Panic! at the Disco – Time to Dance

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  Memory:I used to listen to this song all the time, then I stopped for a few years, and when I heard it again, I got as far as "Give me envy, give me malice, give me a break" before I started noticing the Palahniuk references.

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  General Comment:Song clearly about Invisible Monsters. First verse, Brandy Alexander bleeding out at the beginning of the book. There are a couple of allusions in the first chapter, and most likely when it's revisited later as well although I'm too lazy to look for them, about how even in a tragic event like this, the 3 characters are still vying for their share of the spotlight, vying for attention. Hence the reference to whether or not she's bleeding on the floor for the attention. "Here's the setting:..." is even kind of a direct lift from the very beginning of the book; "This is called scene setting: where everybody is, who's alive, who's dead."
  
  The chorus, the "Have some composure, where is your posture?" part, I think is an extension of the idea of such deep vanity that it extends to such a serious moment. Even when Evie is shooting someone, in her mind, she it is a superficial act for the attention, so to me it's either what she's saying to herself in the back of her mind, or it's coming from one of the other two characters present, scrutinizing her form while shooting Brandy for beauty and gracefulness.
  
  "Give me malice. Flash." is right there in the first few pages. I know I saw "Give me attention. Flash." at some point a bit deeper into it. "Give me a break. Flash." was definitely in there. I would be willing to bet "Give me envy" is in there somewhere too.
  
  "When I say 'shotgun', you say 'wedding'." is a clear reference to the shooting. Even though Evie used a rifle, the narrator describes Brandy as being "shotgunned, at the bottom of the staircase, bleeding to death." So, yeah. Obvious.
  
  Second verse could be about Shannon, as said. I would think it's about Brandy though, the same scene, her lying on the floor bleeding. "She didn't choose this role, but she'll play it an make it sincere." (For anyone who has read this book, think: Do what you LEAST want. Hence, she chose the person she became, but didn't in the sense that she didn't want to be that.) And it's talking about her fake emotion, the overly sentimental way she's asking Shannon to tell her what happened to this point, after which it has the "Give me a break. Flash."...so I think the "Give me a break" in the background after "You cry" is a clue as to what it's referring to, possibly.
  
  "Boys will be boys, hiding in estrogen and wearing Aubergine Dreams" is not about Seth or about a generality of gay men, as has been suggested by a couple of people. Definitely Brandy, since as someone pointed out, she used to be a man, and it references about a hundred times her "aubergine eyes" and even the particular shade of eyeliner she uses: Aubergine Dreams.
  
  "Come on, this is screaming 'photo op'." seems to just be a reflection of that superficial mindset in general, where everything is artificial. Could quite possibly also be a fairly directly lifted line from somewhere in the book.
  
  And yes, excellent book. Not his best though. Rant, people...read Rant. xD

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  General Comment:I want the book that this song is based on. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I've been trying to look for it in bookstores. And when they say "Boys will be boys hiding in estrogen and wearing aubergine dreams," they mean that the boys are hiding in their homosexuality and they wear a shade of eyeliner called "Aubergine Dreams."

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  General Comment:Boys will be boys!

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  General Comment:first of all this song is amazing and so is oanic at the disco
  i completely agree this song is based off invisble monsters
  ive only just started reading the book so this is just a thought
  could the Boys will be boys, Hiding in estrogen part be about that Seth guy?
  im probably wrong cause i havnt finsihed the book yet

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  General Comment:i knew instantly that this was a massive reference to invisible monters.
  great book.
  palahniuk is a genious.

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  General Comment:I've always thought they said : Have some composure, where is your posture? (I Don't Know) Instead of "oh, no, no". It just kind of made more sense to me that way. Otherwise it's a great song, one of my favorites by them. :)

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  My Interpretation:This song reminds me of myself. Well, some of the lyrics, anyhow.
  Why? I see it as my mind or a good friend singing to me, telling me that the boys who have hurt me in my life are just being jackass boys. Everyone thinks I do things for attention, so my mind/friend tells everyone that I wouldn't be doing all the things for attention. Fucked up? Maybe. But that's how I see it.

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  General Comment:haaa, i didn't know their songs were based on a book or whatever.
  but their songs put me in a good mood :)
  &the lead singer is hotttt!
  
  XD

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  General Comment:Invisible Monsters?
  BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD.

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