![]() He acts as narrator throughout the video and almost as the groom’s conscience, the angel on his shoulder.Īn argument breaks out between the two families and the bride runs out of the church upset, tailed by another guest. The group is led by a ringleader, played by the band’s frontman Brendon Urie. Then, a troupe of carnival folk shows up late, disrupting the event. The camera pans across the guests all painted in clown make-up. The bride and groom are at the altar about to wed. The tale opens on a wedding just as the song does. It depicts a similar story as the one laid out in the song but takes a more vaudevillian approach. The song’s accompanying music video won Video of the Year at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The song makes for a delightfully dramatic, wonderfully theatrical ear-worm that has endured to this day. No questions are ever really answered when, again, the chorus comes crashing in with: Either the song is heavy with sarcasm or some unknown conversation took place. No resolutions to the situation have been laid out in the lyrics. Well, this calls for a toast, so pour the champagne I mean, technically our marriage is saved However, what ensues next is a little confusing. He decides the best approach is to figure out the full story by being poise and rational. He wants to handle the situation himself. No, it’s much better to face these kinds of things I chime in with a “Haven’t you people ever heard of He is anxious for more information, but his response is instinctual as the chorus floods in. True or not, a cheating scandal has now infiltrated the groom’s thoughts on what should be the happiest day of his life. What a beautiful wedding!”, says a bridesmaid to a waiter No, I can’t help but to hear an exchanging of words ![]() From a discussion between bystanders about the lovely ceremony, the groom overhears something about his new bride.Īs I’m pacing the pews in a church corridor The song opens after a wedding has just taken place. In an attempt to convey his feelings surrounding the split while also admitting things could have been worse, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” was born. The band’s guitarist and main lyricist, Ryan Ross, wrote the story after a breakup with his then-girlfriend. The song itself was inspired by heartbreak. What I write are not sins I write tragedies.” “I am thinking of the people in my universe and distilling for each of these people the one flaw in their character that will be their downfall-the flaw that will be their undoing. “I am writing a list of tragic character flaws on my dollar bills with a felt pen,” the main character explains. While not apparent in the song, the title of “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” was inspired by a passage from Douglas Coupland’s 1992 novel, Shampoo Planet. As for the subject matter, well, let’s get into it. An edited version was called for, replacing some of the words or shhh-ing them out altogether, for an all-around more radio-friendly tune. For one, the language was a problem when it came to U.S. “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” was met with its share of controversy.
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