With More Than Good Hooks - [Lyrics]

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My wing tips waltz across naive.
Wood floors, they creak innocently down the stairs.

This page is dedicated to the lyrics on Vices & Virtues. All of the band members in Panic! At The Disco contributed to writing these lyrics. Each post on this page is dedicated to a different song on the album. The songs are in the order of which they numbered on the album.

 

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"The Ballad of Mona Lisa"

She paints her fingers with a close precision
He starts to notice empty bottles of gin
And takes a moment to assess the sin she’s paid for

A lonely speaker in a conversation
Her words are swimming through his ears again
There’s nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for

Say what you mean
Tell me I’m right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign
I wanna believe

Whoa, Mona Lisa
You’re guaranteed to run this town
Whoa, Mona Lisa
I’d pay to see you frown

He senses something, call it desperation
Another dollar, another day
And if she had the proper words to say, she would tell him
But she’d have nothing left to sell him

Say what you mean
Tell me I’m right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign
I wanna believe

Whoa, Mona Lisa
You’re guaranteed to run this town
Whoa, Mona Lisa
I’d pay to see you frown

Mona Lisa
Wear me out
I’m pleased to please ya
Mona Lisa
Wear me out

Say what you mean
Tell me I’m right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign
I wanna believe

Whoa, Mona Lisa
You’re guaranteed to run this town
Whoa, Mona Lisa
I’d pay to see you frown

Say what you mean
Tell me I’m right
And let the sun rain down on me
Give me a sign
I wanna believe

There’s nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for  

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"Let's Kill Tonight"

If I retreat,
Words, wars, and symphonies make room
We’re taking over, here
And you’re the galantine cold and alone, it suits you well
Won’t find me perching here again

May your feet serve you well,
And the rest be sent to Hell where they always have belonged
Cold hearts brew colder songs
Fate will play us out with a song of pure romance
So stomp your feet and clap your hands

Let’s kill, tonight
Kill, tonight
Show them all you’re not the ordinary type
Let’s kill, tonight
Kill, tonight
Show them all you’re not the ordinary type
Let’s kill, tonight

May your feet serve you well,
And the rest be sent to Hell where they always have belonged
Cold hearts brew colder songs
Fate will play us out with a song of pure romance
So stomp your feet and clap your hands

Let’s kill, tonight
Kill, tonight
Show them all you’re not the ordinary type
Let’s kill, tonight
Kill, tonight
Show them all you’re not the ordinary type

Let’s kill, tonight
Kill, tonight
Show them all you’re not the ordinary type
Let’s kill, tonight
Kill, tonight
Show them all you’re not the ordinary type
Let’s kill, tonight  

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"Hurricane"

Are you worth your weight in gold?
‘Cause you’re behind my eyelids when I’m all alone
Hey stranger, I want ya to catch me like a cold
You and God both got the guns
And when you shoot, I think I’d duck

I led the revolution in my bedroom, and I set all the zippers free
We said, “No more war! No more clothes! Give me Peace! Oh, kiss me!”

Hey hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm

‘Cause they know, I know, that they don’t look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don’t sound like me

You’ll dance to anything
You’ll dance to anything

Oh I’d confess, I’d confess
In a room where I’m blessed

But he didn’t come and speak to me, or put my heart at ease
And I believe that, half the time, I am a wolf among the sheep gnawing at the wool over my eyes

I led the revolution in my bedroom, and I set all the zippers free
We said, “No more war! No more clothes! Give me Peace! Oh, kiss me!”

Hey hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm

‘Cause they know, I know, that they don’t look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don’t sound like me

You’ll dance to anything
You’ll dance to anything
You’ll dance to anything
You’ll dance to anything

Fix me or conflict me
I’ll take anything
Fix me or just conflict me
‘Cause I’ll take anything

Hey hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm

‘Cause they know, I know, that they don’t look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don’t sound like me

You’ll dance to anything
You’ll dance to anything  

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"Memories"

He was the congregation’s vagrant
With an unrequited love
When your passion’s exaltation, then finding refuge is not enough

She was the youngest of the family
And the last to be let go
When they decided they would try and make it on their own

Oh memories, where’d you go?
You were all I’ve ever known
How I miss yesterday and how I let it fade away
Where’d you go?

When July became December
Their affection fought the cold
But they couldn’t quite remember what inspired them to go

And it was beautifully depressing
Like a streetcar named desire
They were fighting for their love that had started growing tired

Oh memories, where’d you go?
You were all I’ve ever known
How I miss yesterday and how I let it fade away
Don’t fade away

When the money lost momentum
And the bills were piling high
Then the smile had finally faded from the apple of their eye
They were young and independent
And they thought they had it planned
Should’ve known right from the start, you can’t predict the end

Oh memories, where’d you go?
You were all I’ve ever known
How I miss yesterday and how I let it fade away
Oh memories, where’d you go?
You were all I’ve ever known
How I miss yesterday and how I let it fade away
Don’t fade away  

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"Trade Mistakes"

Placing a smile at the perfect event
Gracing your skin with the side of my hand
If I ever leave I could learn to miss you
But “sentimental boy” is my nom de plume

Let me save you, hold this rope

I may never sleep tonight
As long as you’re still burning bright
If I could trade mistakes for sheep
Count me away before you sleep
I’ll stay awake ’til I trade my mistakes or they fade away

I feel marooned in this body
Deserted; my organs can go on without me
You can’t fly these wings
You can’t sleep in this box with me

Let me save you, hold this rope

I may never sleep tonight
As long as you’re still burning bright
If I could trade mistakes for sheep
Count me away before you sleep
I’ll stay awake ’til I trade my mistakes or they fade away

