I can see this as a young mormon couple falling out of love. Although I am not LDS myself I have studied their religion because I am fascinated by different world religions.
Brendon Urie himself was mormon, so you can sort of understand the message he was trying to get across with this song.
I know some of you are like "what?" right now, but let me make a brief explanation.
In that particular faith, the girls get married quite young, and often to men that are slightly older. Oftentimes it is a man that they grew up with in church, but not always.
"He was the congregation's vagrant"
Congregation means "A group of people gathered together for religious worship." So, in the story, the young mormon man is the vagrant of the cult, meaning that he is a wanderer. What exactly this means, I am not sure. It could me he hops from ward to ward with a certain disregard for rules, or maybe that his faith is weak. The specifics of what vagrant means in the song is not important.
"She was the youngest of the family, and the last to be let go"
This part could be about the young mormon woman. Oftentimes mormon families are very large, so the fact that she is the youngest has a certain significance. It may mean one of these three things:
1) Her parents were more overprotective with her
2) Her parents were less protective of her and she had more freedom to rebel
3) She was neglected
As soon as she was "the last to be let go," she runs off with this' vagrant' boy to build a life with him. I'm not entirely certain, but it seems as if they are rejecting their religion now that they are adults, and going off to do their own thing.
The rest of the song is self explanatory. The young and reckless couple falls out of love. They've realized that their partnership was not well-planned, and they are unable to afford their new life, so they split up.
As you read this, remember that a song's meaning is defined by personal opinion. So you can see it however you want. This is just the easiest way for me to envision the meaning of the song.
I can see this as a young mormon couple falling out of love. Although I am not LDS myself I have studied their religion because I am fascinated by different world religions.
Brendon Urie himself was mormon, so you can sort of understand the message he was trying to get across with this song.
I know some of you are like "what?" right now, but let me make a brief explanation.
In that particular faith, the girls get married quite young, and often to men that are slightly older. Oftentimes it is a man that they grew up with in church, but not always.
"He was the congregation's vagrant" Congregation means "A group of people gathered together for religious worship." So, in the story, the young mormon man is the vagrant of the cult, meaning that he is a wanderer. What exactly this means, I am not sure. It could me he hops from ward to ward with a certain disregard for rules, or maybe that his faith is weak. The specifics of what vagrant means in the song is not important.
"She was the youngest of the family, and the last to be let go" This part could be about the young mormon woman. Oftentimes mormon families are very large, so the fact that she is the youngest has a certain significance. It may mean one of these three things: 1) Her parents were more overprotective with her 2) Her parents were less protective of her and she had more freedom to rebel 3) She was neglected As soon as she was "the last to be let go," she runs off with this' vagrant' boy to build a life with him. I'm not entirely certain, but it seems as if they are rejecting their religion now that they are adults, and going off to do their own thing.
The rest of the song is self explanatory. The young and reckless couple falls out of love. They've realized that their partnership was not well-planned, and they are unable to afford their new life, so they split up.
As you read this, remember that a song's meaning is defined by personal opinion. So you can see it however you want. This is just the easiest way for me to envision the meaning of the song.
Also
Not every song is about Jon and Ryan
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