Panic! At The Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies Meaning

Song Released: 2006

I Write Sins Not Tragedies Lyrics

Oh, well imagine;
as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor,
and I can't help but to hear, no I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words.
(I love you, I love you too)
"What a beautiful wedding!",
"What a beautiful wedding! says a...

1. anonymous

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   Jul 9th 2006 !⃝

   Geez.....does anyone in here know how to spell properly or has everyone only mastered spelling up to the second grade! Learn how to spell before you try to articulate something and then get back to me.
2. anonymous

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   Jul 9th 2006 !⃝

   ok here is the deal! there r a lot of people who say that the singer is deffinately not playing the part of the groom!!! well y not, juss b because they think the groom couldnt b pacing the pews in a church corridor! well agan I ask y no, he could b nervous about the wedding and then he is pacing the pews of a church corridor thinking about the wedding because he is NERVOUS! anyway, I think the singer is playing the part of the groom because like I said before, he could b nervous so he is pacing the church and he happens 2 overhear the waiter and the bridesmaid saying things about his bride 2 b, things indicating that the bride has been cheting on the groom! then the groom gets upset ant tells them basically that next time they should close the door! they then tell him that it is much better 2 face these things with a sense of poise and rationality meaning that he had 2 find out! then now that he has found out he is being sarcastic and letting the bride kno that he knows by saying "look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved" by this he means well now we hav just saved ourselves from what probably would have been the worst mistake of his life!!! well, that is my opinion on what this song means.
3. imXjustXme

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   Jul 8th 2006 !⃝

   I think it's the singer's point of view not the grooms because it says "As I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor
   And I can't help but to hear
   No, I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words
   
   "What a beautiful wedding
   What a beautiful wedding," says a bridesmaid to a waiter
   "And, yes, but what a shame
   What a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore."
   if the groom over heard them saying that he wouldnt still be happy about getting married so since the singer heard that he came in to show the groom what he's about to do. He ruined the wedding by making her mad about all the action going on so she left then the guy in the audience went with her and the groom got a confused look so the singer took the groom and showed him what kind of girl the bride really is
4. St.J

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   Jul 7th 2006 !⃝

   About a wedding gone bad.
5. anonymous

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   Jul 7th 2006 !⃝

   I think the song is about the singer being the brides affair man.
   
   So he hears the exchange of words, about the bride being a whore. Then becomes angry and yells at the waiter and bridesmaid for not closing the door before they talk about the the bride and himself.
   
   It can then be understood why he says technically their marriage is saved, because now everyone knows the truth, he can call for a toast because he calmed down to look at things with a sense of pose and rationality. It's just the type of thing Panic! At the Disco would do.

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6. anonymous

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   Jul 6th 2006 !⃝

   This song is about an innocent guy who is in love and going to get married to a whore ("What a shame the poor grooms bride is a whore") whos everybody knows is a skank who cheated on him but he's to blind to see it. As for the circus people, they represtent that was him a long time ago and he changed his whole life for her but now she won't do the same. She thinks she wants to have the perfect boyfriend/husband but alll she really wants is to have to the bad boy boyfriend and at the end he finally sees that(when she is pashing I think an ex-boyfriend) and he relised that everything that he gave up is just wanted and he changeds back. P.S Some of this is in reference to the Video clip (which is so cool)
7. anonymous

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   Jul 3rd 2006 !⃝

   I think that the singer is posed as the groom's conscious. As the groom is waiting for the bride he over hears a whispering conversation between one of the bride's maids and a waiter. The waiter says that the groom's bride is a whore and the groom just brushes it off his shoulder. After a lot of confusion the bride runs away and the groom catches (I am using the music video to interpret) a glimpses of a young man run after her. He at first doesn't want to come to any conclusions but his conscious pulls him to go and see if the young man running after his bride has any relevance. He finds that his soon to be wife was a whore and she is not going to marry him, but stay with her lover. And technically there marriage was saved because they didn't get married.
8. anonymous

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   Jun 28th 2006 !⃝

   Ok, I think the guy pacing is the groom, this much we get, but then I think it gets tricky with metaphors. I think it "haven't you heard of closing the goddam door" is in he groom's mind. I think he is jumping into the marriage thing and he knows his wife isn't pure to him. Inside he is asking himself, " we should handle this with poise and rationality", meaning going thru with the wedding. "closing the goddam door" is what he's asking his, soon-to-be wife, "why can't she just close the ties on her past life of, being a whore". I think the wife hasn't cut ties with her past fully and he is waging a battle of nerves, because he is about to marry her.
   He hears that people thinks that's its beautiful but they have no idea what goes on. The energy of the song would lead you to believe there is a personal battle going on, and the comments are internal. His wifes a whore, he knows it, he's hoping she changes it and can rationalize with her that they are going to be married now. These other people have no idea whats going on in his head.

