But It’s Better If You Do

But It’s Better If You Do

Panic! at the Disco

In this song, the narrator is at a strip club wishing that he didn’t have to be there because of loneliness.

The song is connected to the 7th track, “Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off”, in that Ryan Ross and his ex-girlfriend’s break-up inspired both. Sonically, it connects to the 10th track, “I Write Sins, Not Tragedies”, the final moments in this song have the opening rifts of “I Write Sins, not Tragedies,” which could be herd here.

In the video, a man goes to a strip club without the knowledge of his wife. He then discovers that his wife is actually a stripper.

The title of this song (as well as the title of the song “Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off”) comes from the words of Natalie Portman’s character in the movie “Closer”. She says:

“Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it’s better if you do”

This song comes right after the intermission of the album. It is at this song that the sound of the album transitions from a lively electronic vibe into more of an old-fashioned cabaret feeling. The change is significant because the music from this point on is, in a literal sense, stripped down.