Panic at the disco viva las vengeance lyrics

Panic! At The Disco is back: Brendon Urie, the leader of the band, announced the new song, Viva Las Vengeance: a powerful, catchy song that fan loved since the first second. The lyrics have many shades and parts to be interpreted carefully. That’s what we will do in this article: we delve into the meaning of the lyrics and offer an interpretation of the song.

Below you can find the official video of Viva Las Vengeance.

As shortly anticipated by the band when they released the official video, “this is the tale about growing up in Las Vegas. It’s about love, fame, burnout and everything that happens in between.” The band changed the name in Las Vengeance, meaning that a city like Las Vegas, based on fame, limelight and plastic happiness, can become a curse, a dream where you actually want to wake up.

In the song Brendon Urie describes the way he sees life in a city like Las Vegas, after he became famous. “I don’t want to be a diva” is one of the clearest verses of the song, and it may be a hidden reference to a verse inside the song he released in 2005, You Just Haven’t Thought of It Yet, where he explicitely says “I’m a diva”. In this way the auther wants probably to confess how he’s changed over the years, and how now he prefers to stay out of the stage, trying to enjoy life.

I don’t wanna be a diva
I just wanna be free
On a sofa with Sativa
Living the dream

Sativa is a type of cannabis. So these verses mean that Brendon just wants to chill, avoiding the rush of fame and public life.

There are other parts of the song where the author expresses criticism towards the worls as he sees it. “Kids with loaded guns” refers to weapon control and the way it’s managed in US, “woodstock in the shed, I’m so out of it” may refer to drugs and how he wants to keep himself out of that world. And all leads to the chorus, where he talks to an abstract girl, proposing to just go to bed, and the girl answers “Viva Las Vengeance”. Apparently, the world aroung him doesn’t have same intentions as him.

Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”
Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”

As long as the song goes on, the verses become even a bit sadder. “In a city full of promises nothing rings true”, says Brendon in the second half, and it’s clear how he sees a big difference between appearance and truth, in a city like Las Vegas. And the outro brings some melancholy:

Every moment is a replay
I’m being buried alive
Didn’t wanna kill the DJ
But it can’t hurt to try

Ultimately, that’s the true meaning of Viva Las Vengeance lyrics: Brendon Urie feels overwhelmed. And on some extent, the temptation to pull the plug of fame is real. The DJ in the verses above could be himself (the leader of a band that has “disco” on its name), so “killing the DJ” could mean stopping the musical project, take a break from music. But he’s doing his best to hold up and keep making music. Because giving up means that Las Vegas would win.

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The full lyrics

Pyramid of ones, kids with loaded guns, plugged on a power strip (Power strip)
I’m already dead, woodstock in the shed, I’m so out of it (Out of it)
Someone did me wrong, stole my favorite song, yes, it really hurt (Really hurt)
Stepped on every chord, fell on every sword, yes, excalibur (Excalibur)

I don’t wanna be a diva
I just wanna be free
On a sofa with Sativa
Living the dream

Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”
Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”

Hacking at my feed, act like you are mе, no one really cares (Rеally cares)
Nothing’s really real, no one really feels, nothing to declare (To declare)

I don’t wanna be anonymous
But I don’t wanna be you
In a city full of promises
Nothing rings true

Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”
Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”

Giving up the key to paint a masterpiece, what am I doing here?
Stuck here in the weeds on a road that leads to nowhere
To nowhere, to nowhere, to nowhere
To nowhere, to nowhere, to nowhere, to nowhere
Shut up and go to bed
Viva Las Vengeance

Shut up and go to bed
Viva Las Vengeance
Shut up and go to bed
Viva Las Vengeance
Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”
Shut up and go to bed
She said “Viva Las Vengeance”

Every moment is a replay
I’m being buried alive
Didn’t wanna kill the DJ
But it can’t hurt to try

Panic! At The Disco Lyrics

"Viva Las Vengeance"

Pyramid of ones, kids with loaded guns
Plugged on a power strip
(Power strip)
I'm already dead, Woodstock in the shed
I'm so out of it
(Out of it)
Someone did me wrong, stole my favorite song
Yes, it really hurt
(Really hurt)
Stepped on every chord, fell on every sword
Yes, Excalibur
(Excalibur)

I don't wanna be a diva
I just wanna be free
On a sofa with Sativa
Living the dream

Shut up and go to bed
She said, "Viva Las Vengeance!"
Shut up and go to bed
She said, "Viva Las Vengeance!"

Hacking at my feed, act like you are me
No one really cares
(Really cares)
Nothing's really real, no one really feels
Nothing to declare
(To declare)

I don't wanna be anonymous
But I don't wanna be you
In a city full of promises
Nothing rings true

Shut up and go to bed
She said, "Viva Las Vengeance!"
Shut up and go to bed
She said, "Viva Las Vengeance!"

Giving up the key to paint a masterpiece
What am I doing here?
Stuck here in the weeds
On a road that leads

To nowhere
To nowhere
To nowhere
To nowhere
To nowhere
To nowhere
To nowhere
To nowhere

Shut up and go to bed
Viva Las Vengeance

Shut up!
(Shut up and go to bed)
(Viva Las Vengeance)
Shut up!
(Shut up and go to bed)
(Viva Las Vengeance)

Shut up and go to bed
She said, "Viva Las Vengeance!"
Shut up and go to bed
She said, "Viva Las Vengeance!"

Every moment is a replay
I'm being buried alive
Didn't wanna kill the DJ
But it can't hurt to try

Writer(s): Jacob S. Sinclair, Michael Viola, Brendon Boyd Urie

"Viva Las Vengeance" is the first taste of Panic! At The Disco's seventh studio album of the same title. The band commented on this song in the description of its music video directed by Brendan Walter ("High Hopes"), "Welcome to Viva Las Vengeance. This is the tale about growing up in Las Vegas. It's about love, fame, burnout and everything that happens in between. [...] This is the new era, and the journey starts now."

Teasing the release of this song on Twitter on the 29th of May, 2022, the band posted a video of an old TV set and wrote, "Don't touch that dial. Viva Las Vengeance (and so much more) coming June 1st at 10am ET."

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album: "Viva Las Vengeance" (2022)

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