Panic! At The Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies Meaning
Song Released: 2006
I Write Sins Not Tragedies Lyrics
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...
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I think that the entire meaning can be taken from the video itself beacuase after all the band did have a the biggest hand in creating the video. According to the video I believe that the singer (the person who is telling the story from a first person account) is the man she used to be with the "ex". She has obviously had some kind of affair and through the affair he claims to be saving the coupoles marriage by making it end. The reason he sais id chime in with a haven't you ppl ever heard of closing the goddamn door is becaue he realizes that through revealing the secret, the new couples marriage will in turn break up without a promise of her returning to him.
despite the literal translation of such song there's also a more sybolic message. The message being about rumors. This is most indirect of all set messages but listen for it... It makes sense. -
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It's definitely from the groom's interpretation. If you see the video it'll all clear up. In the end he changes into the guy who hears. Just see the video.
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I think that the song is written from the perspective of the groom - for example, the pacing the pews in the church could represent before the wedding, and how nervous the groom is before his wedding, because people tend to pace when they are nervous.
And I think that the groom overhears the bridesmaid and the waiter talking about how the bride is a whore, and didn't want to hear other people talking about his wife being a whore, because he believes it not to be true, so he 'chimes' in with "haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door", technically, he's angry because he only finds out on his wedding day, supposedly the happiest day of his life.
I think that the marriage has been saved because the groom realises that his fiance is a whore, and called off the wedding, and is being sarcastic when he says "this calls for a toast" I think the repetition of the chorus :
"I'd chime in "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.
I'd chime in "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." really accentuates the fact that the groom is very upset about the whole thing, and that he has had to call his wedding off, and that he wishes he hadn't known about the fact his wife is a whore. -
I think that the song is written from the perspective of the groom - for example,
the pacing the pews in the church could represent before the wedding, and how nervous the groom is before his wedding, because people tend to pace when they are nervous.
And I think that the groom overhears the bridesmaid and the waiter talking about how the bride is a whore, and didn't want to hear other people talking about his wife being a whore, because he believes it not to be true, so he 'chimes' in with "haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door", technically, he's angry because he only finds out on his wedding day, supposedly the happiest day of his life.
I think that the marriage has been saved because the groom realises that his fiance is a whore, and called off the wedding, and is being sarcastic when he says "this calls for a toast" I think the repetition of the chorus :
"I'd chime in "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.
I'd chime in "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." really accentuates the fact that the groom is very upset about the whole thing, and that he has had to call his wedding off, and that he wishes he hadn't known about the fact his wife is a whore. -
Ok, he is definitely not the groom, because the groom wouldn't be "pacing the pews in a church corridor" and then when he overhears the bridesmaid saying the bride is a whore he thinks they should keep their secrets better, but then he thinks it's better to face these problems head-on, instead of pretending they don't exist. And then when he says "technically our marrige is saved" I think that means it's kinda of saving them if they DON'T get married instead of them getting married and her cheating on him.
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I think it's from the groom's perspective. The waiter says the bride's a whore, and he overhears. He's upset because he thinks he would have been better off not knowing.
Then he says "Technically our marrige is saved." As in he's saved from making a mistake. It seems to be pretty bitter, so that makes the most sence to me. -
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I've heard many interpretations of this song, in terms of who the singer is... meaning which character in the scenario he is voicing. I've heard everything from the groom to the pastor to the waiter, but no one seems to address the line "Yes, but what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore." with any detail, other than the obvious 'the bride has a secret lover(s)'. What if the singer's character is the bride's secret lover? That seems to make the most sense:
He is pacing the back of the church, some bizarre reason in his head for watching his lover marry another man.
He overhears the conversation between the bridesmaid and the waiter, realizes that their secret has been let out, and bursts in saying "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?". The bridesmaid responds with the "No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality", indicating that secrets like this must come out because they're the kind of secrets that eat you alive and destroy marriages.
After it's all said and done, he realizes that he just exposed the secret, and maybe they didn't know to begin with, and either way, the groom is sure to find out - it's just driving him insane, the moment ringing through his head, replaying over and over, hence the multiple repetitions of the chorus.
The slightly sarcastic tone on the "technically our marriage is saved" line could indicate that the groom is saying it to the bride after he finds out about her secret lover, or to the lover himself, in that same mocking tone. I get the impression the groom leaves the bride because, well, she doesn't love him anyway if she's off with her lover.
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