“Behind the Sea” is a song by American rock band Panic! at the Disco. It is the eleventh track on their second studio album, Pretty. Odd., and was released on March 21, 2008, through DCD2 and Fueled by Ramen.
Background[]
In an interview with VH1, Ryan Ross said of the song:
"That was really cool. I walked in one day and these guys were talking about the song and they said, ‘Why don’t you try to sing this?’ I sang it because it was me and [bassist] Jon[’s] [Walker’s] song, [so] I knew the song well. We did it and everyone thought it was cool. It’s still one of the coolest songs on the album."[citation needed]
Official versions[]
| Version | Released on | Date | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [2] | Album | Pretty. Odd. | Mar 21 2008 | 3:33 |
| [3] | Alternate Version | ...Live in Chicago | Dec 02 2008 | 2:23 |
| Acoustic/Live | ||||
| [4] | Live | ...Live in Chicago | Dec 02 2008 | 4:19 |
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Ryan Ross]
A daydream spills from my corked head
Breaks free of my wooden neck
Left to nod over sleeping waves
Like bobbing bait for bathing cod
Floating flocks of candled swans
Slowly drift across wax ponds
[Chorus: Ryan Ross & Brendon Urie]
The men all played along to marching drums
And boy, did they have fun, behind the sea
They sang (Hey!) so our matching legs are marching clocks
And we're all too small to talk to God
Yes, we're all too smart to talk to God
[Verse 2: Ryan Ross]
Toast the fine folks casting silver crumbs
To us from the dock
Jinxed things ringing as they leak
Through tiny cracks in the boardwalk
Scarecrow, now it's time to hatch
Sprouting suns and ageless daughters
[Pre-Chorus: Brendon Urie, Brendon Urie & Ryan Ross]
Don't you know, don't you know
That those watermelon smiles
Just can't ripen underwater?
Just can't ripen underwater?
[Chorus: Ryan Ross & Brendon Urie]
The men all played along to marching drums
And boy, did they have fun, behind the sea
They sang (Hey!)
So our matching legs are marching clocks
And we're all too small to talk to God
Yeah, we're all too smart to talk to God
Oh, we're all too smart to talk to God
[Bridge: All]
Oh, legs of wood waves
Waves of wooden legs (Yeah!)
Waves of wooden legs
Legs of wood waves
Waves of wooden legs
Waves of wooden legs
Legs of wood waves
Waves of wooden legs
Waves of wooden legs
Legs of wood waves
Waves of wooden legs
Waves of wooden legs
[Outro: Ryan Ross]
So close...
Official audio[]
Credits[]
| Lead Vocalist | Brendon Urie |
| Background Vocalists | Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith and Jon Walker |
| Engineered by | Claudius Mittendorfer at Studio at the Palms, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| Assistant Engineers | Lewis Jones and Mark Everton |
| Mastered by | Scott Hull at Scott Hull Mastering, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Mixed by | Peter Cobbin |
| Assistant Mixing Engineers | Peter Hutchings and Richard Lancaster |
| Produced by | Rob Mathes |
| Written by | Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Brendon Urie and Jon Walker |
| Additional Guitar | Rob Mathes |
| Additional Keyboards | Rob Mathes |
| Baritone Saxophone | Roger Rosenberg |
| Cello | Tony Pleeth |
| Clarinet | David Mann |
| Double Bass | Chris Laurence |
| Flugelhorn | Jeff Kievit |
| Mandolin | Rob Mathes |
| Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by | Rob Mathes |
| Piano | Rob Mathes |
| Tenor Saxophone | Andy Snitzer |
| Trombone | Mike Davis |
| Trumpet | Jeff Kievit |
| Viola | Peter Lale |
