Spin Interview
In the beginning stages, they even worked with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo -- "He was super nice," says Urie (no tracks from their writing session made the final album). Mathes, however, helped Urie come to terms with himself and his songwriting: "I didn't think of myself as a lyricist at all and I was apprehensive about it," says Urie. "I sat down with Rob and he said, 'If you really want to write then it has to sound like you.' I took his advice and kept doing that. He was a huge support."
As he continued to write, Urie started noticing trends in his lyrics. "They dealt with self-deprecation, pride, subversion, manipulation, but some good stuff too: self-expression, honesty," says Urie. "I was like, 'Are these the seven deadly sins or something'? [laughs]. We did some research and 'Vices and Virtues' popped up. Aristotle has this Biblical list that's tied in with themes of human behavior that we've been noticing in ourselves."
"This album is our study of our human behavior," he says. "It's about our changes growing up."
Since moving to Santa Monica, which, Urie says, "was a huge part" of his growing up, he's taken up surfing and playing Call of Duty: Black Ops nonstop -- "the zombie version is so insane," he says. But one of the first things that started easing him into the process for Vices & Virtues was a girl.
"'Sarah Smiles" is about my girlfriend, actually, as sappy as that is," he says of the album track. "When I met her I wrote this song to try and impress her. I was infatuated with her. I played it for her and we've been dating ever since. That was a huge step for me, personally."
"I was able to build up my confidence to write and try to woo her," he adds. "I'm a lucky guy."
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