밴드의 바이오그라피를 뒤져보면 그야말로 산전수전 다 겪은 것 같다. 하지만 라스 베이거스 출신의 보컬 브렌든 우리에는 그래봐야 1987년생, 미국식 나이로 스물셋밖에 되지 않은 팔팔한 청춘이고, 그의 밴드 패닉 앳 더 디스코는 고교시절 결성됐다. 같은 학교(Palo Verde High School)를 다니고 있던 시절, 전 멤버 브렌트 윌슨Brent Wilson의 설명에 따르면 당시 브랜든 우리에는 “너무 설익은 밴드”에서 기타를 맡고 있던 재원이었다. 결국 브랜든은 브렌트가 주축이 되는 밴드로 옮겨가 연주하는 동시에 코러스를 맡게 되는데, 그가 가볍게 노래하는 순간 만장일치로 보컬이 바뀌었다. 앨범계약을 이루고 본격적인 활동이 시작될 무렵 브렌트가 “탈퇴는 내 의사로 이루어진 일이 아니다” “나중에 법정에서 만나자”고 성토하고, 두 번째 앨범까지 함께 연주하던 라이언 로스Ryan Ross와 존 워커Jon Walker마저 떠나게 될 때까지, 브랜든은 노래로 무대의 중앙을 그리고 그룹의 중심을, 나아가 뮤지션의 아이덴티티를 지켰다.
유행하는 매체가 바뀌고, 동시에 세상도 빠르게 바뀌는 오늘날, 패닉 앳 더 디스코 같은 이력을 가진 밴드는 더 이상 등장하지 않을 것 같다. 그들은 2000년대 중반 신예 뮤지션의 데뷔 창구가 되었던 ‘퓨어볼륨’ 세대이고 ‘마이스페이스’ 세대이기 때문이다. 약간의 성격과 기능의 차이는 있지만 퓨어볼륨과 마이스페이스는 루키가 완성한 음악을 등록해 평가와 호응을 기다리는 커뮤니티라는 점에서 같았다. 퓨어볼륨에서는 ‘계약 직전의 신예뮤지션’ 톱텐으로, 마이스페이스에서는 ‘가능성있는 신예 인디 뮤지션’ 톱으로 랭킹된 그들의 음악에 깊게 주목했던 영향력있는 인물은 폴 아웃 보이Fall Out Boy의 베이시스트 피터 웬츠Pete Wentz로, 이 새내기들의 신선하고 탄탄한 음악에 관심을 기울이고 온라인으로 인연을 맺다가 여행 차 라스 베이거스에 찾아온 후 그들을 만나 그들의 인생을 바꿔놓았다. 그는 자신이 소속되어 있던 레이블(Fueled by Ramen)에 패닉 앳 더 디스코를 소개했고 계약을 이끌었다. 여기서 처음 공개했던 그들의 첫 번째 앨범 [A Fever You Can't Sweat Out](2005)는 미국에서만 1.6백만 장, 전세계 세일즈 2.2백만 장을 기록했다.
데뷔 앨범으로 즉시 유럽과 북미 투어가 이루어졌고, 때로는 공연장의 사나운 청중으로부터 폭탄을 맞기도 했다. 훌리건 유사의 2006년 영국 레딩 페스티벌Reading Festival의 무자비한 관중은 물불 안가리고 그들에게 플라스틱 물병을 던지기 시작했고, 브랜든이 정통으로 맞아 잠깐 공연이 중단되기도 했다. 하지만 다시 무대에 섰고(“그런다고 내가 갈 줄 알아?” 하는 패기의 대응과 함께), 그밖의 예정된 공연은 변함없이 지속됐으며 앨범작업 또한 마찬가지였다. 그들은 어리거나 젊었고, 나이다운 공격성과 능동성을 두루 갖추고 있었다. 2집 [Pretty. Odd.](2008)는 공격적이고 능동적인 돌진이 극단적으로 터진 작품이다. 특유의 넘치는 에너지에 고전에 대한 이해가 탑재된, 그리하여 웅장하게 펼쳐진 거대하고 실험적인 록 오페라를 완성했다. 만드는 동안 상당한 진통이 있었으리라 판단되는 중후한 앨범이었다.
