1.But It's Better If You Do
Now I'm of consenting age
to be forgetting you in a cabaret.
Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen
may even ask my name
As she sheds her skin on stage
I'm seated and sweating
to a dance song on the club's P.A.
The strip joint veteran sits two away
Smirking between dignified sips of
his dignified peach and lime daiquiri
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
But, but I'm afraid that I
Well, I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
Well, I'm afraid that I
Well, that's right, well I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Panic At the Disco-But It's Better If You Do
Well, I'm afraid that I
Well, I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
Well, I'm afraid that I
Well, that's right, well I may have faked it
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Praying for love and paying in naivety
Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh
2.I Write Sins Not Tragedies
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：
'What a beautiful wedding, what a beautiful wedding!'
says the bride's maid to a waiter.
'Yes, but what a shame, what a shame,
the poor groom's bride is a whore.'
I'd chime in with a
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better to face
these kinds of things with a sense of poise rationality.
I'd chime in 'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
with a sense of oh
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!
Oh! 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,
pour the champagne!
I'd chime in with a
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better to
face these kinds of things
with a sense of poise rationality.
I'd chime in
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better
to face these kinds of things
with a sense of poise rationality
Againnnnnn
I'd chime in
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!no'
It's much better
to face these kinds of things
with a sense of poiserationality.
I'd chime in
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better
to face these kinds of things
with a sense of poison...rationality...
Agaaaaaaaaaaain..
3.The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage
Sit tight I'm gonna need you to keep time
Come on just snap, snap, snap your fingers for me
Good, good now we're making some progress
Come on just tap, tap, tap your toes to the beat
And I believe this may call for a proper introduction
And well don't you see
that I'm the narrator and this is just the prologue？
Swear to shake it up if you swear to listen
And we're still so young,
desperate for attention
And, I aim to be your eyes
Trophy boys
Trophy wives
Swear to shake it up if you swear to listen
And we're still so young,
desperate for attention
And, I aim to be your eyes
Trophy boys
Trophy wives
Applause! Applause!
No wait, wait
Dear studio audience
I've an announcement to make
It seems the artists these days are not who you think
So we'll pick back up on that on another page
And I believe
this may call for a proper introduction
And well don't you see
I'm the narrator and this is just the prologue？
Swear to shake it up,
if you swear to listen
And we're still so young,
desperate for attention
And, I aim to be your eyes
Trophy boys
Trophy wives
Swear to shake it up,
if you swear to listen
And we're still so young,
desperate for attention
And, I aim to be your eyes
Trophy boys
Trophy wives
Panic At the Disco-The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And
Suicide Is Press Coverage
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
Swear to shake it up, swear to shake it up
Swear to shake it up
if you swear to listen
And we're still so young
desperate for attention
And, I aim to be your eyes
Trophy boys
Trophy wives
Swear to shake it up
if you swear to listen
And we're still so young
desperate for attention
And, I aim to be your eyes
La da da dut dut dut
da da da da da da
4.Introduction
Instrumental
5.London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines
Stop stalling make a name for yourself
Boy you better put that pen to paper,
charm your way out
If you talk you better walk you better
back your shit up
With more than good hooks
while you're all under the gun
Start talking 'a sensationalist'
Oh he's slightly clever to
just a certain extent
If you talk you better walk you better
keep your mouth shut
With more than good hooks
while you're all under the gun
(Panic! meet the press)
It's time for us to take a chance
It's time for us to take a chance
(Panic! meet the press)
It's time for us to take a chance
It's time for us...
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzines
Make us it, make us hip, make us scene
Or, shrug us off your shoulders
Don't approve a single word that we wrote
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzines
Make us it, make us hip, make us scene
Or, shrug us off your shoulders
Don't approve a single word that we wrote
I'm burning and I'm blacking my lungs
Boy you know it feels good with fire back on your tongue
If you talk you better walk you better back your shit up
with more than good hooks while you're all under the gun
Start talking 'a sensationalist'
Only he's slightly clever,
to just a certain extent
Well keep quiet! Let us sing like the doves
Then decide if it's done with purpose or lack thereof
Just for the record,
The weather today is slightly sarcastic with
a good chance of...
A. Indifference or
B. Disinterest in what the critics say
It's time for us to take a chance
It's time for us...
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzines
Make us it, make us hip, make us scene
Or, shrug us off your shoulders
Don't approve a single word that we wrote
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzines
Make us it, make us hip, make us scene
Or, shrug us off your shoulders
Don't approve a single word that we wrote
Panic At the Disco-London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By
Machines
Just for the record,
The weather today is slightly sarcastic
with a good chance of...
