been so surreptitious so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch!"
Surreptitious: acting in a stealthy way

anonymous May 6th, 2008 07:13AM  
Yeah, can I point out, that everyone's saying "who poisoned the ciggies".

You put nitroglycerin on something that you LIGHT, with a FLAME, its not going to poison you sweetheart, that things gunna make one hell of a boom.

Fox_in_Sox May 24th, 2008 01:13PM  
What I think it means is that there is a party, and there is a girl who was invited who nobody likes, they just invited her to embarrass her. The dude in black slacks is going around ruining the party. Back to the girl, she's in the bathroom, choking back her tears and keeps on telling herself "I'm a diva." The girl has no friends and is depressed. That's what I think, if I'm wrong plz tell me what this means!

anonymous May 31st, 2008 12:35AM  
Basically, it sounds a lot more like he's making fun of his ex. He's saying how she's missing out on everything and he's everywhere and she can't seem to get rid of them out of her head. So, saying, "I'm the new cancer and you can't stand it," he's saying, "I'm everywhere, you can't get rid of me, and you can't stand it." Sounds more like he's laughing at his ex.

anonymous June 16th, 2008 03:15AM  
Okay, everyone, I found myself bashing my head on the desk saying this over and over while reading these, so her it goes.

Nitroglycerin isn't a poison, its an explosive.
Nitroglycerin isn't a poison, its an explosive.
Nitroglycerin isn't a poison, its an explosive.
Nitroglycerin isn't a poison, its an explosive.
Nitroglycerin isn't a poison, its an explosive.
I would not poison you, it would blow up when you lit it.
EXPLOSIVE.

ANYWAY, the song seems to me as if some guy crashed a fancy ball, and is no reeking havoc on the partygoers. It struck me as him pulling a bunch of juvenile stunts on rich people. I feel he impersonated a doorman to take the expensive outerwear form a few entering guests, so when they walked into the main room they would look horribly under-dressed for the party. He also seems to be spending time spiking punch, leaving explosive (not poisoned) cigarettes around, and giving some girl (the hostess?) a horrible time.

It's likely some guy who just wants to mess with some upper class snobs. It also seems he's never done anything like this before, as he's "never been so surreptitious," and is clearly getting noticed for it, maybe the people there know him. (When did he get all confident?)

Also, the much-debated 'I'm the new cancer' line, I think I heard a great explanation somewhere, He's referring to something infectious that won't go away, whether you want it to or not.

anonymous June 26th, 2008 10:22PM  
This song is about a popular girl who is in a high social level clique and her ex-boyfriend comes to a fancy party of some sort and steals her limelight. The "cancer" in the song means that he's the deadliest thing around and everyone is drawn to him. When people start talking about the girl behind her back she goes into the bathroom to cheer herself up "talk to the mirror oh choke back tears and keep telling yourself that 'I'm a diva'". But all her ex-boyfriend is trying to do is crash the party (spiking drinks, nitroglycerin, etc.)

anonymous July 22nd, 2008 12:24AM  
This song is all about a guy who was shut down by a girl cause of his social status. and then somehow he became the "shit" and now he purposely invites this girl to a high class social event in order to blow up her spot "cigarettes laced with nitroglycerin" and show her she is garbage"bet you can't keep up with these fashionistas" "tonight you are a whispering campaign" every one talks about how the girl doesn't fit in this party, so she goes to the bathroom feeling like shit and to try and reassure herself" the reason the tables are numbered is the fact that he purposely set this up as revenge.