지난 1년간의 이야기
일찍부터 만나 함께 데뷔하고 함께 절정을 맛보았던 멤버 둘, 라이언과 존은 음악적 견해차로 팀을 떠나 최근 새 밴드 영 베인스The Young Veins를 결성했다. 설명에 따르자면 남아있는 브랜든은 “보다 팝적인 음악”을 원했고, 떠난 라이언은 “보다 복고적인 음악”을 원했기 때문이라고. 아무리 합의로 헤어졌다 한들 결별이라는 변화는 모두에게 작은 상처와 불안과 혼란을 고루 안겨주었을 것이고, 그랬던 경험은 곧 음악에 반영되었을 것이다. .... ....
Sit tight, I'm gonna need you to keep time, C'mon, just snap, snap, snap your fingers for me, Good, good now we're making some progress, Come on just tap, tap, tap your toes to the beat,
And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well, Don't you see? I'm the narrator, and this is just the prologue.
[Chorus:] Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen, Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be, your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives [x2]
Applause, applause, No wait, wait, Dear studio audience, I've an announcement to make, It seems the artists these days are not who you think, So we'll pick back up on that on another page,
And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well, Don't you see? I'm the narrator and this is just the prologue.
[Chorus x2]
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen, Swear to shake it up, oh, you swear to listen Swear to shake it up, swear to shake it up,
Stop stalling. Make a name for yourself. Boy you better put that pen to paper and charm your way out. If you talk, you better walk, you better back your shit up With more than good hooks while you're all under the gun
Start talking, "a sensonalist" Oh he's slightly clever, to just a certain extent If you talk, you better walk, you better keep your mouth shut. With more than good hooks while you're under the gun
(panic! meet the press) It's time for us to take a chance It's time for us to take a chance (panic! meet the press) It's time for us to take a chance It's time for us
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzine, Make us it, make us hip, make us scene Or shrug us off your shoulders. Don't approve a single word that we wrote. Well we're just a wet dream for the webzine, Make us it, make us hip, make us scene Or shrug us off your shoulders. Don't approve a single word that we wrote.
I'm burnin and I'm blackening my lungs Boy you know it feels good with fire back on your tongue If you talk, you better walk, you better back your shit up With more than good hooks while you're all under the gun Start talking, a sensationalist Oh he's slighty clever, to just a certain extent. Oh keep quiet! Let us sing like the doves, Then decide if it's done with purpose or lack thereof.
Just for the record, The weather today is slightly sarcastic with a good chance of: A. indifference and B. disinterest in what the critics say It's time for us to take a chance It's time for us
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzine, Make us it, make us hip, make us scene Or shrug us off your shoulders. Don't approve a single word that we wrote. Well we're just a wet dream for the webzine, Make us it, make us hip, make us scene Or shrug us off your shoulders. Don't approve a single word that we wrote.
Just for the record, The weather today is slightly sarcastic with a good chance of: A. indifference and B. disinterest in what the critics say
Well we're just a wet dream for the webzine, Make us it, make us hip, make us scene Or shrug us off your shoulders. Don't approve a single word that we wrote. Well we're just a wet dream for the webzine, Make us it, make us hip, make us scene Or shrug us off your shoulders. Don't approve a single word that we wrote.
