This song, if I've even interpreted it correctly, has a rather peculiar meaning behind the lyrics. And the whole wedding thing is just metaphorical, a way to compare to the foundation of the song's lyrics.

Oh, well imagine;" This simple line could basically be "life or death" right now. So the narrator is just simply sharing this story, but, you all know Panic! well enough to know you should always expect the deepest interpretations possible. So most likely, the narrator is actually just thinking about what might've been.

"As I'm pacing the pew in a church corrider and I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words. 'What a beautiful wedding,' says a bridesmaids to a waiter. 'Yes, but what a shame the groom's bride is a whore.'" This is pretty self-explanitory, I think. The narrator is about to be married, is nervous and pacing when he overhears 2 people talking about smack his bride.

"I'd chime in with a 'Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamned door?' No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality." So the narrator doesn't exactly like the way they're talking about his betrothed for his own reasons alone. He, instinctively, almost yells at them, telling them to find a private place to talk about that kind of stuff, but decides he'll be an adult about it, especially at his wedding, and speak rationally through this. And that's the part where he's imagining; what would've happened had he not stopped himself from yelling at them.

Well, this song does correspond to the video so I suppose I'll introduce that now. The reception is already started and yet the groom's side of the family isn't there yet. the bride's family wears loads of make-up, metaphorically saying that they're covering up who they really are. When the groom's family finally makes an appearance, Brendon (who is supposed to be the groom's conscience) is swept into the church, too. The groom's family is acting like they're sideshow performers, metaphorically saying they're being who they really are. Not too corny yet. So Brendon practically crashes the wedding, trying to get the groom to see who he's really taking for his wife. The bride gets upset and storms out. The groom's conscience tells him to go out after her, but is he doing it to try and apologize or to see if his suspicions were valid? Either way, he goes out after her to find her making out with another guy, which proves his suspicions are definately valid. She shoots him a nonchalant, apologetic smile as his side of the family comes out to comfort him. Notice, though that none of the brides family comes out, most lkely because they don't really care. She grew up thinking this kind of behavior was okay, so what makes you think they'll be sorry for her and the way they raised her?

"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." This is also quite self-explanitory. The groom's saying the marriage wasn't exactly saved but he was saved from the marriage because it was called off.

So the overall meaning of this song is one of two meanings, or maybe even both. The narrator, not really a groom, went through a bad relationship where it was almost perfect until he found out how bad his "bride" was to him, or this could be about, drumroll for the corny, the importance of family relationships. If the meaning is the latter, then I have to admit that I envy the way Panic! can take such a naive idea and turn it into such a badass song.

Well that's my take on the lyrics. Hope it helped :3