"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" is a song by American rock band Panic! at the Disco, and is the second single from their debut studio album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005).
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The video for the song takes place at a strange, circus-themed wedding played by the Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque.
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The title of the song refers to Douglas Coupland's novel Shampoo Planet, wherein the main character, Tyler Johnson, says: "I am writing a list of tragic character flaws on my dollar bills with a felt pen. I am thinking of the people in my universe and distilling for each of these people the one flaw in their character that will be their downfall — the flaw that will be their undoing. What I write are not sins; I write tragedies."
Walker was with Panic! when they won the video of the year award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for their song "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", although he had not recorded the song with the band nor did he appear in the video.
It has been referenced by the show Ergo Proxy, whose 21st episode was named after the book, and by the band Panic! at the Disco, in their songs London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines and I Write Sins Not Tragedies.
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