Just for the record, The weather today is slightly sarcastic with a good chance of: A. indifference and B. disinterest in what the critics say
Watch your mouth, oh oh oh Because your speech is slurred enough That you just might swallow your tongue Im sure you'd want to give up the ghost With just a little more poise than that
{Or was it God who chokes, In these situations, running late, Oh no, he called in, he called in,} x2
The hospice is A relaxing weekend getaway Where you're a cut above all the rest Sick and sad patients On first name basis with all the top physicians
[Chorus:] Prescribed pills, To offset the shakes, To offset the pills, You know you should, Take it a day at a time,
{That's when you, S-S-Stutter something profound, To the support on the line, And with the way you've been talking, Every word puts you a step closer to hell} x2
[Chorus x2]
I am, Alone in this bed, house, and head, And she never fixes this, But at least she, (makes me forget)
I am, Alone, in this bedroom, She never fixes this, But at least she, Makes me forget,
[Chorus x2]
The hospice is, A relaxing weekend getaway, Where you're a cut above all the rest, Sick and sad patients, On first name basis with all the top physicians,
The IV and your hospital bed, This was no accident, This was a therapeutic chain of events,
This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor, This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital, And it's not so pleasant. And it's not so conventional, And it sure as hell ain't normal, but we deal, we deal, The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where, The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in, No it's not so pleasant, And it's not so conventional, And it sure as hell ain't normal, But we deal, we deal,
Just sit back, just sit back, Just sit back, and relax Just sit back, just sit back Just sit back, relapse, again
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Sit back, relax Sit back, relapse again Can??歟?t take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Just sit back, just sit back,
You??歟?re a regular decorated emergency, You??歟?re a regular decorated emergency,
This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor, This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital, It's not so pleasant, And it's not so conventional It sure as hell ain't normal, but we deal, we deal, The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where, The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in, It's not so pleasant, And it's not so conventional, It sure as hell ain't normal, But we deal, we deal,
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Sit back, relax Sit back, relapse again Can??歟?t take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid Just sit back, just sit back
Sit back, sit back Relax, Relapse Sit back, sit back Ba ba bado You can take the kid out of the fight
You're a regular decorated emergency, The bruises and contusions will remind me what you did when you wake, You??歟?ve earned your place atop the ICU's hall of fame, The camera caught you causing a commotion on the gurney again,
You're a regular decorated emergency, The bruises and contusions will remind me what you did when you wake, You??歟?ve earned your place atop the ICU's hall of fame, The camera caught you causing a commotion on the gurney again.
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid, Sit back, relax Sit back, relapse again Can??歟?t take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid, Just sit back, just sit back,
Sit back, sit back Relax, Relapse Sit back, sit back Ba ba bado You can take the kid out of the fight
The IV and your hospital bed, This was no accident, This was a therapeutic chain of events.
Well she's not bleeding on the ballroom floor, Just for the attention, Cause that's just ridiculously on, But she sure is gonna get it,
Here's the setting, Fashion magazines line the walls now, The walls line the bullet holes, You sure, you sure you let her have it, You sure, you sure,
[Chorus:] Have some composure, And where is your posture? Oh no no, You're pulling the trigger, Pulling the trigger all wrong, [x2]
Give me envy, Give me malice, Give me attention, Give me envy, Give me malice, Baby, give me a break,
When I say shotgun, you say wedding Shotgun, Wedding, Shotgun, Wedding,
Well she didn't choose this role, But she'll play it and make it sincere, So you cry, you cry, (Baby, 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, (Baby, give me a break)
[Chorus x2]
Come on this is screaming photo op, op, (It's time to dance) Come on this is screaming photo op, op, (It's time to dance) Come on, come on, This is screaming, This is screaming, This is screaming photo op, (It's time to dance)
Have some composure, And where is your posture? (You sure, you sure let her have it) You're pulling the trigger, pulling the trigger, (You sure, you sure,)
Give me envy, Give me malice, Give me attention, Give me envy, Give me malice, Baby, give me a break, When I say shotgun, you say wedding, Shotgun, Wedding, Shotgun, Wedding,
Boys will be boys, Hiding in estrogen, and boys will be boys, Boys will be boys, Hiding in estrogen and wearing aubergine dreams.
Is it still me that makes you sweat? Am I who you think about in bed? When the lights are dim and your hands are shaking as you're sliding off your dress?
Then think of what you did And how I hope to God he was worth it. When the lights are dim and your heart is racing as your fingers touch your skin.
I've got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better fuck Than any boy you'll ever meet, sweetie you had me Girl I was it, look past the sweat, a better love deserving of Exchanging body heat in the passenger seat? No, no, no, you know it will always just be me
Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster, faster So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, Will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close? So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, Will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close?
