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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   Sep 28th 2006 !⃝

   From what they do in the music video, I think that basically he is pacing the pews of the church and hears the waiter and bridesmaid gossiping about the bride. The bridesmaid has to know the bride real well so he figures out that it must be true. He bursts in telling them that they need to learn how to shut the $%#^ up and then alerts the wedding party of the bride's stupidity. To prove his point he brigs the groom out into the hall where the bride is making out with his best man. I think it's like a best man in better kinda deal.
2. anonymous

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   Sep 27th 2006 !⃝

   That the grooms brides family is all posh and she's a whore and the grooms family are all freaks so when the concience comes in he says stop ignoring the facts she doesn't really love you stop closing the door and face facts.And when he says technically our marriage is saved they have the argument and he's says pour the champagne forget about her she's not worth it that is the meaning of the song.
3. anonymous

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   Sep 22nd 2006 !⃝

   It's about this bitch uh.....Marrying this gay..And uh ....Did I mention the guy was a fag and um it's about these motherfuckers getting married and um (drool) and um they getting married and they fags and they r getting married oh ya and the bride is a bitch so she cheats on the gay and um then gay is all happy because now her can sucks guys cock ...Hha..Haha...(drool)
4. anonymous

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   Sep 18th 2006 !⃝

   I think the groom is the hoottest guy ever!!Omg and anyway I think that the guy singing the song is one of the people whom the bride has cheated with and that the guys that the bride is kissing at the end is the current guuy that she's cheating with. The guys that's singing the song is just trying to tell the groom that his wife-to-be is going to be cheating on him.
5. lbmanl

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   Sep 14th 2006 !⃝

   I believe that it is her lover, and that he is pacing the pews, nervous, because 1) he doesn't want the groom to find out, and 2) he doenst want her to get married because he's not only her secret lover, but now he is in love with her, and can't forget her. So he overhears them talking about how she is a whore, and then the chorus come which says, "i'd chime in with a "haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"" you would think that obviously he speaks this to whoever is talking about her, but if you look closesly he says "i'd" this is a contraction for I would, so he never says it. And the reason he says "I would" is because he is a good man, and in any other case he really would, but because 1) he doesn't want her to marry and wants the groom to actually hear this, and 2) because his conscience is telling him to tell the truth. So he hopes that the groom will hear it, and he says, " I mean technically our marriage is saved " this could mean the marrage between her and the lover is saved, because if the groom hears he will break it off, and she will come running into the lover's arms. Also in literature repetition stands for an underlying problem, or something of great importance, so he repeats the chorus over and over
   "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 with a sense of poise and rationality.
   I'd chime in "haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
   no, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality. "
   
   thats him inside his head, his conscience, wondering wether he made the right choice, or not. So he repeats what happened over and over again, trying to convince himself that he did the right thing, by not chiming in, only saying under any other circumstance, he would.
   Thats just my two-sense!
6. anonymous

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   Sep 9th 2006 !⃝

   The song is in more than one persons perspective, the groom and the circus guy quote "I chime in with a haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door"
   
   but the song is awesome
7. anonymous

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   Sep 7th 2006 !⃝

   This song is about a wedding between a bride and a groom from different backgrounds. The groom is from a family of circus performers, and the bride is from an upper class family. The circus performers wreak havoc (ee the video) and then the chorus starts. The singer (narrator) is the groom's alter ego, almost like his conscience. The singer is trying to tell himself (the groom) that the marriage is not right for him. Hear the real interpretation on video from the band members themselves here:
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftkydv42sic
8. anonymous

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   Sep 2nd 2006 !⃝

   You all are thinking too much. Its definitely the groom's perspective because he says, "technically our marraige is saved." he says our marraige so it obviously the groom because the only other one could be the bride but that would make no sense. It's the groom...
9. abbas

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   Sep 2nd 2006 !⃝

   Just check out this website and hear it from the guys themselves.
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watchv=ftkydv42sic&mode=related&search=
   
   bye
10. anonymous

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    Sep 2nd 2006 !⃝

    I agree with some of the others that it is from the perspective of the groom. Think about it..Pacing the pews in a church corridor. Well the groom is in the church waiting for the wedding (b/c the groom is at the altar and in the actual church before a wedding starts). Ok, so he overhears the his bride is a whore. Then his first reaction is to blurt out haven't you people...Blabla..Door. But before he reacts he thinks to himself, no..It's better to face these things...Insert line here..Rationality. And the repetition is because he is going back and forth with his emotions. He wants to yell but can't b/c I am sure other people are around so he has to contain himself by acting "poise and rational." then I agree with what most people said that it is the groom talking about the marriage being saved from divorce and stuff. So he toasts to that!! But still is angry and still has these back and forth reactions (ie, the repeat of the lyrics). The reason I know it is the groom is because 1. It says our marriage is saved, so it is either the bride or groom, all other charcters are have quotation when referenced. 2. The bride would not be pacing the pews in a church corridor. She wouldnt be near the pews yet b/c she can't be seen by anyone until the ceremony. It can't be the lover b/c of 1 also. Well that was long but I am finally done. Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think!

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11. LPJordy

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    Sep 1st 2006 !⃝

    Here's one. Maybe this ties in with the 2 songs before it (not including "intermission").
    
    Lying is the most fun... - girl cheats on guy
    
    but it's better if you do - guy goes to strip club to forget girl
    
    i write sins... - girl's getting married to the other guy and the first guy tries to stop it after hearing the conversation between the bride's maid and waiter because they all think the bride cheated on the groom with him...If that makes any sense.

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12. abbas

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    Aug 31st 2006 !⃝

    Just to throw a spanner into the works don't you think that brendon looks like a ringleader that is maybe leading all the clowns and circus act. Also this whole song could be metaphorical of something else. Also in the video the bride (if she is a bride or perhaps just a spiritual entity) kisses someone outside who has a bowtie like a waiter. This could be how the waiter knows that the bride is a whore.
    
    Another idea is that at the end of the video the groom becomes the "ringleader". Anyway I emailed the band and if they email me back (which I doubt) then I'll tell youse.
    
    Bye
13. anonymous

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    Aug 30th 2006 !⃝

    I think I figured out what 'technically our marriage is saved' means. It is a sarcastic comment, yes. But I think instead of overhearing a conversation, what he walks in on is the two of them making out - but he interrupted them before they could have intercourse. So technically she didn't cheat - but of course 'technically' isn't good enough so he leaves her anyway.
14. anonymous

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    Aug 21st 2006 !⃝

    It seems to me that this song is about the groom, from his perspective. The singer is actually the groom, and this is most likley what he wished he would have done. The circus performers are to show how ridiculous, or circus like the whole thing is. How he was such a clown. This is his other personality. When he says "i'd chime in..." it's saying that's what he would have done. The bride cheats on the groom, him, with someone, and so then you realise what the circus performers and the singer were trying to say. The closing the god damn door is about the waiter and the brides maid saying that because he was easedropping...Its sort of a reaction, he was angry.

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15. blondie8369

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    Aug 21st 2006 !⃝

    The video wants you to think different than the song meaning...Its a marketing ploy

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