Panic! At The Disco: Build God, Then We'll Talk Meaning

Song Released: 2007

Build God, Then We'll Talk Lyrics

It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Freemont Street.
Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing
Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering.
The rooms have a hint of asbestos and...

1. anonymous

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   Aug 14th 2006 !⃝

   The motels are gross and lots of corruption occurs here...
   The girls needs money and sheis a virgin...She needs this job..So she sleeps with her boss...
   
   She's cleaning up after the sex and the room is raided. She sleeps with the constable so she doen't get arrested. The purse of a different kind is a sin or dirty secret otherwise they woudln't say..."an held a purse of a different kind...Along with the people inside"..The other peopel inside are sinful too ...The motel is substandard. So everyone in it has sins and "purses" of a different kind...The purse isn't a friggen baby...
2. anonymous

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   Aug 11th 2006 !⃝

   I looked at the lyrics to build god, then we'll talk and the first line said this:
   
   "it's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and fremont street."
   
   Panic! At the Disco is from Las Vegas. And 4th and Fremont street are real streets here in Las Vegas. I was shocked when I read the lyrics. I was like aren't those real streets here in Vegas. And they talk about motels and there's a motel on the corner of those two streets. I have seen the motel several times because every time we go to the movies we pass by there and they are ghetto and ugly. And the song says that too. But the motel is a real place in Las Vegas.
   
   Also I think when they say lalalalala I think its short for Las Vegas.
   
   I was only singing the first line of the song and my bro heard me and he was like "why did you say 4th and fremont street, that place is ghetto?" and he never heard this song before. And he never heard me sing the next line of the song.And the next line of the song says
   
   "appealing only because they are just that un-appealing"
   
   and I was like wow my bro knew that place was ghetto before he even knew the secong line of the song
   
   I'm assuming these are not the best motels in Vegas and that's why they refer to them as below standard. They probably just see these places for what they are.

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3. anonymous

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   Aug 1st 2006 !⃝

   Ok people, I don't think you're getting it....The "Mrs" and the "virgin" are two different people! The virgin is sleeping with the cheating attorney to get a job because she needs money.She has the rosary because she knows its wrong and wants forgiveness for sleeping with the lawyer. The layer is married to the "mrs" who knows he cheating on her but doesn't care because she needs his money. When the lawyer gets home he explains that he was gone on strictly buisness. Then the song says "the "virgin" yes the one....." the virgin is in quotations on the lyrics because she's no longer a virgin. Then it says "not to mention the constable and his proposition for the virgin yes the one the lawyer met with..." notice it says "the constable and his proposition" so I think the virgin was planing on having an affair with the cop too but on her way to meet him she got in a car crash because she was putting on make-up. When she crashed she dropped her purse and held a purse of a different kind meaning she had a wake up call and relized she was turning into a prostitute...Along with the people inside...Meaning after her affair at the sleezy motel she has become like the other people that stay in the motel. "what a wonderful caricature of intimacy" a caricature is an exxagoration or something alongthose lines so the story is about intimacy being mocked" see what I'm sayin?
4. anonymous

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   Jul 30th 2006 !⃝

   This might be random but do you notice all of the references to catholicism?
   
   ~there's a catholic church on the corner of 4th street in fremont, ne. (coincidence?)
   ~ the "virgin" like the virgin mary
   ~ rosary beads
   ~ raindrops on roses in one of the phrases used in the song from the sound of music. (the movie about a catholic nun that fell in love.) the song was titled these are a few of my favorite things.
   
   Do you think that was there for a reason?

