I'm walking the long road, watching the sky fall. The lace in your dress tingles my neck, how do I live?
Baby, we built this house on memories
Take my picture now, shake it 'til you see it
And when your fantasies become your legacy
Promise me a place in your house of memories
Take my picture now, shake it 'til you see it
And when your fantasies become your legacy
Promise me a place in your house of memories
— "House of Memories"
Death of a Bachelor is the fifth album by Panic! at the Disco. It was released on January 15th 2016.
Notably, it is the first album by them to be a solo project after Spencer Smith and Dallon Weekes left the band, leaving just Brendon Urie.
The album is a Concept Album based on Brendon becoming a married man, having married Sarah in 2013.
Four singles were released with this album: "Hallelujah", "Victorious", "Emperor's New Clothes" and the Title Track.
Tracklist
- "Victorious" (2:58)
- "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time" (3:33)
- "Hellelujah" (3:00)
- "Emperor's New Clothes" (2:38)
- "Death of a Bachelor" (3:23)
- "Crazy = Genius" (3:18)
- "LA Devotee" (3:16)
- "Golden Days" (4:14)
- "The Good, The Bad and the Dirty" (2:50)
- "House of Memories" (3:28)
- "Impossible Year" (3:22)
I'm taking back the tropes, I'm all dressed up and naked. I see what's mine and take it:
- Album Closure: The last song on Death of a Bachelor is its slowest and saddest—"Impossible Year."There's no sunshine
This impossible year
Only black days and sky grey
And clouds full of fear - Body Horror: "Emperor's New Clothes" has Brendon sprouting . . . a few appendages. And while he's shifting, you can hear his bones cracking and see them moving under his skin.
- Concept Album: Death of a Bachelor is about your life changing now that you're married.
- Dark World: "Emperor's New Clothes" takes place here after Brendon gets denied access to Heaven and descends into a dark wasteland, where he turns into a demon and enters Hell.
- Sanity Slippage Song: "Emperor's New Clothes" is an example. Even without taking the album's overall story into account, the song's music video makes the theme pretty clear.
- Would Hurt a Child: The cultists in "LA Devotee" are fond of giving children psychological and Electric Torture.
- There's never air to breathe
There's never in-betweens
These nightmares always hang on past the dream
There's no sunshine
There's no you and me
There's no good times
This impossible year
