Panic! At The Disco: Kaleidoscope Eyes Meaning

Kaleidoscope Eyes Lyrics

I'm a disappearing act done poorly
But if I ever get it right,
You'll miss me sorely
I look like the cat that just ate the canary
Coughing up feathers
There's a "get out of jail" card if I can think of something clever

I plead the fifth...

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   Dec 19th 2011 !⃝

   This song is about Ryan Ross.

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   anonymous

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   Jan 8th 2012 !⃝

   Um, so, yeah. I guess this song has something to do with Ryan Ross since Kaleidoscope Eyes just scream "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", one of the Beatles' hit songs.
3. anonymous

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   May 11th 2019 !⃝

   Please why the fuck would a song with sexual shit in it be about ryan ross if its about anyone I feel it would be about sarah.
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   Dec 2nd 2018 !⃝

   Emerald city= Seattle.
   In Northern Downpour there is a line that goes "I missed your skin when you were east, you clicked your heels and wished for me".
   Ryan was in New York to celebrate his 21st birthday, Brendon was in Seattle. (Lmao guess what is in the east from Seattle). In the middle of the night Ryan booked a plane and flew 5 hours to Seattle to meet Brendon without telling anyone, not even his girlfriend. "Clicking your heels" is a Wizards of Oz reference. Dorothy clicked her heels and wished to go home. Emerald city is also a wizards of Oz reference, but it is the nickname of Seattle too. So.... Ryan "clicked his heels and flew home to Seattle. To Brendon. Ryan tweeted "One day we'll settle in Seattle" and both often talked about Seattle as their favorite City and how they would like to live there and stuff. After the split Brendon has cried on stage in Seattle by the way...
   Kaleidoscope eyes refers to drug use. They were constantly on psychedelics while writing Pretty. Odd. The album is also inspired by the Beatles.
   The whole song, no the whole album screams "Ryden was real and the government knows it". Don't let me get started on the sun and moon theory or this is turning into an essay.
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   Jan 21st 2018 !⃝

   I think this song is definitely about sex. Probably someone from Seattle visiting Vegas that was supposed to be a one night stand but the sex was great.
   
   "I swear to God, I'd never heard a better sound coming out than when you're whimpering my name from your mouth.""I have an insatiable desire for your insides. It's undeniable, I'll conspire and pull against your body tonight."
   
   As romantic as "I'm just a white blood cell fighting like hell for you" is, the things you think when you are in lust can be pretty intense and poetic.
   
   I love the way Ryan and Brendan are still shipped this long after. They have literally been apart now longer than they were together. I am over here feeling old and also laughing my a** off.
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   Jun 4th 2017 !⃝

   Ryden.
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   Oct 8th 2015 !⃝

   I definitely think this song is about Ryan Ross, especially the reference to "Emerald City" which if you google Emerald City it comes up at Seattle, which is a really important city to Ryan, quoting his Live Journal "One day we'll settle in Seattle". It doesn't have to be about "Ryden" but the two of them definitely shared something really strong.
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   Jan 8th 2015 !⃝

   I always thought of it as a guy loves a girl (or guy) and the person he likes doesn't like that he is a drug addict (hence the name Kaleidascope eyes, meaning high on acid or lsd) and is trying to change him. The guy is trying to pull himself together for his crush but is afraid that he will fail and keeps going back and relying on drugs. Plus bRendon said in an interview that no songs are about past band members... sadly.. Rylan has to be real!
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   Aug 4th 2013 !⃝

   While I could agree with it being about Ryan, I thought of it a little differently. 
     I thought of Brendon as being the disappearing act done poorly, as in maybe after the split he didn't intend to talk to Ryan (to disappear from his life, per say) but couldn't help himself. If he'd succeeded he thinks Ryan would be quite sorry (miss him sorely). 
      Brendon looks like the cat that ate the canary, and coughing up feathers, as he perhaps cannot seem to disguise his feelings very well; he is very transparent to Ryan at the very least. 
   The chorus seems pretty obvious (and let's face it; I love thinking of Ryan as a "downtown girl"). 
   As for the crook with no intent or stash, Brendon perhaps felt left with large shoes to fill when Ryan left, taking over lyrics and more music and all, but was unprepared or struggling a bit (no intent or stash) and is just playing it by ear so to speak, pouring gasoline on the vault just to burn the cash, almost as if he does what he does for lack of anything else to do. 
   The "whimpering my name" bit also seems quite self-explanatory indeed, as does the bridge. 
    But yeah, that's just one take on it. 
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    Jun 25th 2012 !⃝

    Personally, I think all of vices and virtues is about Ryan Ross.
    
    "I'm a disappearing act done poorly
    But if I ever get it right,
    You'll miss me sorely." Ryan can't make up his mind about leaving at first, but if he does, Brendon will miss him a lot.
    "I look like the cat that just ate the canary
    Coughing up feathers
    There's a "get out of jail" card if I can think of something clever." He left, Brendon misses him, but if he plays his cards right, Brendon won't be too hurt.
    
    "I plead the fifth on all of this." I don't want to talk about leaving.
    
    "When your chips are down,
    And your drinks are all gone
    I'll still be here,
    Wishing and waiting for you to come home." Brendon will always be here for Ryan, he'll always be hoping that Ryan will come back.
    "Kaleidoscope eyes,
    Sparkle at the world
    My emerald city, downtown girl." He misses all of Ryan's good qualities, he misses hanging out with him.
    "In the sickness of you,
    I'm just a white blood cell
    Fighting like hell for you." He wants Ryan to stay, so he fights for it.
    
    "Oh, I'm just a crook, with no intent or stash
    Pour gasoline on the vault just to burn the cash." Ryan has left, he feels bad about it, or like Brendon doesn't understand(no intent or stash). He wants to forget it happened.
    "I swear to God,
    I've never heard a better sound coming out
    Then when you're whimpering my name from your mouth." He knows Brendon misses him and he is happy to know that Brendon cares.
    
    "I've got an insatiable desire for your insides
    It's undeniable,
    I'll conspire and pull against your body tonight." Brendon misses Ryan, he desires him to come back. He'll try and convince him to do so.
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    Oct 27th 2011 !⃝

    I think the lyric is "I'm just a crook", not crack.

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