Panic! At The Disco - This Is Gospel Lyrics

Panic! At The Disco Lyrics

"This Is Gospel"

This is gospel for the fallen ones
Locked away in permanent slumber
Assembling their philosophies
From pieces of broken memories

This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart

Their gnashing teeth and criminal tongues conspire against the odds
But they haven't seen the best of us yet

If you love me let me go
If you love me let me go
'Cause these words are knives and often leave scars
The fear of falling apart
And truth be told, I never was yours
The fear, the fear of falling apart

This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart

This is gospel for the vagabonds
Ne'er-do-wells and insufferable bastards
Confessing their apostasies
Led away by imperfect impostors

This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart

Don't try to sleep through the end of the world and bury me alive
'Cause I won't give up without a fight

If you love me let me go
If you love me let me go
'Cause these words are knives and often leave scars
The fear of falling apart
And truth be told, I never was yours
The fear, the fear of falling apart

The fear of falling apart
The fear, the fear of falling apart

(This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart)
The fear of falling apart
(This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart)
The fear of falling apart

(This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart)
The fear of falling apart
(This is the beat of my heart
This is the beat of my heart)
The fear of falling apart

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Writer(s): Dallon Weekes, Brendon Urie, Jacob Sinclair

This song was inspired by Spencer Smith's struggles with alcoholism and addiction. The fans liked the song and it became an anthem for those which go through hard times as well. Smith explained on the band's website, "Growing up I never used drugs or alcohol. I smoked weed and had my first drink in the same night when I was 19. I loved it, and from that point on I made sure to make up for all those years I had spent abstaining."

Brendon Urie told Billboard about his attitude to Spencer Smith's addiction, the mood which found its way to "This Is Gospel", "When I wrote that song I was mad—mad at myself and mad at him. Like, 'Why can't I do something to fix this? What is wrong with me? What's wrong with you?'"

In an interview with American Songwriter, Brendon Urie noted of this track, "...when I wrote that, I almost didn't show it to anybody, but I really like a lot of the lyrics. I like "assembling philosophies from pieces of broken memories", which I thought was kind of a cool idea, where you only remember so much of your past, and then you build up who you are from those memories that you've created for yourself."

There is a piano version of "This Is Gospel". In its music video, Brendon Urie accompanies himself on the white instrument.

album: "Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!" (2013)

Panic! At The Disco - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! album cover

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