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9. anonymous

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   Jun 23rd 2006 !⃝

   I think this song if from the groom's point of view >see the video!

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10. Carly

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    Jun 18th 2006 !⃝

    The song is about a girl who's getting married but has a dirry little secret...
    
    "Oh, well imagine as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor and I can't help to hear in exchanging of words. What a beautiful wedding. What a beautiful wedding says a bridesmaid to a waiter but guess what, what a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore."
    
    I think this part means that the bride's secret is out as teh bride's lover is wandering around before he watches her get married.
    
    " I'd chime in with a Haven't you people ever heard of closing the God damn door! No. It's much better to face these kinds of things witha sense of piose and rationallity."
    
    This part means that he's pissed about his secret affair with the bride being out. He's saying can't you people keep these things to yuorself. The bride, on the other hand, is saying no it's better if the truth come out now then hurt us even more if we wait.
    
    " Well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved. Well this calls for a toast so pour the champagne."
    
    this means it's a good thing they got the truth out but the bride realizes that it's her lover she's in love with.
    (hence the fact that in the video the lead singer is not only the bride's consciene but the bride's lover at the end).
11. anonymous

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    Jun 17th 2006 !⃝

    I think it's about the groom, the singer mocking the people who said the bride was a whore. "no it's much better to face these kinds of things..." It doesn't matter if those people said that or not, because they are still being sort of two faced by showing up at the wedding and then gossiping behind the couple's back. The groom sees this and is just like "between you two who would keep this a secret and between my fiance". Then he reflects a moment, and thinks "technically our marrige is saved", from the family who said it wouldn't last. Because they will never be married, they will never have a divorce, technically.
12. anonymous

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    Jun 15th 2006 !⃝

    I take it from a very differnt place I block out the fact that it is a wedding and look at what he is saying, he at first said "Oh, well imagine" so first he's thinking it and setting up a scenerio, and the whole song is about why you should keep your mouth shut on certain topics and don't gossip thus "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!" and then saying well any way whats said is said so lets move on; "Well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved" also with the part about "No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality." that we should come to a solution that is rational, and the agian part is again renforcing the part that you need to shut up other wise we will just have to keep redoing the things we have already done. because for all we know the fact that "And yes, but what a shame, what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore." is true.
13. anonymous

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    Jun 14th 2006 !⃝

    Actually, happy_chick99, that is an interpretation of the MUSIC VIDEO, not the SONG. The song does not mention anything at all about entertainers or family circuses. The song outlines the basic idea in the video-there is a wedding, and the bride is caught in an act of infidelity.

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14. happy_chick99

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    Jun 13th 2006 !⃝

    This song is about a boy and a whore getting married and her famliy is really well high up and the boys family are entertaners for a liveing.Well the bride doe's not want his famliy to be there well they end up showing up and they trash the wedding and try make him come home and make him see she is a whore. As for the lead singer he is the boys well concents thgouh the wedding and he is trying to say that she is cheating on you!!! You need to get out go with your famliy. And at the end he finlly listens and sees that his concents was right and he becomes the leader of his fmaliys job thing.

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15. anonymous

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    Jun 12th 2006 !⃝

    The narrator of the song is the groom's conscience as in the video. The groom overhears the bridesmaid and waiter saying the bride is a whore and soon finds out that she's cheating on him. I don't think "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?!" line is directed at the bridesmaid and waiter like so many of you believe. The entire song is focused around this line so why would they repeatedly say this to the waiter and bridesmaid who are only mentioned in the beginning the song? The song should be focused on the cheating bride, so I think the line is directed at her. I think it means something along the lines of "get a room" so when the bride and her paramour are caught in an act of infidelity the groom feels like chiming in with everyone else, "haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?!" because they were pretty much making out in the open. And the second of verse "..technically our marriage is saved.." is sarcasm on the groom's part after discovering his fiancee's infidelity.

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