Okay.
Band: Panic! At The Disco. Album: I Write Sins Not Tragedies
One of the songs has a lyric,
“Oh, well in fact
Well I’ll look at it this way
I mean, technically, our marriage is saved
Well this calls for a toast
So pour the champagne”
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?
What does “technically, our marriage is saved,” mean?
Both myself and Mrs. Slant can’t reason this out…
I have no idea what the band is, or what they normally sing about. But looking at the lyrics, it seems to be that they’re saying that they have not divorced, but the marriage is nowhere near restored or repaired.
Is that what you’re asking?
Hmmm…in the context of the wedding day in the whole song maybe it’s saying that even with the gossip about the bride’s true nature, they still successfully married but it’s not clear but real or true it is. It’s not an old enough marriage to be “saved” though 
You answered exactly the question I asked.
Thank you.
Mods, can I ask to have this moved to Cafe Society?
I misposted it in here.
I think it’s supposed to mean that by finding out about the bride’s indiscretions just moments before committing to her, he is still free to walk away. Basically the marriage is saved because he never marries the tramp 
I believe the family of the person who doesn’t call it off or cheat or whatever usually go on to the reception even if there is no wedding. Everything is technically paid fo, that’s why they’re drinking champagne anyway.
Off to Cafe Society.
Since the song mentions the protagonist asked the people talking about how his bride is a whore to “close the damn door”, I interpretted the song as saying that because he is choosing to be in denial about it, the marriage is technically saved (whereas if he admitted to himself that she is a “whore”, the marriage would be ruined).
Basically, I think the song is saying he’s trying to put on a happy face and pretend everything’s okay in spite of the fact it’s really not. I’m sure we’ve all encountered someone in love who doesn’t want to see the truth about their beloved.
Incidentally, http://www.songmeanings.net is a good place to get input from others about the interpretation of various songs.
(first time I tried to reply there were technical probs, so sorry if this turns out to be a repeat)
I’ve puzzled over these lyrics, too. The thing is, if you look at the lyrics closely, he doesn’t tell them to close the door. He talks about how he doesn’t yell at them “Haven’t you people ever …” because it’s better to handle these things with “poise and dignity.” Also, since they’re saying “What a beautiful wedding!” don’t we assume the wedding has already taken place? If I had to take a WAG at it, I’d say the marriage is saved because he knows now, and if she leaves the marriage, he has that to hold over her.
I also kind of like to speculate that closing the door has a double meaning, kind of about closing the door on the bride’s past, not just to the conversation, but I really don’t think that was what was intended.
Just realized, the posted lyrics linked above have “I chimed in …” I have seen other posted lyrics with “I’d chime in with …” which seems more like what I hear in the song. So my interpretation is based on that version of the lyrics.
My take: I assume that since he is “pacing the pews in a church corridor”, he is nervous and it is before the wedding. He overhears that his finace is unfaithful and gets pissed, yells at them for saying it in front of them, and then faces the situation with “a sense of poise and rationality”. In other words, he ignores the info and goes ahead and gets married. He is then lamenting that “technically our marriage is saved” (in name only) because he went ahead with the ceremony, but that in reality it is destoryed before it ever started. “Well this calls for, a toast so, pour the champagne” is meant ironically.
I’ve seen churches with pews in the corridor, but what I really don’t understand is what the hell is a waiter doing at the church? Are there situations where receptions held at churches?
I’ve been to a few weddings where the church had a big room in the basement that the reception was held in afterwards.
I just heard this song for the first time this weekend - I don’t listen to the radio much - and interpreted the lyrics as many people here are: the groom overhears the talk about his bride-to-be right before he’s due to take his position, yells at them for being indiscreet, and goes ahead with the wedding anyway, bitterly.
Cosign.
In response to the waiter situation - I’m 23. I’ve never been to a wedding. It’s possible that P!ATD is simply conflating the wedding and the reception due to the band’s youth.
I have been to receptions at churches, but they weren’t the kind of receptions that would have a waiter. More the kind where the bride’s sisters fried some chicken and made potato salad. I suppose it’s possible other peopel have somewhat classier receptions at their churches.