Panic! At The Disco: When the Day Met the Night Meaning

When the Day Met the Night Lyrics

when the moon fell in love with the sun all was golden in the sky all was golden when the day met the night when the sun found the moon she was drinking tea in her garden under the green umbrella trees in the middle of summer when the moon found...

1. anonymous

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   Feb 22nd 2009 !⃝

   I believe in the irony of the song. In the song it was described that the Sun was the one barely hanging on (unless it's a misplaced modifier), and the Moon was the one that saved the Sun's life. it's ironic in the sense that the Sun, usually portrayed as someone cheerful, is the one who was down in this situation. It also shows that even though a person looks and acts happy (the Sun), deep down, that person may actually be suffering.
2. phylesha

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   Jan 10th 2009 !⃝

   i think it's about two people who fall in love but are very diffrent from each other like the phrase "like night and day"--meaning the sun and the moon.
   
   "when the moon fell in love with the sun"
3. MochaBari

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   Dec 25th 2008 !⃝

   Definitely a fairytale song about the Moon and the Sun falling in love with each other. I think the deeper meaning is that the Moon represents Ryan Ross and the Sun represents Brendon Urie. The Sun does not represent Keltie because she does not seem like it at all. If anything, I think she's in the song She Had The World.
   
   I think it makes sense. Brendon seems like such a sunny-type person and Ryan seems like he could be the moon.
   
   This might mean something or it could mean nothing, but the Moon loves drinking tea in her garden and Ryan really loves drinking tea. In some interviews he would be caught drinking tea and in the Thanks on the album case, he thanked "that delicious room tea". And if anybody thinks, "Well, the Moon is a SHE and Ryan Ross is not a SHE", then I submit to you that maybe he wanted to be discreet among many other things.
4. anonymous

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   Dec 22nd 2008 !⃝

   This song is a strait-forward love song.
   
   Ryan Ross is the troubled moon who looked "like he was barely hanging on", as he struggled with his father's alcoholism and depression throughout adolescence. Then he met his current girlfriend Keltie, the sun, for she was happy and positive. And then the moon fell in love with the sun, and the song basically shows how love changes your life. All was golden in the sky, or all was beautiful and happy.
   
   Great song, btw :D

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