Panic! At The Disco - Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks Lyrics Meaning

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Jan 2nd 2012!⃝

I posted a big thing on There's A Good Reason, and I'm gonna do the same thing here. Post verses and a simplified version under it.

Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks

Watch your mouth, oh oh oh,
Because your speech is slurred enough,
That you just might swallow your tongue.
(You're just so drunk, and there's so many consequences.)

I’m sure you would want to give up the ghost,
With just a little more poise then that.
Or was it God who chokes in these situations?
Running late? Oh no, he called in.
(I'm sure you'd want to die with a little more pride/a better reason than all this drinking. God hasn't helped you, and he won't. [I'm thinking it was one of those things that just had to happen, I'm thinking to inspire Ryan to write amazing music.])

Or was it God who chokes in these situations?
Running late? Oh no, he called in.
(God can't help you. He's done.)

The hospice is, a relaxing weekend get-a-way,
Where you’re a cut above all the rest.
Sick and sad patients,
On first name basis,
With all the top physicians.
(I'm gonna convince you to go to the hospice because you need it. You're better than most of the people there and the patients get to know the doctors pretty well.)

Perscribed pills to offset the shakes,
To offset the pills,
You know you should take it a day at a time.
(You got pills to stop the shakes, and more pills to stop the side affects of the others. Just take life slowly. You don't know how long you'll last.)

That’s when you st-st-stutter something profound,
To the support on the line,
And with the way you’ve been talking,
Every word gets you a step closer to Hell. (x2)
(You stutter something amazing to your support on the phone and somehow convince them everything is okay, but you're lying and every lie gets you closer to Hell.)

I am alone in this bed, house and head,
She never fixes this,
But at least she…
I am alone in this bedroom.
She never fixes this,
But at least she…
([I think this is from Ryan's point of view] I'm alone in this situation. Nobody knows what I'm really going through. [I'm thinking "she" is Ryan's mom.] Mom never tries to fix all of this, but at least she...[isn't an alcoholic too])

Hope this helps you guys :D

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