Think I must be dreaming, wide awake and dreaming,” and characters such as Beyoncé (“Silver Lining”) and Carl Sagan (“King Of The Clouds”). He is proclaiming his success, comparing his life to a dream, as shown when sings, “If it’s a dream, don’t wake me. Urie also aims to highlight the success that he has already achieved in his song, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It.” Instead of illuminating his desire for recognition and fame, Urie is declaring that he’s already received those things. Refusing to settle with what he has already accomplished, he doesn’t believe that he has fulfilled his entire potential. In the outro of the song, he sings that he “keep searching.” This could mean that he still aims to achieve higher success than he already has. He reiterates the need for ambition in the song, “King of the Clouds.” He sings, “Some only live to die, I’m alive to fly higher.” He also mentions the impact his mother had on his strive for success and how she continually encouraged him in his musical career. Urie even states that he has a religion of his own: music. Utilizing the imagery and rhetoric of religion is something he enjoys and will continue to do. His childhood was saturated with it, and he tends to romanticize it now. He actually recorded a video where he explains the role of religion in Panic! At the Disco’s album. He explains that, while he himself isn’t religious anymore, religion is still a part of himself that he cannot deny. It’s something that has always influenced his music ever since Panic! At the Disco released their first album, “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out,” which contains their most well-known song, “I Write Sins, Not Tragedies.”
Urie grew up in a Mormon household, so he is quite familiar with religious rhetoric. It is immediately obvious to the listener that this album will contain numerous religious allusions and references, as exemplified in the title. Classical music seems to fit hand-in-hand with religion. At The Disco combines above-average emo-boy yelping with freaky techno tweaks and new-wave synths to make A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out perfect for dancing and moping. It actually works really well with religion because many people think of elegant-sounding instruments, such as the piano or any sort of stringed instruments, when they think of church.
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