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5. anonymous

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   Jul 18th 2006 !⃝

   A girl (the virgin) to me seems religious at the start. With the rosary tucked inside her lingerie and the catholic would cross themselves upon entering the sleazy hotel. It sounds filthy because of the disease and decomposing right before your very eyes. It says the lawyer and the virgin stay there for sex so that she can get the job at the firm. It sounds as if the wife (mrs.) of the attorney knows he's cheating but still decides to stay with him for his money. Next the virgin obviously stayed there and fixed herself up in the mirror or compact as it says. The police man "crashes" in the door and making her spill her bag. This is where it seems she isn't as innocent as she seems. The "purse" could be full of drugs. The police man (as it says in the booklet) arrests her on possession. It also say..."think of what you wouldn't want to happen. They ended up...Well, making love isn't exactly what I'm looking for(meaning they arnt in love so they can't be making love they are simply having sex) what a wonderful caricture of intimacy. A caricture is a false way of putting something and it says they arnt exactly being intimate. The title is saying that god is what you need not sex and drugs.

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6. anonymous

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   Jul 17th 2006 !⃝

   Look at the title of the song: "build god, then we'll talk". Ryan, with his ingenious titles, has in a way shown that he has a hard time believing in something that can't be seen. He further explains that in the story, wherein he has shown the hypocrisy that surrounds humans. The "virgin" isn't a virgin if she's prostituting, therefore she's hypocritical. "this is my lifestyle." vs. "I need the money." she wears a rosary because she's catholic, not because that's what she believes and in a sense is hypocritical of her own beliefs. "I believe this." vs. "this is the action I take." the lyrics don't have to picked apart, word for word, to make an interpretation. Sometimes all you have to do is look at the title.
7. anonymous

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   Jul 15th 2006 !⃝

   Okay, I'm guessing (just a guess) that it's about a hooker(that seems like an innocent catholic virgin) that is trying to get a job at this attorneys firm, and the only way to get it is to sleep with him. They go to a sleazy hotel (at 4th and Freemont, which is actually well known for its hookers) and the attorney tells his wife (the Mrs.) that it's scrictly business. After they do the deed, she's fixing herself up, ('She was fixing her face in a compact')when a constable (officer, polic, cop etc) comes in. ('There was a terrible crash')As for the purse bit, maybe its a black book. Its seems to fit, 'Along with the people inside'. He could arrest her, but says that if she sleeps with him, he won't.
   
   As for the Mrs, I think she knows her husband (the cheating attorney) is cheating on her, but she's going to stay with him for the money. Maybe 'moonlighting aside' is the cheating. And the 'caricature of intimacy' is the way some people view love and marriage or something along those lines.
   
   I'm not sure about the raindrops on roses thing. And this is just my opinion on what this songs about.
8. lehxgasp

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   Jul 13th 2006 !⃝

   It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Freemont Street.
   1. Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing
   Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering.
   The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde,
   And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes.
   
   This part is just setting the scene of a hotel. 4th and freemont is an intersection in downtown Las Vegas, a place where hookers hang out.
   
   Chorus:
   Along with the people inside
   What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
   Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
   
   The first line means the "virgin" had sex int eh hotle. cariacature of intaimacy means a situtaion that's private.
   
   2. Tonight tenants range from: a lawyer and a virgin
   Accessorizing with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie
   She's getting a job at the firm come Monday.
   The Mrs. will stay with the cheating attorney
   moonlighting aside, she really needs his money.
   Oh, wonderful caricature of intimacy.
   
   The "virgin" is sleeping with a cheating attorney who is her boss. The only reason she has this job is because she's sleeping with the attorney. (simple enough) Moonlighting aside means she is working 2 jobs. She has a rosary tucked inside her lingerine to look innocent.
   
   3. And not to mention, the constable, and his proposition, for that "virgin"
   Yes, the one the lawyer met with on "strictly business"
   as he said to the Mrs. Well, only hours before,
   after he had left, she was fixing her face in a compact.
   There was a terrible crash (There was a terrible crash)
   Between her and the badge
   She spilled her purse and her bag, and held a "purse" of a different kind.
   
   The "virgin" bumps into a badge(police officer). HE offers to have sex with him in exchange for not arresting her. The "purse" is like what she gets in return from sleeping with all these men.
   