A. Indifference or
B. Disinterest in what the critics say
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzines
Make us it, make us hip, make us scene
Or, shrug us off your shoulders
Don't approve a single word that we wrote
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzines
Make us it, make us hip, make us scene
Or, shrug us off your shoulders
Don't approve a single word that we wrote
Just for the record,
The weather today is slightly sarcastic with
a good chance of...
A. Indifference or
B. Disinterest in what the critics say
6.Nails For Breakfast,Tacks For Snacks
Watch your mouth (oh oh oh)
your speech is slurred enough
That you might slow it your tongue
you'd want to give up the ghost
With just a little more poise than that
Or was it God who chokes in these situations？
Running late？
No no, he called in
Or was it God who chokes in these situations？
Running late？
No no, he called in
The hospice is
A relaxing weekend getaway
Where you're a cut above all the rest
Sick and sad patients
On first name basis with all the top physicians
Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should
Take it a day at a time
That's when you stutter something profound
To the support on the line
And with the way you've been talking
Every word gets you a step closer to hell
That's when you stutter something profound
To the support on the line
And with the way you've been talking
Every word gets you a step closer to hell
Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should
Take it a day at a time
Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should
Take it a day at a time
I am
Alone in this bed, house, and head
And she never fixes this
But at least she
I am
Alone, in this bedroom
She never fixes this
But at least she...
Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should
Take it a day at a time
Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should
Take it a day at a time
The hospice is
A relaxing weekend getaway
Where you're a cut above all the rest
Sick and sad patients
On first name basis with all the top physicians
7.Camisado
The I.V. and your hospital bed
This was no accident
This was a therapeutic chain of events
This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor
This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital
It's not so pleasant
And it's not so conventional
It sure as hell ain't normal
But we deal, we deal
The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where
The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in
It's not so pleasant.
And it's not so conventional
It sure as hell ain't normal
But we deal, we deal
Just sit back, just sit back
Just sit back and relax
Just sit back, just sit back
Just sit back and relapse again
Can't take the kid from the fight
take the fight from the kid
Sit back, relax
Sit back, relapse again
Can't take the kid from the fight
take the fight from the kid
Just sit back, just sit back
You're a regular decorated emergency
You're a regular decorated emergency
Panic At the Disco-Camisado
This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor
This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital
It's not so pleasant.
And it's not so conventional
It sure as hell ain't normal
But we deal, we deal
The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where
The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in
It's not so pleasant.
And it's not so conventional
It sure as hell ain't normal
But we deal, we deal
Can't take the kid from the fight
take the fight from the kid
Sit back, relax
Sit back, relapse again
Can't take the kid from the fight
take the fight from the kid
Just sit back, just sit back
Sit back, sit back, relax, relapse
Sit back, sit back, bababada
You can take the kid out of the fight
You're a regular decorated emergency
The bruises and contusions will remind me
what you did when you wake
You've earned a place atop the ICU's hall of fame
The camera caught you causing a commotion on
the gurney again
You're a regular decorated emergency
The bruises and contusions will remind me
what you did when you wake
You've earned a place atop the ICU's hall of fame
The camera caught you causing a commotion on
the gurney again
Can't take the kid from the fight
take the fight from the kid
Sit back, relax
Sit back, relapse again
Can't take the kid from the fight
take the fight from the kid
Just sit back, just sit back
Sit back, sit back, relax, relapse
Sit back, sit back, bababada
You can take the kid out of the fight
The I.V. and your hospital bed
This was no accident
This was a therapeutic chain of events
8.Time To Dance
Well, she's not bleeding on the ballroom floor
Just for your attention.
'Cause that's just ridiculous
Well she sure is gonna get it
Here's the setting：
Fashion magazines line the walls now
The walls line the bullet holes...
Have some composure!
Where is your posture？
Oh no, no!
You're pulling the trigger,
Pulling the trigger all wrong
Have some composure!
Where is your posture？
Oh no, no!
You're pulling the trigger,
Pulling the trigger all wrong
Give me envy
Give me malice
Give me your attention
Give me envy
Give me malice
Baby, give me a break!
When I say 'Shotgun' you say 'Wedding'
'Shotgun' , 'Wedding'
Well, she didn't choose this role
But she'll play it and make it sincere so
You cry, you cry
(Give me a break!)