So I guess we're back to us, oh cameraman, swing the focus In case I lost my train of thought, where was it that we last left off? (Let's pick up, pick up)
Oh now I do recall, we were just getting to the part Where the shock sets in, and the stomach acid finds a new way to make you get sick.
I hope you didn't expect that you'd get all of the attention. Now let's not get selfish Did you really think I’d let you kill this chorus?
Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster, faster So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, Will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close? So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, Will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close?
Dance to this beat Dance to this beat Dance to this beat
Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster, faster Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster
I've got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better fuck Than any boy you'll ever meet, sweetie you had me Girl I was it, look past the sweat, a better love deserving of Exchanging body heat in the passenger seat? No, no, no, you know it will always just be me
Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster, faster So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, Will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close? So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, Will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close?
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls Dance to this beat So testosterone boys and harlequin girls Dance to this beat And hold a lover close Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster, faster Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster
Now I'm of consenting age to be forgetting you in a cabaret. Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen may even ask my name As she sheds her skin on stage I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's P.A. The strip joint veteran sits two away Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
But, but I'm afraid that I Well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, well I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Well, I'm afraid that I Well, I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
Well, I'm afraid that I Well, that's right, well I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Praying for love and paying in naivety Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh
Oh, well imagine as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor, and I can't help but to hear, no I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words: "What a beautiful wedding, what a beautiful wedding!" says a bridesmaid to a waiter. "Yes, but what a shame, what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore."
I'd chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality. I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of
Well in fact well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved! Well this calls for a toast, so pour the champagne! Oh! Well in fact well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved! Well this calls for a toast, so pour the champagne, pour the champagne!
I'd chime in with a Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality. I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
Again.
I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality. I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
Give us this day our daily dose of faux affliction Forgive our sins Forged at the pulpit with forked tongues Selling faux sermons
'Cause I am a new wave gospel sharp And you'll be thy witness So gentlemen, if you are gonna preach For God sakes preach with conviction
Strike up the band Whoa, the conductor is beckoning Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now, don't you move
Strike up the band Whoa, the conductor is beckoning Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now, don't you move
Just stay where I can see you Douse the lights We sure are in for a show tonight
In this little number we are graced By two displays of character We've got the gunslinger extraordinaire Walking contradictions
And I for one can see no blood From the hearts and the wrists you allegedly slit And I for one won't stand for this If the scene were a parish you'd all be condemned
Strike up the band Whoa, the conductor is beckoning Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now, don't you move
Strike up the band Whoa, the conductor is beckoning Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now, don't you, don't you move
Just stay where I can see you Douse the lights We sure are in for a show tonight
Just stay where I can see you Douse the lights We sure are in for a show tonight
Stay where I can see you Douse the lights
Strike up the band Whoa, the conductor is beckoning Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now, don't you move
Strike up the band Whoa, the conductor is beckoning Come congregation, let's sing it like you mean it No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now, don't you move
Please leave all overcoats, canes, and top hats with the doorman And from that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
Please leave all overcoats, canes, and top hats with the doorman And from that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
When you're in black slacks with accentuating off-white pinstripes, whoa-oh Everything goes according to plan
I'm the new cancer, never looked better And you can't stand it I know because you say so under your breath You're reading lips, "When did he get at all confident?" Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer? Never looked better And you can't stand it
Next is a trip to the ladies room in vain I bet you just can't keep up with these fashionistas Tonight, tonight, you are, you are the whispering campaign To them, your name is "Cheap", and you look like sh-- Talk to the mirror, choke back tears And keep telling yourself that, "I'm a diva."
Oh, and the smokes in that cigarette box at your table They just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin
I'm the new cancer, never looked better And you can't stand it I know because you say so under your breath You're reading lips, "When did he get at all confident?" Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer? Never looked better And you can't stand it
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer? I've never looked better and you can't stand it Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer? I've never looked better and you can't stand it
And I know, and I know It just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up I've never been so surreptitious So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch And I know, and I know It just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up I've never been so surreptitious So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch And I know, and I know It just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up I've never been so surreptitious So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
It's these substandard motels on the (lalalalala) corner of 4th and Freemont Street Appealing only because they are just that un-appealing Any practiced catholic would cross themselves upon entering The rooms have a hint of asbestos and maybe just dash a of formaldehyde And the habit of decomposing right before your very (lalalala) eyes.
