I won't cut my beard and I won't change my hair
It grows like fancy flowers but it grows nowhere
My hair, my hair

If I could build my house just like the Trojan horse
I'd put a statue of myself upon the shelf
Of course, of course, of course

She's the smoke, she's dancin' fancy pirouettes
Swan diving off of the deep end of my tragic cigarette
She's steam laughing on the windowpanes
The never-ending swaying haze
Oh, that ever smiling maze
Oh, that ever smiling maze
A ballet

Everything's gone missing
I've lost more songs to floods
I can't prove this makes any sense but
I sure hope that it does
Perhaps I was born with curiosity
The likes of those of old crows
The likes of those of old crows

And oh, how the piano knows
The piano knows something I don't know

I won't cut my beard and I won't change my hair
It grows like fancy flowers but it grows nowhere
My hair, my hair

If I could build my house just like the Trojan horse
I'd put a statue of myself upon the shelf
Of course, of course, of course
Of course, of course, of course
Of course, of course, of course
Of course


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The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know Lyrics as written by George Ross Brendon Urie

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    if you don't like the lyrics, then don't comment it. oh, i'm sorry, i don't remember this site being called "ratelyrics.com" hm, oh yea! that's right! it's called "songmeanings.net", and look at that! right about the text box it says, "what does this song mean to you?" fucker.

    "She’s the smoke, she’s dancing fancy pirouettes. Swan diving off of the deep end of my tragic cigarette. She’s steam, laughing on the window panes. The never-ending swaying haze, oh that ever smiling maze oh that ever smiling maze, a ballet." pirouette is this ballet dance move. swans (and ballet) represent grace and elegance. so maybe he's referring to her using metaphors like swans and ballet, and adding in "tragic cigarette" because cigarettes are the downfall of many. also, steam never lasts/stays. maybe he's saying that she never stays, or is always constantly changing. and lastly, haze can mean either a fog-like substance or to abuse, so maybe this girl is abusing the writer somehow. "oh that ever smiling maze" leaves me confused, but a ballet is sometimes used as acts/plays. hm, i don't know about the rest of the lyrics, but i WROTE WHAT THIS SONG MEANT TO ME LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED TO. that was for the fucker.

    another thing: if you listen to the beginning of this song while looking at the moon (it's about 3AM right now), it looks really eerie. i don't recommend doing it.

    fueledbyramenaddicton March 24, 2008   Link

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