anonymous 2006-11-02 03:04:20    

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Stop taking the videos so seriously! The most important part is what the lyrics represent and what the emotions are, not whos perspective theyre from. The song is obviously very bitter and I think that it could be written so it is interpreted many different ways depending on who you are. Just take it how you can relate to it :)

anonymous 2006-11-02 20:00:13    

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Maybe it's a metaphor. Maybe it's about how friends go behind your back and spread secrets about you. " what a beautiful wedding, what a beautiful wedding says a bride's maid to a wiater and guess what what a shame, what a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore."

biggred81 2006-11-04 22:00:28    

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This song is about a couple that's about to get married, and the bride screws someone before the wedding, and doesn't bother to close the door all the way, and the "narrator" witnesses this. The lyrics "well technically our marriage is saved" means that they're already at the church and the wedding's about to start, so they'll be married before the groom finds out about it (if ever). But, much to the bride's dismay, the "narrator" let's the groom in on the little secret, and then the groom has all the power.

bobinspin 2006-11-06 11:47:54    

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The singer is the groom's conscience , the bride is a whore. That's it, end it!

anonymous 2006-11-07 22:25:25    

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Ok, well, this is what I heard. The song is actually about the government. The chorus is about how the government is all "hush hush" about everything... And then like the government goes and spills everything and there's a big huge tragedy. It makes sence. It's just... Symbolism

anonymous 2006-11-17 22:21:09    

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I think the "I" in this song is a friend of the groom who knows the whole truth and is trying to figure out a way to break it to his buddy.

The "whole truth" is apparent, the bride is a whore. She may love the groom but she just is...promiscuous.

The narrator hears the exchange between the bridesmaid and the waiter and is angry because other people know about his friend's bride's looseness. He bursts out in anger but then convinces himself to stay calm. "No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality"

The repeated "again" may indicate that the narrator has been cheated on himself and wants to save his friend from having to face that after he marries who he thinks is the love of his life.

In the music video, the very end sees the groom in the costume of the narrator. This puts the groom into the spot of "been-there-done-that". He looks out for it to happen to other guys and tries to save them the pain just as his friend, the narrator did for him.

hayven247 2006-11-24 02:43:05    

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okay everybody!!! This is Lyric Interpretation not Video Interpretation! Everyone is reading into this song too much! Its very simple to understand when you don't watch the video and try to make sense of all of it. The groom knows his wife-to-be is cheating on him. He saves the marriage by not marrying her at all and that's all there is to it.
I love this song but if you just listen you'll see that it is what it is and there's no crazy twisted plot involving circus freaks embedded into the lyrics. Panic! put life into the video because the lyrics were not enough to entertain people. Their live performances are phenomenal. Notice how dramatic they are when you see their video again. That video really has very little to do with the lyrics. Im sorry but Im right!

anonymous 2006-11-25 11:37:52    

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The concept of the video with the line 'Poor grooms bride is a whore' and 'as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor' Urie is playing the grooms conscience, so in a way it is the groom who is thinking all of these things but only in his head, at the end when Urie ducks and Isaac comes up, his conscience has settled xx

anonymous 2006-11-30 17:26:42    

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This may not be a interpretation, but who the hell just called the lead singer from P!ATD Brent Wilson? And why in the hell are you trying to interperate the song if you don't know the names [[and positions]] of the band members?!?!
And FYI, the lead singer's name is Brendon Urie... Brent was the bassist and is no longer in the band. Please... and thank you.
-britterz-

anonymous 2006-12-08 02:36:38    

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First of all... I would just like to say, that if by reading these comments, you can not grasp the simple concept of the singer being the conscience of the groom, overhears a conversation by two people. He hears that his soon-to-be wife is a whore and is cheating on him, at first he wants to bust in saying, "Haven't you people ever heard of shutting the 'goddamned' door!" meaning that you should not gossip, espesially when people can hear you. However, he, the groom, decides "that is it better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality" meaning, that he should not get pissed and blame the bride's maid and the waiter for gossiping, but should accept that his soon-to-be wife is a whore, and by knowing that he can cancel the wedding, hence the 'technically our wedding is saved.'

Circus Clowns are only in the video to accentuate the brides, not the grooms, family. In the video the bride makes out with a mime, proving that she indeed is a whore... but even if you do not watch the video, you should get the same concept... Seeing as how the lyrics were written first, and the video was made to help portray the message...

Any negative comments twords mine can be sent to MWEckert@gmail.com if you people would listen to others instead of restating the message each time changing it just a little, so that you can 'think' you are right...
grow up... Honestly, the pettiness of society today...

Michael E.

anonymous 2006-12-08 18:50:01    

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ever think this song might not even be about a wedding?
sure, it's kind of obvious that it was intended to be assumed.. but in the first lyrics, he sings "oh, well imagine.." I think he could be using the whole wedding story as a metaphor, because I don't think anyone in the band would have had an experience like this.. I could be wrong, but I think they might have been writing about an experience that they had with "friends": overhearing gossip about someone you thought you could love and trust, like a fiance, who actually stabbed you in the back. I think everyone has the "'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" lyrics interpretated right, but just applied in a different way.
again, I could be totally off with this, but I'm just trying to find a deeper, nonfictitious meaning to the song.

anonymous 2006-12-20 20:07:53    

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OK! I've GOT IT. This interpretation is not biased by the video, as I have never seen the video-- only love the song and listened to it many times as well as read the lyrics.