Along with the people inside What a wonderful caricature of intimacy Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Tonight tennants range from: a lawyer and a virgin Accessorizing with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie She's getting a job at the firm come Monday The Mrs. will stay with the cheating attorney Moonlighting aside, she really needs his money Oh what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Yeah (Yeah)
And not to mention the constable and his proposition for that "virgin" Yes, the one the lawyer met with on "strictly business" as he said to the Mrs. Well only hours before After he had left, as she was fixing her face in a compact There was a terrible crash (There was a terrible crash) Between her and the badge She spilled her purse and her bag, and held a "purse" of a different kind
Along with the people inside What a wonderful caricature of intimacy Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
There are no... raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses Its sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses, at the shade of the sheets and before all the stains and a few more of your least favorite things
Raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses and it's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses at the shade of the sheets and before all the stains And a few more of your least favorite things.
Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy Inside, what a wonderful caricature of intimacy
Raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses And sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses at the shade of the sheets and before all the stains And a few more of your least favorite things
Raindrops on roses and the girls in white dresses And the sleeping with the roaches and the taking best guesses at the shade of the sheets before all the stains And a few more of your least favorite things
Boys and girls of every age Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see This, our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright It's our town, everybody scream In this town of Halloween
I am the one hiding under your bed Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
I am the one hiding under your stairs Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
In this town, don't we love it now? Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...
Scream! This is Halloween Red 'n' black, slimy green
Aren't you scared?
Well, that's just fine Say it once, say it twice Take a chance and roll the dice Ride with the moon in the dead of night
Everybody scream, everybody scream
In our town of Halloween!
I am the clown with the tear-away face Here in a flash and gone without a trace
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?" I am the wind blowing through your hair
I am the shadow on the moon at night Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Tender lumplings everywhere Life's no fun without a good scare
That's our job, but we're not mean In our town of Halloween
In this town
Don't we love it now? Everyone's waiting for the next surprise
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back And scream like a banshee Make you jump out of your skin This is Halloween, everybody scream Wont' ya please make way for a very special guy
Our man jack is King of the Pumpkin patch Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now
This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
La la la la-la La la la la-la La la la la-la la la-la la Whoo!
Now I'm of consenting age To be forgetting you in a cabaret Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen May even ask my name
As she sheds her skin on stage I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's PA. And the strip joint veteran sits two away Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety
Oh isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety
Oh, but I'm afraid that I, Well I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place
Well, I'm afraid that I, That's right, well I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety
Well, I'm afraid that I, Well I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead-d-dead-d-dead-d-dead in this place
Well, I'm afraid that I, Well that's right, well I may have faked it And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me I'm exactly where you'd like me you know Praying for love in a lap dance And paying in naivety
Praying for love and paying in naivety Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh
Oh, well imagine; as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor,
오 상상해봐 내가 교회 긴의자사이를 왔다 갔다 거리는것을 and I can't help but to hear, no I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words.
그리고 난 들을수 밖에 없어 그래 들을수 밖에 없어 말들이 오가는것을 "What a beautiful wedding!, What a beautiful wedding!" says a bridesmaid to the waiter.