But they believe it from the tears
And the teeth right down to the blood
At her feet
Boys will be boys
Hiding in estrogen and wearing aubergine dreams
(Give me a break! Br-break! Br-break! Br-break!)
Have some composure!
Where is your posture？
Oh no, no!
You're pulling the trigger,
Pulling the trigger all wrong
Have some composure!
Where is your posture？
Oh no, no!
You're pulling the trigger,
Pulling the trigger all wrong
Come on, this is screaming
'Photo op.' op...
Come on, come on
This is screaming,
This is screaming,
'Photo world.'
Boys will be boys baby
Boys will be boys
Boys will be boys baby
Boys will be boys
well Give me envy
Give me malice
Give me your attention
Give me envy
Give me malice
Baby, give me a break!
When I say 'Shotgun' you say 'Wedding'
'Shotgun' , 'Wedding'
Boys will be boys
Hiding in estrogen and boys will be boys
Boys will be boys
Hiding in estrogen and wearing aubergine dreams
Panic At the Disco-It's Time To Dance
9.Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Is it still me that makes you sweat？
am i who you think about in bed？
your hands are shaking as you're sliding off your dress
When the lights are dim,
Now think of what you did,
and how I hope to God he was worth it
When the lights are dim,
and your heart is racing as your fingers touch your skin
I've got more wit, a better kiss,
a hotter touch, a better fuck
Than any boy you'll ever meet, sweetie, you had me
Girl I was it, look past the sweat,
a better love deserving of
Exchanging body heat in the passengers seat
No no no, you know it will always just be me!
Let's get these teen hearts beating faster, faster!
So testosterone boys and you harlequin girls
Will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close？
So testosterone boys and you harlequin girls
Will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close？
So I guess we're back to us,
so cameraman swing the focus!
In case I lost my train of thought
where was it that we last left off？
Let's pick up pick up pick up
Oh now I do recall,
we just were getting to the part
Where the shock sets in and the stomach acid
finds a new way to make you get sick
I hope you didn't expect to get all of the attention,
lets not get self prestidgous really think
I'd let you kill this chorus？
Let's get these teen hearts beating faster, faster!
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls
Will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close？
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls
Will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close？
dance to this beat
Let's get these teen hearts beating.
Faster, faster!
Let's get these teen hearts beating faster
I've got more wit, a better kiss,
a hotter touch, a better fuck
Than any boy you'll ever meet, sweetie, you had me
Girl I was it, look past the sweat,
a better love deserving of
Exchanging body heat in the passengers seat
No no no, you know it will always just be me
Let's get these teen hearts beating.
Faster faster!
So teatosterone boys and harlequin girls
Will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close？
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls
Will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close？
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls
dance to this beat
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls
dance to this beat
(and hold a lover close)
Let's get these teen hearts beating.
Faster, faster.
Let's get these teen hearts beating faster.
Panic At the Disco-Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without
Taking Her Clothes Off
10.Intermission
'Ladies and gentlemen,
due to circumstances beyond our control,
we are unable to continue our broadcast of dance music.
We shall continue now with our piano instrumental.'
(instrumental)
11.I Constantly Thank God For Esteban
Give us this day our daily dose of faux affliction,
Forgive our sins
Forged at the pulpit with forked tongues
selling faux sermons
Because I am a new wave gospel sharp,
and you'll be thy witness
So gentlemen, if you are going to preach,
For God sakes preach with conviction!
Strike up the band!
WoOw ho! the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation,
let's sing it like you mean it
No. Don't you get it don't you get it？
Now don't you Move.
Strike up the band!
WhOw ho! the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation,
let's sing it like you mean it
No. Don't you get it don't you get it？
Now don't you move.
Just stay where I can see you.
Douse the lights!
We sure are in for a show tonight.
In this little number we are graced
by two displays of character,
We've got： the gunslinger extraordinaire,
a walking contradiction;
And I for one can see no blood
From the hearts and the wrists you allegedly slit
And I for one wont stand for this
If the scene were a parish you'd all be condemned.
Strike up the band!
WoOw ho! the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation,
let's sing it like you mean it
No. Don't you get it don't you get it？
Now don't you...move.
Strike up the band!
WoOw ho the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation,
let's sing it like you mean it
No. Don't you get it don't you get it？
Now don't you, don't you...move.
Just stay where I can see you.
Douse the lights!
...We sure are in for a show tonight
Just stay where I can see you.
Douse the lights!
...We sure are in for a show tonight
Just stay where I can see you.
Douse the lights!
La da ta ta ....
Strike up the band!
