In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I was fine, just a guy living on my own
Waiting for the sky to fall
Then you called and changed it all, doll
Velvet lips and the eyes to pull me in
We both know you'd already win
Mm, your original sin
You fooled me once with your eyes now, honey
You fooled me twice with your lies, and I say
Sarah smiles like Sarah doesn't care
She lives in her world, so unaware
Does she know that my destiny lies with her?
Sarah (Sarah, Sarah, Sarah)
Oh Sarah (Sarah)
Are you saving me?
Waking up to a kiss and you're on your way
I really hoped that you would stay
But you left and went your own way, babe
I don't mind, take your time, I got things to do
Besides sit around and wait for you
Oh and I hope you do too, ooh
You fooled me once with your eyes now, honey
You fooled me twice with your lies, and I say
Sarah smiles like Sarah doesn't care
She lives in her world, so unaware
Does she know that my destiny lies with her?
Sarah
Oh Sarah
Are you saving me?
And it's killing me inside (bang bang bang, bang bang bang)
Consuming all my time
You've left me blind
And when I think I'm right
You strip away my pride
You cast it all aside, but I say
Sarah smiles like Sarah doesn't care
She lives in her world so unaware
Does she know that my destiny lies with her
Sarah (Sarah)
Oh Sarah (Sarah)
Are you saving me?
Waiting for the sky to fall
Then you called and changed it all, doll
Velvet lips and the eyes to pull me in
We both know you'd already win
Mm, your original sin
You fooled me once with your eyes now, honey
You fooled me twice with your lies, and I say
Sarah smiles like Sarah doesn't care
She lives in her world, so unaware
Does she know that my destiny lies with her?
Sarah (Sarah, Sarah, Sarah)
Oh Sarah (Sarah)
Are you saving me?
Waking up to a kiss and you're on your way
I really hoped that you would stay
But you left and went your own way, babe
I don't mind, take your time, I got things to do
Besides sit around and wait for you
Oh and I hope you do too, ooh
You fooled me once with your eyes now, honey
You fooled me twice with your lies, and I say
Sarah smiles like Sarah doesn't care
She lives in her world, so unaware
Does she know that my destiny lies with her?
Sarah
Oh Sarah
Are you saving me?
And it's killing me inside (bang bang bang, bang bang bang)
Consuming all my time
You've left me blind
And when I think I'm right
You strip away my pride
You cast it all aside, but I say
Sarah smiles like Sarah doesn't care
She lives in her world so unaware
Does she know that my destiny lies with her
Sarah (Sarah)
Oh Sarah (Sarah)
Are you saving me?
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Sarah Smiles Lyrics as written by John Feldmann Brendon Urie
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Whoops.. that's what I mean...<br /> <br /> Fixed!
I read in a review that this song is about Brendon's girlfriend? lol I didn't even know he had a girlfriend xD I hope they're happy together? It sounds like Sarah is mean to him in the song? Or what I think, he hopefully waits for her to notice what he thinks they have together? lol I hope she's not using him >__<
didnt his new girlfriend date jeremy davis from paramore?!
At first I couldn't take this song seriously because it's about Brendon's girlfriend (I have nothing against her, it just felt off to have a love song sung by Brendon for some reason). But now I'm in love with it. I like it when he sings words like "Doll" "Honey" and "Babe". Haha.
But this would be really awkward if they broke up (hopefully they don't.) I think that's why I couldn't take this seriously at first. Panic! just doesn't look like the type to put a love song on an album.
Anyway, beautiful song but pretty straightforward. I like the intro. It feels vaudevillean and baroque.
some parts of this song seem like a bit of a backhanded compliment to me... but whoever Sarah is she seems like a lucky girl...
How is it a love song? I agree with
it sounds like this song is based off of the book "The French Lieutenant's Woman." if it is, that would make me so happy; i love that book. :)
Yea, this is about Brendon's girlfriend (now I should say fiance). When he writes "I don't mind take your time I got things to do, besides sit around and wait for you" he means it in that when he met Sarah, she already had a boyfriend.
I think Brendon's talking about how he's attracted to Sarah's innocence and joy and he gradually becomes addicted to it. Especially when he says how she doesn't know of "their destiny lies with her" he pretty much points out that their meeting was fate for them to be together [forever]. Such an adorable song!
I love this song. I do not always read into lyrics to like a song I must say.
I think that it's a guy who found a girlfriend who's keeping him for his fame or money, and he is deeply in love with her but even then, he's not blind and sees her leaving often and wonders if she is cheating on him, but he doesn't want to ask her about it in case she isn't and she'll be offended he thought she was. Possibly they used to be lovers before this, though, and she came back and said she was sorry but didn't mean it.