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A compilation of all Panic! At The Disco songs and their meanings based off of Genius.com with a little bit of my editing. FYI, The second album and onwards, is where pictures start to appear, the debut album is j...
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It's a somber song about love, touring, and everything else that's important to them. It reminisces on both the good and bad times. The song was written by both guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker – it was their final single with the band.
Ryan Ross: Jon [Walker, bassist] wrote the melody for the verse and I loved it, Spence [drummer Spencer Smith] loved it also, and he kept wanting to change it so I wrote the lyrics really quickly so he couldn't change it
If all our life is but a dream Fantastic posing greed Then we should feed our jewellery to the sea
"Life is but a dream" is a reference to the children's song Row Row Row Your Boat which describes an idyllic life or moment in time. The line is used as a darker tone compared to its original use – although our lives may seem perfect, there may be no reason for our existence. The line also heavily mirrors the epilogue poem from Alice Through the Looking Glass.
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This establishment of the meaninglessness of our life is used to reflect on humanity's desire for materialistic value, or our "fantastic posing greed." "Feed[ing] our jewelry to the sea" is another intertextual reference, this time to James Cameron's 1997 film adaptation of the Titanic story. In the movie, the main character Rose discards a highly valued diamond necklace known as the Heart of the Ocean by throwing it into the sea at the end of the film. Ross says that we should give up our desire for material objects, suggesting it will set us free. Of course, "the sea" also connects to "Row, Row, Row, Your Boat."
For diamonds do appear to be Just like broken glass to me
As the first verse seems to revolve around a theme of the worthlessness of wealth, Ross states that he sees no real difference between something that people consider expensive and prized, like diamonds, and something that many consider worthless, like broken glass.
The line can also be interpreted in a metaphorical sense, with Ross stating that he can't see the difference between someone that is genuinely kind and someone that could hurt him.
