<P> The song was covered by Fall Out Boy, fellow Decaydance band, for their live album, * * * *: Live in Phoenix . (Fall Out Boy commonly uses the song's chorus as a lead - in to "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" in concert .) </P> <P> "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" was ranked No. 3 in Billboard's Best 2000's Video poll . </P> <P> The title of the song refers to Douglas Coupland's novel Shampoo Planet, wherein the main character, Tyler Johnson, says: "I am writing a list of tragic character flaws on my dollar bills with a felt pen . I am thinking of the people in my universe and distilling for each of these people the one flaw in their character that will be their downfall--the flaw that will be their undoing . What I write are not sins; I write tragedies ." </P> <P> "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" is Panic! at the Disco's first single to have a music video . ("The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" was the first single, but no video was filmed .) The video for the song takes place at a strange, circus - themed wedding played by the Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque . </P>

Meaning of the song i write sins not tragedies
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