Panic! At The Disco - I Wanna Be Free Lyrics Meaning

Brendon is singing about Ryan leaving. "Is there a heart inside the night
I can feel its vital signs
The beat goes dry, and the spirit dies." I'm so pained, that I feel like I am dying.

"I wanna dig this Tinseltown til it's six feet underground
It's safe to say that timing is everything" I want to dig my grave because you left, that's obviously why I am upset.

"I wanna be free, I wanna be loved
I wanna be more than you're thinking of
Everything seems to be estranged when you're alone." I don't want to feel sad anymore, I want you to be here with me, it's weird/upsetting not having you still here.

"Played our parts and covered ground
Drowned our sorrows, laid em' down
My memory is keeping the effigy." We made this band together, and we shared sorrows, and then dropped it all when you left. My memory is keeping us as a statue(effigy) in my mind.

"One day I'll stop keeping track
And give myself time to react
One day, one day." I'll stop thinking about this and being sad, eventually, but not yet.