I believe it is definitely from the Groom's perspective, as illustrated and supported by the extreme violent response "God D--- door," and the declaration of the overall state of the marriage due to the indiscretion. Who else but the bride or groom could decide whether a marriage was saved or doomed?

I believe that this is about a wedding that has not yet occurred, only real in the Groom's mind. I believe the Groom is imagining what would happen if he did not deal with the issue of his girlfriend's infidelity before the wedding day. This is evidenced by the Oh, well imagine" at the beginning of the song. Also, a bridesmaid would never be talking to a waiter until the RECEPTION... Hours after the wedding and the vows. She also would not talk about how beautiful the wedding was, unless it has already occurred. Do you ever say, "What a beautiful wedding!," before the ceremony? No! If the wedding was truly occuring during the song, the marriage could not be saved (nullified or stopped) as the vows would already have been done.

I believe the Groom is therefore imagining what will happen when the girl he loves is at their wedding and people start finding out about her past infidelities. He wishes that he could keep it quiet and make it go away, but in the end, he realizes he can't and that he must deal rationally with it -- knowing he cannot realistically hide the truth.

With poise, he allows himself the truth... That the marriage is "saved" -- knowing he must end the relationship with this girl before a commitment such as a wedding. I think the "poor the champagne" and toast is a reference to the desire to hide the pain and "celebrate" his hard decision with some strong alcohol -- and much of it.

Anyway, I believe this sums up a great piece of musical poetry. Enjoy!

Esparanza 2006-12-22 11:53:15    

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The person above is right. This song is a metaphor. It's about how friends and loved ones stab you in the back and gossip. " What a beautiful wedding says a bridesmaid to a waiter, what a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore." Then it's like "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?! no it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality." meaning the friend being betrayed is pissed but wants to have all the facts down before pointing fingers. So yeah I think it's about gossip and friends.

anonymous 2006-12-26 22:15:53    

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I think that the P!ATD song "But it's better if you do" is more like a prolouge to this song. "BIBIYD" is telling about a couple who arent faithful to eachother. The line "The poor groomsbride is a whore" pieces that together. It seems that the three songs But it's better if you do, I write sins not tragedies, and Lying is the most fun..... are like a story of a couple. I'm not sure, but they're cool songs.

anonymous 2006-12-30 08:35:27    

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A comment to all of you - you're all talking like Brendon knows exactly what the lyrics mean when he didn't write them. RYAN wrote the lyrics, so surely he would know better than Brendon?
Just saying. Just saying.
And don't take things so literally. Just because it says "groom" and "bride" in the song doesn't mean it's actually about a wedding. Use your brains, sweethearts.

machs 2006-12-31 15:21:15    

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I think this song is about Brent being kicked out of the band. The wedding represents Jon joining the band, for he is "marrying" the band, in a way. The waiter is Brent, and he is called the bride a w**** because he is mad that they kicked him out. The bridesmaid is the fans, they like Jon and find it good that he is joining the band because they like him better than Brent. Then one of the fans says "Panic are not w****s and he want him to close the door because he doesn't want to hear such lies, but Brent says "It's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality". The second verse is celebrating the fact that Brent is out of the band, and in the video when the singer says "YESSS" it's because he's happy that brent leaves. And when he says "again..." it's because they have a bass player "again".

anonymous 2007-01-04 08:19:20    

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Just from the video, I presume its like this:

1. The man has brought the 'bad' family to the wedding, which the bride didn't want.
2. Just before they say 'I do' the strange man with the powder ( Cocaine xD ) makes it a 'cursed' wedding.
3. The bride runs out - the secret lover follows.
4. The singer tells the groom this isn't how it should be.
5. They go out and discover her, and then the singer and the groom switch places - now the 'groom' has to find a broken wedding to be 'freed'.

anonymous 2007-01-24 20:14:32    

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its about him coming out of the closet.

anonymous 2007-01-27 01:24:41    

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I cannot believe that there were almost 100 so-called interpretations for this song and no one seems to know what point is actually being made here. Okay, maybe a few were partially correct.

This song literally has nothing to do with a wedding or circus performers. pay no attention to the video if you are attempting to analyze the lyrics. It doesn't even matter from whom's perspective this is. Actually the one line of the chorus can some it up; "haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door!" this refers to what is known as a closed-door policy. In other words, they are backing the idea that the United States government should not lend a hand or interfere with the problems of other countries unless they directly effect us. Most likely this also includes the ocuppation of Iraq. Generally speaking, most people would consider our current policy to be an Open-doored one like we have the right to police the world. So it is criticizing our government. I haven't made any others connections with the rest of the lyrics but I haven't really tried. please give me some feedback.

paniqluv 2007-01-27 16:51:16    

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here's what its about:
a couple who had trouble in the past (same from lying is the most fun... and but its better if you do) are getting (finally) married
his family doesn't approve of her because of what she did so they set her up with another guy to prove to the son she would willingly go with someone else

the line "technically our marriage is saved this calls for a toast so pour the champagne" refers to the only thing keeping them together and loving eachother is alcohol.

when the bride at her wedding sees it was his parents who set her up with her lover, she realizes that there is no point in pretending to love the groom and runs off with the guy in the back.

i see it as from the point of view of a best man who knew what was happening so he brought his family in the goddamn door to show the bride what happenned.

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