"너무나 아름다운 결혼이야!" (X2) 신부들러리가 웨이터에게 말하지 "Ah yes, but what a shame, what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore." "아 그래요, 하지만 안됐네요 안됐어... 신랑의 신부는 걸레거든" (이남자 저남자하고 맘대로 잔다는 소리군요.. 바람피고)
I'd chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
난 그때 끼어들지 "당신들은 망할 문을 닫는 단 소리도 못들어봤어??!" (남의일 끼어들지 말라고 하는듯)
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
그래, 이런건 합리와 포이즈를 가지고 대하는거야 I'd chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
난 그때 끼어들지 "당신들은 망할 문을 닫는 단 소리도 못들어봤어??!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
그래, 이런건 합리와 포이즈를 가지고 대하는거야
Well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved
그래 보면, 그래 난 이렇게 보지, 어떻게 보면 우리 결혼은 구조됐거든 Well this calls for, a toast so, pour the champagne
그래 그러니까 건배가 필요하니 샴페인을 따라라
Well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved
그래 보면, 그래 난 이렇게 보지, 어떻게 보면 우리 결혼은 구조됐거든 Well this calls for, a toast so, pour the champagne
그래 그러니까 건배가 필요하니 샴페인을 따라라
I'd chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
난 그때 끼어들지 "당신들은 망할 문을 닫는 단 소리도 못들어봤어??!" (남의일 끼어들지 말라고 하는듯)
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
그래, 이런건 합리와 포이즈를 가지고 대하는거야 I'd chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
난 그때 끼어들지 "당신들은 망할 문을 닫는 단 소리도 못들어봤어??!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
그래, 이런건 합리와 포이즈를 가지고 대하는거야
Again..
다시....
I'd chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
난 그때 끼어들지 "당신들은 망할 문을 닫는 단 소리도 못들어봤어??!" (남의일 끼어들지 말라고 하는듯)
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
그래, 이런건 합리와 포이즈를 가지고 대하는거야 I'd chime in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
난 그때 끼어들지 "당신들은 망할 문을 닫는 단 소리도 못들어봤어??!" No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
Sit tight, I'm gonna need you to keep time, C'mon, just snap, snap, snap your fingers for me, Good, good now we're making some progress, Come on just tap, tap, tap your toes to the beat,
And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well, Don't you see? I'm the narrator, and this is just the prologue.
[Chorus:] Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen, Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be, your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives [x2]
Applause, applause, No wait, wait, Dear studio audience, I've an announcement to make, It seems the artists these days are not who you think, So we'll pick back up on that on another page,
And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well, Don't you see? I'm the narrator and this is just the prologue.
[Chorus x2]
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen, Swear to shake it up, oh, you swear to listen Swear to shake it up, swear to shake it up,
Back to the street where we began Feeling as good as lovers can you know Yeah we're feeling so good Pickng up things we shouldn't read It looks like the end of history as we know Its just the end of the world
Back to the street where we began Feeling as good as love You could you can
Into a place where thoughts can bloom Into a room where its nine in the afternoon
Beacause its nine in the afternoon Your eyes are the size of the moon You could cause you can so you do We're feeling so good Just the way that we do When its nine in the afternoon Your eyes are the size of the moon You could cuz you can so you do We're feeling so good
Back to the street Down to our feet Losing the feeling of feeling unique
Back to the street Back to the place Back to the room where it all began Hey Back to the room where it all began
Because its nine in the afternoon Your eyes are the size of the moon You could cause you can so you do We're feeling so good Just the way that we do When its nine in the afternoon Your eyes are the size of the moon You could cause you can so you do We're feeling so good Just the way that we do When it nine in the afternoon
Innocence sunk the glow and drowned in covers Send for all your absent lover's things Sheepish wolves looking lived in eating buttons Wink, just don't put your teeth on me (Go on)
Accidents let the evening in the back door Filled the room ceiling to the floor Beat backbones, grazed the poem and made it strange I wasn't born to be a skeleton (Go on)
Go on, grab your hat and fetch a camera Go on, film the world before it happens Go on, grab your hat and fetch a camera Go on, film the world before it happens (Go on)
Jealous orchard the sky is falling off the ceiling While I'm tucking fibs into a cookie jar Reverie it's useless searching in the cupboards When everything you have is on your back (Go on)
Go on grab your hat and fetch a camera Go on film the world before it happens (Go on) Go on grab your hat and fetch a camera Go on film the world before it happens
Go on grab your hat and fetch a camera Go on film the world before it happens (Go on) Film the world before it happens Film the world before it happens (Go on) Film the world before it happens
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