So let me save you, hold this rope and I’ll pull you in

‘Cause I am an anchor
Save her or feel it sinking in
Let me save you, hold this rope
I am an anchor sinking her

I may never sleep tonight
As long as you’re still burning bright
If I could trade mistakes for sheep
Count me away before you sleep
I’ll stay awake ’til I trade my mistakes or they fade away  

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"Ready To Go (Get Me Out of My Mind)"

You’ve got these little things that you’ve been running from
You either love it or I guess you don’t
You’re such a pretty thing to be running from anyone
A vision with nowhere to go

So tell me right now, you think you’re ready for it?
I wanna know why you got me going
So let’s go! We’ll take it outta here
I think I’m ready to leap
I’m ready to live

I’m ready to go
Get me out of my mind
Get me out of my mind
I’m ready to go

You’ve got these little things, you wanted something for ‘em
You’ll either get it or I guess you won’t
What does it really mean to get nothing from anyone?
There’s a million ways it could go

So tell me right now, you think you’re ready for it?
I wanna know why you got me going
So let’s go, we’ll take it outta here
I think I’m ready to leap
I’m ready to live

I’m ready to go
Get me out of my mind
Get me out of my mind
I’m ready to go

I think I’m ready, I think
I know I’m ready, I know
I think I’m ready, I think
I know I’m ready, I know
I think I’m ready, I think
I know I’m ready, I know
I think I’m ready, I think
I know…

I’m ready to go
Get me out of my mind
Get me out of my mind
I’m ready to go

I’m ready to go
Get me out of my mind
Get me out of my mind
I’m ready to go

I’m ready to go
Get me out of my mind
Get me out of my mind
I’m ready to go  

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"Always"

When the world gets too heavy, put it on my back
I’ll be your levy
You are taking me apart like bad glue on a get well card…

It was always you falling for me
Now there’s always time calling for me
I am the light blinking at the end of the road
Blink back to let me know

I’m a fly that’s trapped in a web
But I’m thinking that my spider’s dead
Lonely, lonely little life
I could kid myself in thinking that I’m fine…

It was always you falling for me
Now there’s always time calling for me
I am the light blinking at the end of the road
Blink back to let me know

That I’m skin and bone
Just a cane and a rusty throne
Oh, the castle’s under siege
But the sign outside says “leave me alone!”

It was always you falling for me
Now there’s always time calling for me
I am the light blinking at the end of the road
Blink back to let me know
(It was always you)

Blink back to let me know
(It was always you)  

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"The Calendar"

They said, “if you don’t let it out, you’re gonna let it eat you away.”
I’d rather be a cannibal, baby, animals like me don’t talk anyway

Feel like an ambulance chaser of faith
Pray I could replace her, forget the way her tears taste
Oh, the way her tears taste!

Put another ex on the calendar
Summer’s on its deathbed
There is simply nothing worse than knowing how it ends
And I meant everything I said that night
I will come back to life
But only for you
Only for you

The world may call it a second chance
But when I came back, it was more of a relapse
Anticipation’s on the other line
And obsession called while you were out
Yeah, it called while you were out

Put another ex on the calendar
Summer’s on its deathbed
There is simply nothing worse than knowing how it ends
And I meant everything I said that night
I will come back to life
But only for you
Only for you

Asleep in the hive
I guess all the buzzing got to me
Well, I’m still alive
At night your body is a symphony
And I’m conducting

They said, “if you don’t let it out, you’re gonna let it eat you away.”

Put another ex on the calendar
Summer’s on its deathbed
There is simply nothing worse than knowing how it ends
And I meant everything I said that night
I will come back to life
But only for you
Only for you (4x)

But only for you
Only for you (3x)  

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"Sarah Smiles"

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
Oh, 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, oh, Sarah
Are you saving me?

Waking up to a kiss and you’re on your way
I’d really hoped that you would stay
But you left and went your own way, babe
I don’t mind, take your time I’ve got things to do
Besides sit around and wait for you
Oh, and I hope you do too

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!
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, oh, Sarah
Are you saving me?  

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"Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)"

Spoken:
Kids, you have to remember I’m up here conducting you for a reason, ok? Watch me, watch my fingers. Here we go, ready? Watch me. Un, deux, trois, ready? Come on…

Dès le premier jour
Ton parfum enivra mon amour
C’est dans ces instants
J’aimerais être comme toi par moment
Mais depuis ce jour
Je n’ai qu’un seul et unique regret

My wing tips waltz across naive wood floors
They creak innocently down the stairs

Drag melody
My percussive feet serve cobweb headaches
As a matching set of marching clocks
The slumbering apparitions that they’ve come to wake up

Here I am, composing a burlesque out of where they rest their necks
Sunken in their splintered cradles and ramshackle heads
They asked for it

As a girl, you have set your heart on haunting me forever
From the start
It’s never silent

Ever since we met, I only shoot up with your perfume
It’s the only thing that makes me feel as good as you do
Ever since we met, I’ve got just one regret to live through
And that one regret is you

How does a heart look if no one has noticed its presence?
And where does it go?
Trembling hands play my heart like a drum
But the beat’s gotten lost in the show

You have set your heart on haunting me forever
From the start
It’s never silent

Ever since we met, I only shoot up with your perfume
It’s the only thing that makes me feel as good as you do
Ever since we met, I’ve got just one regret to live through
And I regret never letting you know

Ever since we met, I only shoot up with your perfume
It’s the only thing that makes me feel as good as you do
Ever since we met, I’ve got just one regret to live through
And that one regret is you

Mona Lisa pleased to please ya
(And that one regret is you)
Mona Lisa pleased to please ya
(And that one regret is you)
Mona Lisa pleased to please ya
(I’ve got just one…)  

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