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 a bridesmaid to a waiter
"And 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 a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality
I'd chime in, "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of . . .

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 a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality
I'd chime in, "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality

Again . . .

I'd chime in, "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality
I'd chime in, "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality

Again . . .



Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter

Track duration: 03:06


I Write Sins Not Tragedies song meanings
Add your thoughts

806 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    My Interpretation:Here is my idea of the "story" of this song!
    Oh,
    Well imagine,
    As I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor, means that the groom is nervous
    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 a bridesmaid to a waiter.
    "And yes, but what a shame, what a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore."
    a bridesmaid and a waiter are having a conversation about the pros and cons of a marriage
    I'd chime in with a
    "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
    No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
    With a sense of poise and rationality.
    I'd chime in,

    "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
    No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
    With a sense of...
    the chorus is the groom hearing the conversation, and because of the remark on his bride he is interrupting to say "If you are going to insult my soon to be wife then get a room and talk in private!"


    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
    the groom of the song is the part where the groom's alter ego is getting the best of him knowing that his bride is in fact a whore. Because of that he is trying to interrupt it with a toast
    I'd chime in with a
    "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
    No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
    With a sense of poise and rationality.
    I'd chime in,
    "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
    No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
    With a sense of poise and rationality.
    Again...
    its the same meaning as the first chorus line but he is saying that just again
    I'd chime in,
    "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
    No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
    With a sense of poise and rationality.
    I'd chime in,
    "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!"
    No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
    With a sense of poise and rationality.
    Again...
    Sorry if my grammar isn't the best but this is what i believe the song means
    Flag PanicKaton April 04, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:Honestly, It's really simple, when they say
    "Oh, well imagine, as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor" It talks about a very worried (hence the pacing) groom,
    "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?" The groom walks in on the bride and another man, also explaining "the poor groom's bride is a whore"
    The paragraph starting with "Well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved" is basically the groom being sarcastic and fighting with the bride.
    And finally, "No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality" is the groom trying to remind himself to remain cool, remain calm, and to not be stressed.
    This song is basically the story of a groom that walks in on the bride with another man.
    Flag eridanHopeon February 28, 2013   Link
  • +6
    My Interpretation:Beautiful thing about music (and art in general) is one's freedom of interpretation.

    This song to me just wreaks sarcasm. I think the groom overhears the conversation (since he's nervously pacing) and obviously gets upset, "....you people...goddamn door?!". Which I interpret as "keep your thoughts to yourself". Truth is, whether we admit it or not, we tend to regard what others think of us. You tell yourself you could not care less about what someone else thinks, but if someone suggested something bad about something you valued, you would definitely (subconsciously) consider it. Is there any validity in their suggestion? Hearing someone suggest you're soon-to-be-wife is a whore is pretty daunting if you ask me.

    He tries to make himself feel better, tells himself to be calm and not to overreact, that everything will work out: "....sense of poise and rationality", but you can tell it's eating at him inside. His frustration ultimately leads to the cancellation of the wedding, and again he tries to make himself feel better: "I'll look at it this way... technically our marriage is saved", because if he would've married a whore (suspected) they would've had a horrible marriage. So he's trying to look on the bright side of things, "this calls for a toast so pour the champagne." But is he genuinely happy with the situation? Even if he did prevent a miserable marriage? It just wreaks of sarcasm and dismay.

    I think this song says a lot about the powerful influence of others (society), especially when it regards something one takes to heart.
    Flag Noemotionon November 07, 2012   Link
  • +3
    Song Meaning:I believe that the meaning of this song is that the groom was walking past some people having a conversation about the grooms bride, basically he was telling them to close the door on the past. Not leave it open. The champagne reference to me is "forgetting about it"
    Flag Aztechieon August 04, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this song is about sins and how brandon (my friend) writes them. Also, I am not sure why they are in a circus. I'll have to ask him.
    Flag iloveanimalsalsoon June 10, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think that the song is about a guy who is marrying the "town whore" so to speak. It seems that everyone knows about her history but the groom. They're talking about it at the wedding, when someone who works there hears them. He thinks that they should talk about it in private because you should face things such as that with a rationality aka he doesn't think that that's how the groom should find out. I also agree with the comment about Romeo And Juliet. That explains the title of the song. I think the second verse is the groom talking though. He doesn't want to believe the truth so he asks for champagne aka trying to ignore it. That's just what I think. :3 I liked reading everyone else's ideas though. It made me think of things I didn't before. Thanks! && on a final note, this is an awesome song! I love it! <3 <3 <3
    Flag ThatOneMusicalGirlon November 19, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:My take on this- Brendon and the groom are the same guy. Brendon is his conscience or even in a way his sub-conscience, that little voice in your head telling himself, well in the video showing himself what is clear to see the whole time. The groom seems caught off guard, in denial, but Brendon seems almost one step ahead of the bride, and has known for awhile her game, it just took him overhearing a comment between the bridesmaid and the waiter while he was nervously pacing at the church, probably with what he knows deep down, that the marriage is a mistake because of what he suspects, to finally snap out of it and face what is really in front of him. Bride walks away in video meaning she destroyed this in his mind and he is left confused and shocked by the whole thing but Brendon drags him out to see what he has known, his fiancee with another man. In the end you see Brendon and the groom bow and the groom is suddenly in the top hat, clearly indicating that they are one person.
    Flag Kellen96on August 30, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:the way i interpret it is like this, using the video a bit:
    some guy is about to get married. He thinks she loves him and stuff but then someone says something about her cheating and stuff. it makes him rethink his marriage and the whole technically our marriage is saved part is sarcastic, because he's not exactly sure he wants to go through with it. then she gets scared off when he doesn't say i do and he follows her. And he sees that she's making out or something with some other guy. It's called i write sins not tragedies because whoever is singing, is saying, it's a sin that the bride cheated on her soon to be husband, but not a tragedy, because the groom found out and knows about it, so he won't get married to someone like that.
    Flag authorgirl2468on July 12, 2011   Link
  • -4
    General Comment:WELL FOR ME ITS ACTUALLY KINDA SIMPLE. THE DUDE AND DUDETTE ARE GETTING MARRIED BUT AFTER THE WEDDING HE SEES THAT THE DUDETTE IS HAVING SEX WITH ANOTHER DUDE "HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OFF CLOSING A GODDAMN DOOR"
    THEN HE TRIES TO BETTER HIMSELF BY DRINKING ALCOHOL "NO, ITS MUCH BETTER TO EAL WITH THESE KINDS OFF THINGS WITH A SENSE POISE AND RATIONALITY."
    Flagged leaninonrockon June 06, 2011   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:I think closing the goddamn door is meant to stand for it's primitive meaning: if you talk about someone behind his back, make sure to do it while he can't hear it...
    Flag Rhino666on April 06, 2011   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

Back to top
explain