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Panic! At The Disco - There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet Song Meanings

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This song is about casually crashing a formal banquet by poisoning the cigarettes, (they happened to be laced with nitroglycerin) insulting people, and acting weird.

"I'm the new cancer" means that he is going around and slowly ruining the party.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-03-01 20:41:26     Rating:

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.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-03-04 18:03:47     Rating:

I'm trying to figure out whether the girl in the bathroom or the narrartor, is the one who poisoned the cigarettes. either one would make sense, as they both seem to have a reason behind such a move.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-03-20 17:47:46     Rating:

I think that its talking about how the new cancer is rumors, and that people of lesser statuse are the butt of jokes and have to keep them selfs up. They have to tell them selfs that there worth it and the the rumors can't hurt them

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-03-21 18:45:48     Rating:

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...

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-04-20 12:48:41     Rating:

Hey Sian from England. I think 'I'm the new cancer means like everyones addicted to him. and he's talkin about his ex girlfriend and how she's so jeloud that he's so cheerful and happy even though she dumped him. So she runs off to the bathroom in vain and its like oh no you didn't and talking about how he isn't attracted to her and whatnot.. Thts what I think.

Submitted by: goldenticket24
Added: 2006-04-22 18:42:26     Rating:

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...:)

Submitted by: SeikenIX
Added: 2006-05-01 18:43:21     Rating:

In the beginning of the song "please leave all overcoats, canes, and tophats with the doorman, from that moment youll be out of place and underdressed" it is basically saying undress the liar and the lies and it will ruin everything.

The part where he says he's the new cancer its meaning he's the cancer of lies and it destroys lives of liars. In the next verse, it's talking about his ex who hurt him and him getting back at her with all this and she has to tell herself not to listen to the rumors and I'm not sure about the cigs part but I know one of them is trying to kill her and as I write this I am starting to think that maybe the I Write Sins Not Tragedies may actually have four parts, this being the latest one.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-05-04 16:20:03     Rating:

I think the whole part about the girl in the bathroom screaming I'm a diva is to try to tell herself that she's better then him even though he's getting most of the attention.

Submitted by: pistolpink
Added: 2006-05-12 12:34:00     Rating:

I could be oversimplifying things but I think that the song is basically a story about someone who isn't particular a new person in town but a person who has re-invented themselves to "fit in".

"I'm the new cancer. Never looked better and you can't stand it.":

-or- "Look at me, I'm the new hot "It" person. Don't you hate me? :D"

"When you're in black slacks with accentuating, off-white, pinstripes, woah-oh. Everything goes according to plan.":

I originally ignored the slacks line. Now, noticing the "when did HE get all confident," I think this person is a crossdreser. It's definitely a he but he did make a trip to the ladies room. o_o Also, he has a plan up his sleeve..(cigarettes)

"Tonight tonight, you are you are a whispering campaign." - Basically, everyone is talking about you.

"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.":

Although he has entered the event confident and has re-invented himself, he still feel insecure so he can't help but cry and reassure himself that he's a "diva". And hey, he has poisoned cigarettes to give out to everyone he's trying to get back at. :)

Submitted by: Marie12345
Added: 2006-05-17 23:19:04     Rating:

I'm thinking maybe this could be the 4th song of the story in this Cd Lying is the most fun.... Is when the girl he is with cheats on him ect ect and then in the 4th song (Theres a reason these tables are numbered) he see's her again and she is suprised he is happy (when did you get all confident) and he is the center of attention therefore she wishes she hadnt left him in the first place

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-05-30 17:34:07     Rating:

I think the lyrics describe fame and how you need to leave thing behind to get where you are. It also describes competition between celebrities that are always trying to re-invent themselves. The song just shows how fame turns you into an arrogant person who is completely self assured. There is one part in the song that says, “Talk to the mirror, choke back tears, and keep telling yourself that, ‘I'm a diva.’” This means people consult themselves to try to be stronger than they really are. The song’s main purpose is to say once someone newer or better enters the scene the other person is left in the dust.

Submitted by: ragmanlaw
Added: 2006-06-01 11:43:14     Rating:

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.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-06-05 19:39:11     Rating:

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.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-06-10 17:41:59     Rating:

I think the narrarator is the new guy who's getting the attention.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-06-11 20:50:36     Rating:

I think maybe this woman, who is maybe throwing the party, mistakedly invited her ex..maybe another woman brough t him...and he stole the fame. and she's in denial bc she believes she still deserves the fame...
lets see..
...
...

Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman.
...leave all screts regrets yatta yatta
From that moment you'll be out of place and underdressed
...vulnerable and easy
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it
...hes being wierd and stealing the spotlight.
When you're in black slacks with accentuating, off-white, pinstripes
Whoa, everything goes according to plan
....she feels good until he shows up..


...i don't know, but I think I've almost got it. Ill listen a few more times and reply again

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-06-12 23:22:59     Rating:

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.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-06-12 23:25:13     Rating:

Also, when you think about the name of the song "There's A Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet" implies that the narrator might have put the laced cigarettes on a specific table according to the number table his ex-girlfriend made reservations at or had been told to sit at.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-06-15 00:55:45     Rating:

I agree with that girl/ boy again! this is the wedding to the 4 part trilogy! they hate eachother...she wants all the attention but he's getting it all...etc its their wedding

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-06-17 16:39:54     Rating:

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.

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