   4. There are no raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses.
   It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses
   At the shade of the sheets and before all the stains
   And a few more of your least favorite things.
   
   Sound of Music
   Ok... So
   1st line: How the Mrs. was innocent before she slept with these guys.
   2nd line: Reffering to her sleeping with guys(roaches)
   3rd line: Sheets reffer to her virginity, stians reffering to sex.
9. anonymous

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   Jul 12th 2006 !⃝

   It's about a catholic "virgin" who is secretly a hooker. Everyone thinks she is innocent but she's not.

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10. anonymous

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    Jul 10th 2006 !⃝

    4 people in this song
    the virgin (main character)
    the lawyer (attorney)
    the mrs (attorney's wife)
    the policeman (the badge)
    
    virgin very religious. Religion hinted in song title, rosary in lingerie, and practiced catholic....
    
    virgin staying at sleazy hotel (incidentally, panic used to live on 4th freemont street)
    
    virgin sleeps with lawyer to get a job and become a "virgin". Wife stays with lawyer for money.
    
    Put on her makeup, policeman bashes down the door (between her and the badge) spills her bag...
    
    I interpreted this bit different to everyone else :p
    
    virgin shot down dead. "purse" of a different kind is a body bag. Virgin sleeps eternally besides the roaches beneath the ground.
11. imXjustXme

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    Jul 8th 2006 !⃝

    Ok clearly the Mrs. is not a hooker because she's a virgin and guessing she's catholic with the rosary in her lingerie. She goes to the hotel with the cheating lawyer and he is called the cheating lawyer because he has a wife but he enjoys pleasure from other women. She doesn't really want to do any thing with him but she has to because she needs the money so this is her new job for money
    
    What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
    Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
    caricature means greatly exagerated and intimacy is a relationship kept secretivly so that means the cheating lawyers wife doesn't know
    Yes, the one the lawyer met with on "strictly business"
    As he said to the Mrs. he says that to her so no one will get suspicous
    and when the crash part comes I'm still iffy on that one but it says she holds a purse of a different kind so maybe she doesn't have to stay with the cheating lawyer any more because her first purse had nothing cause she needed money but now that she has a new one..........but I need help on the least favorite things part cause I don't get it all to well
12. anonymous

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    Jul 6th 2006 !⃝

    When it says "it's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses" it means the "virgin" is sleeping with the attorney AND the constable (it says roaches, plural) and refers to them as bugs...and taking best guesses means she thinks it's the best thing to do!
13. anonymous

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    Jun 27th 2006 !⃝

    It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Freemont Street.
    Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing
    Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering.
    The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde,
    And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes.
    Along with the people inside
    What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
    Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
    
    This describes how really bad, gross, and just awful the motels are. "Along with the people inside" saying that the people inside (The lawyer, the virgin, ect.) are just as well bad, awful, gross as well as the motel.
    
    That's all that I think, ehhh. =]
14. mightymuffin5042

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    Jun 24th 2006 !⃝

    Purse of a different kind isn't money, that's why it says "of a different kind". But I don't think it's a baby, that wouldn't make much sense. Maybe it's sin or regret. Also, now that she's just soiled her soul, you could say, it's possible she simply sleeps with the officer to avoid being arrested. Figures, "what the hell?", and just does it. But hell I'm just here eating some prunes so what do I know? Probably more than you. Oh man. I'm sad now. /wrist
15. anonymous

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    Jun 17th 2006 !⃝

    I don't think the constable arrests her, he sleeps with her. If you look at the lyrics that come with the album,(after "purse of a different kind...") it says:
    
    "and here is where she entertains that proposition:
    arrested on possesion
    Or.
    (now if this wre you)
    think of what you wouldnt want to happen.
    They ended up..well, making love isn't exactly what I'm looking for.
    But.
    You.
    Get.
    The.
    Picture.
    Oh, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy."
    
    
    I think she sleeps with him so he won't arrest her. She sounds like a whore to me

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