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Panic! at the Disco – Time to Dance Lyrics 8 years ago
This song is about a bride who commits suicide upon her wedding night.

Well, she's not bleeding on the ballroom floor
Just for the attention
'Cause that's just ridiculously odd
Well, she sure is going to get it
Here's the setting
Fashion magazines line the walls now
The walls line the bullet holes

The opening starts with a scene of a bride who has killed herself on the ballroom floor. She has long waited for this day, hiding her suicidal thoughts (bullet holes) behind her wedding plans (fashion magazines)

When I say shotgun, you say wedding
Shotgun, wedding, shotgun, wedding

One would assume that this was an arranged marriage, coincidentally, a SHOTGUN MARRIAGE.

She didn't choose this role
But she'll play it and make it sincere
So you cry, you cry
(Give me a break)
But they believe it from the tears
And the teeth right down to the blood at her feet
Boys will be boys
Hiding in estrogen and wearing aubergine dreams
(Give me a break)

More light is shed upon this issue as the wedding IS revealed to be a shotgun marriage, with the bride smiling through her tears on her wedding night, about to be wedded to a man she had not wanted. (She didn't choose this role)

And when she finally kills herself, the crowd is taken by complete surprise. The point of view then shifts to the groom, who (open to interpretation) is a rash young man, blinded by ranging hormones and a young life (boys will be boys, hiding in estrogen, and wearing aubergine)

Give me envy, give me malice, give me your attention
Give me envy, give me malice, baby, give me a break

To say the least, their relationship has been a taxing, uneasy relationship, the kind that demands constant devotion and yet feels extremely taxing at the same time.

As for the chorus, it all puts the general feel down quite nicely:
Have some composure
And where is your posture?
Oh, no, no
You're pulling the trigger
Pulling the trigger
All wrong

Come on this is screaming photo op, op
Come on
Come on
This is screaming
This is screaming
This is screaming photo op.

When I read these lines, I can feel the groom's hollow sense of rage, regret, and sorrow, turning into rage once again.

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Gerard McMann – Cry Little Sister Lyrics 8 years ago
I'll take a more literal view on this song, and I'll agree with blueangeldust with his interpretation. It is about a boy who gets possesed by a demon, and tries to get his little sister to set him free.

The last fire will rise
Behind those eyes
Black house will rock
Blind boys don't lie
Immortal fear
That voice so clear
Through broken walls
That scream I hear

The introduction begins with the possesion of the boy, as the final fires within him dies out. I believe that 'blind boys don't lie' refers to the demon's nature, controlling and restrictive.

The masquerade
Strangers will come
When will they learn
This loneliness
Temptation heat
Beats like a drum
Deep in your veins
I will not lie to little sister

This part gives insight into how the boy was before he gave in to his demons. One can assume that he was an outcast, rejected by strangers. He still loves his little sister, however, that does not stop him from yielding to his demons.

Cry little sister
"Thou shall not fall"
Come, come to your brother
"Thou shall not die"
Unchain me sister
"Thou shall not fear"
Love is with your brother
"Thou shall not kill"

Now, this reach a point where his possession is visible. Noticing this, his family presumably chains him up. The boy, or rather, the demons within him, try to beg and convince his little sister to free him. His sister is obviously frightened, as the boy does not sound like her brother, and begins to cry.
The way the demon speaks, referring to itself as 'your brother' connotes a certain implication that the little girl's brother is no longer who he once was.
The demon tries to reassure her that her brother still loved her,and she would come to no harm if she unbound his chains.

''Thou shall not kill'' may imply that the little sister eventually did try to destroy her brother, and the rest is up to interpretation.

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