Like in the lyrics, it says 'I'd pay to see you frown'. I have a feeling this has something to do with what happens. It was released on February 1st, 2011 as the first single from their third studio album Vices& Virtues. Mary is responsible for the murder of the protagonist (played by the lead singer, Brendon Urie). Whoaaaaa Mona Lisa, i'd paid to see you frown. It was published on the 1st of February 2011 by the remaining members: Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith. The song received positive reviews. I think the cool thing about this song is that it could pretty much go either way. In the next section I think that "there's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you've paid for" may have been the last words that she said to him before killing him. "Basically, all of the songs, including 'Mona Lisa,' kind of touch on what the album is called. i think that the guy who looks like a vampire is dead and is a ghost, so he is talking to her to get her to tell everyone that she killed him. Yeah so I watched it and I don't get it at all. However before she killed him (through means unknown) he kept a note that said "Mary Did It". Again said by the narrator. but he can communicate with the little girl who he tells to find the note he wrote before he died because he knew she was going to kill him and he couldn't stop her. As you see the setting is a funeral type place. He has spent the night with a prostitute, and must deal with the guilt that comes with the decision. just tell me the truth. At The Disco in 2011. I've watched the music video two times. Listen to The Ballad Of Mona Lisa by Panic! /* TFP - lyricinterpretations */ At the Disco. Lyric and video of "The Ballad of Mona Lisa (Live)" by PANIC! "he senses something call it desperation" sort of later implies that the virtue is winning, because the vice has "nothing left to sell him", so it no longer has a hold on the person anymore. Meaning to "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" song lyrics (7 meanings) ... Amazing band. So when he's talking to the little girl in the video "Mona Lisa, wear me out" I can't much explain why he's saying "wear me out" unless this whole thing has worn him out, and the little girl can see and hear him, so he wants her to prove that Mary (Mona Lisa) killed him. I don't get the meaning of the video The Ballad of Mona Lisa? The man shows that if she were a prostitute she would become the main event of the town because she is most likely an outgoing, beautiful, and mysterious woman. At The Disco Month – The Ballad Of Mona Lisa By Holly on 14 Jan 2021 • ( Leave a comment ) I am a Video Editor – and one of the things (probably the main thing) that inspired me to work in television post production was actually music videos. ... Music Rights are covered by collection societies and publishers. She paints her fingers with a close precision He starts to notice empty bottles of gin And takes a moment to assess the sin She's paid for if you aren't then i want to believe that you're a good person" "The Ballad Of Mona Lisa" is the first single off of the album and also the first song written after Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the band. Also she tried to run away when the young girl held up the letter that said "Mary did it" why did she run if her name is Mona Lisa??????? I love this song! These lines are said by the narrator. He is asking her, probably desperately and emotionally, to tell him exactly what she's talking about without being so unclear and mysterious. Remember that you can play this song at the right column of this page by clicking on the PLAY button. so the girl finds the note and revels Marys secret.Mary probably is taken to jail and Brendan has had his revenge. At the Disco from the All My Friends, We're Glorious: Death of a Bachelor Tour Live album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more! I’m back with another song analysis! Based off the video, I think that, after Mary kills him (she is extremely nice to everyone but still committed a murder), his spirit finds a way to communicate to a little girl (Mona Lisa), who looks sweet and young, but really is capable of running the town, possibly in a slightly evil way (the grin that spreads across her face), and also this grin hints to the line "I'd pay to see you frown". But she'd have nothing left to sell him" The narrator shows that the client seems to have questioned her about her desperation and why she chose to be a prostitute. Mona Lisa/Mary, in (probably) killing the man in the coat/narrator, basically paid to be punished, IE, probably going to jail or getting caught in that net-gun-thingy. (I'm mostly talking about the music video, sorry!) Say what you mean, tell me i'm right. “She paints her fingers with a close precision” i don't know if this made sense... it falls into place in my head anyway. He is implying that she is heartless when he says she will "run this town" (as in she will do anything whether moral or amoral to gain something). (Chorus again, same interpretation except at this point she seems to have gotten home from the client and the first man is singing to her again) She is drinking to repress her guilty conscience. And let the sun rain down on me . Kylee May 26, 2011-21:13. Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. I'm guess it might mean something like 'I would pay real money to show people who you really are'. Lyrics to The Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! "He senses something call it desperation, another dollar another day" The narrator is now telling of a NEW man, different from the first man who sings the chorus. That's what I think but i could be wrong. 2nd you can understand that the guy as in a close relationship with the girl and that she didn't truly love him, if you look close at all of the stuff the guy and girl had at their house in the video you can tell that it was all nice and that most likely means she was a goldigger and wasn't telling the man something, and probably he got to deep in her personal life that she got drunk, angry, and decided to kill the man, it never said anything dirty, the song was mostly REVENGE!watch the video and make your own interpretation bc a lot of the time everyone has their own different view of everything. Then the chorus could be him asking her what she meant when she said that. The man in the song makes a reference to this, by saying that instead of paying her for sex he would pay her to end her secrets and wipe that smug, mysterious smile off her face. Tell me i'm right, and let the sun rain down on me! 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