Ballad Of Mona Lisa
Panic! at the Disco Lyrics

She paints her fingers with a close precision
She applies nail polish with great accuracy

He starts to notice empty bottles of gin
He sees that she has consumed a lot of alcohol

And takes a moment to assess the sin
He considers the moral wrongdoing

She's paid for
She has already experienced the consequences

A lonely speaker in a conversation
She is talking to him but feels isolated

Her words are swimming through his ears again
He is hearing her words repeatedly in his mind

There's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you've paid for
It's okay to indulge in something that you have already paid for

Say what you mean
Be truthful in what you say

Tell me I'm right
Assure me that I am correct

And let the sun rain down on me
Allow happiness and positivity to come into my life

Give me a sign
Provide me with a signal

I want to believe
I desire to have faith

Whoa oh oh oh oh, Mona Lisa
The title character is being addressed

You're guaranteed to run this town
You have a lot of power and influence in this place

I'd pay to see you frown
Observing the subject feeling unhappy is worth paying for

He senses something, call it desperation
He detects a feeling of hopelessness or urgency

Another dollar, another day
Another payment, another day spent this way

And if she had the proper words to say
If she could express herself correctly

She would tell him
She would communicate with him

But she'd have nothing left to sell him
She would have nothing else to offer him

Mona Lisa, yeah
Repeating the subject's name

Pleased to please you
It's her pleasure to make him happy