WoOw ho! the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation,
let's sing it like you mean it.
No. Don't you get it don't you get it？
Now don't you move...
Strike up the band!
WoOw ho! the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation,
let's sing it like you mean it.
No. Don't you get it don't you get it？
Now don't you move...
Don't you move..
Don't you move!
Strike up the Band!
12.There's A Good Reason These Tables are Numbered Honey,You Just
Haven't Thought Of It Yet
Panic At the Disco
There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey.
You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet
Please leave all overcoats, canes and...
top hats with the doorman.
From that moment,
you'll be out of place and under dressed.
I'm wrecking this evening already
and loving every minute of it.
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and.....
Please leave all overcoats,
canes and top hats with the doorman.
From that moment,
you'll be out of place and under dressed.
I'm wrecking this evening already
and loving every minute of it.
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and.....
When you're in black slacks with accentuating,
off-white, pinstripes, whoa-oh
Everything goes according to plan.
I'm the new cancer,
Never looked better, you can't stand it.
Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips, 'When did he get all confident？'
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer,
Never looked better and you can't stand it.
Next is a trip to the,
the ladies room in vain and
I bet you just can't keep up with
(keep up!)these fashionistas and.
Tonight, tonight, you are,
you are a whispering campaign.
I bet to them, your name is 'Cheap',
I bet to them you look like shh...
Talk to the mirror, oh, choke back tears.
And keep telling yourself that,'I'm a diva'
Oh and the smokes in that cigarette box
On the table, they just so happen to be laced with
nitroglycerin.
I'm the new cancer,
Never looked better, you can't stand it.
Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips,
'When did he get all confident？'
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer,
Never looked better and you can't stand it.
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer？
I've never looked better and you can't stand it.
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer？
I've never looked better and you can't stand it.
And I know, and I know,
It just doesn't feel like a night out
with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious,
so of course you'll be distracted
when I spike the punch.
And I know, and I know,
It just doesn't feel like a night out
with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious,
so of course you'll be distracted
when I spike the punch.
And I know, and I know,
It just doesn't feel like a night out
with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious,
so of course you'll be distracted
when I spike the PUNCH!
13.Build God,Then We'll Talk
It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala)
corner of 4th and Fremont Street.
Appealing only because they are just that
un-appealing
Any practiced catholic would cross themselves
upon entering.
The rooms have a hint of asbestos
and maybe just a dash of formaldehyde,
And the habit of decomposing right
before your very (lalalala) eyes.
Along with the people inside
What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Tonight tenants range from：
a lawyer and a virgin
Accessorizing with a rosary tucked
inside her lingerie
She's getting a job at the firm come Monday.
The Mrs. will stay with the cheating attorney
moonlighting aside,
she really needs his money.
Oh, wonderful caricature of intimacy.
Yeah (Yeah)
And not to mention,
the constable, and his proposition,
for that 'virgin'
Yes, the one the lawyer met with
on 'strictly business'
as he said to the Mrs. Well,
only hours before,
after he had left, she was fixing her face
in a compact.
There was a terrible crash
(There was a terrible crash)
Between her and the badge
She spilled her purse and her bag,
and held a 'purse' of a different kind.
Along with the people inside
What a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
There are no raindrops on roses
and girls in white dresses.
It's sleeping with roaches
and taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets
and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.
Raindrops on roses
and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches
and taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets
and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Panic At the Disco-Build God, Then We'll Talk
Raindrops on roses
and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches
and taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets
and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.
Raindrops on roses
and the girls in white dresses
And the sleeping with the roaches
and the taking best guesses
At the shade of the sheets
and before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things.
14.I Write Sins,Not Tragedies (Live In Denver)
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：
'What a beautiful wedding, what a beautiful wedding!'
says the bride's maid to a waiter.
'Yes, but what a shame, what a shame,
the poor groom's bride is a whore.'
I'd chime in with a
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better to face
these kinds of things with a sense of poise rationality.
I'd chime in 'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
with a sense of oh
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!
Oh! 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,
pour the champagne!
I'd chime in with a
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better to
face these kinds of things
with a sense of poise rationality.
I'd chime in
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better
to face these kinds of things
with a sense of poise rationality
I'd chime in
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!no'
It's much better
to face these kinds of things
with a sense of poiserationality.
I'd chime in
'Haven't you people ever heard of
closing the goddamn door？!'
No, it's much better
to face these kinds of things
with a sense of poison...rationality...
Agaaaaaaaaaaain..
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