"Take a Bow" as written by and Matthew James Bellamy....
Corrupt
You corrupt
Bring corruption to all that you touch
Hold
You'll behold
And beholden for all that you've done
And spell
Cast a spell
Cast a spell on the country you run
And risk
You will risk
You will risk all their lives and their souls
And burn
You will burn
You will burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
Yeah you'll burn in hell for your sins
An our freedom's consuming itself
What we become is contrary to what we want
Take a bow
Death
You bring death
And destruction to all that you touch
Pay
You must pay
You must pay for you're crimes against the earth
Hex
Feed the hex
Feed the hex on the country you love
Yeah and beg
You will beg
You will beg for their lives and their souls
Yeah and burn
You will burn
You will burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
Yeah you will burn for all your sins
You corrupt
Bring corruption to all that you touch
Hold
You'll behold
And beholden for all that you've done
And spell
Cast a spell
Cast a spell on the country you run
And risk
You will risk
You will risk all their lives and their souls
And burn
You will burn
You will burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
Yeah you'll burn in hell for your sins
An our freedom's consuming itself
What we become is contrary to what we want
Take a bow
Death
You bring death
And destruction to all that you touch
Pay
You must pay
You must pay for you're crimes against the earth
Hex
Feed the hex
Feed the hex on the country you love
Yeah and beg
You will beg
You will beg for their lives and their souls
Yeah and burn
You will burn
You will burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
Yeah you will burn for all your sins
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"Take a Bow" as written by Matthew James Bellamy Matt Bellamy
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Sampson that was a bold msg most will not see and its probably for the best dont worry about all this stuff the small things you do have major waves though our beautiful land. The research ive done have led me to believe they do have some sort of moral compass otherwise we wouls be dead already.. Sampson it was really nice meeting you.. Btw i live in Australia. Fyi.
Other dude. You gotta chill the fuk out..
Cheers all. Peace! Keep rocking!
I can tell you the metric is hollow, and its followers will never attain anything near the pinnacle of our human nature.
The only curse is that we covet what we cannot have - control over everyone else, where money and social status are example tools. It makes us immature. And immaturity is now a disease of the majority. If someone has devised or atleast exploited this all - then it would not surprise me, because humanity as a whole is depicting a bunch of apes at the moment. It is not like it's difficult to twist our minds; socially, we adapt to almost anything, even if it's hopelessly mind-breaking nonsense.
This modern way of life makes quick work of those few who are gifted to see within our nature - they are untrained in their plights, and often labelled mentally ill: Strike at humanity's eyes, then render the body your slave.
Do not be shocked to encounter a titan in your lifetime - they cannot always be eluded, like society teaches us for tactic. Your offspring might just be able to show you more about this era than you had ever been able to see before. Your own nature will never relinquish you; even when beyond salvation. An ominous sign - the truth sears through those who have strayed to the point where they can no longer listen in a serious conversation.
It is a reborn force of nature, incarnated as an aspect within a person. It cannot be contained by classic suppression techniques. The person is still a person.
I always thought that it was saying something a bit more along the lines of "Look what you've done, I hope you're fucking happy. Good job screwing everything up."
"Take A Bow calls on world leaders to take responsibility for their actions" from musewiki.org/…
In any case, this is a FANTASTIC track on an INSPIRED album that's growing on me every time I hear it.
Interesting that it starts off with that little repeating digital noise, similar in a way to the way Origin of Symmetry begins. A review I read said that this song is the link to Absolution - I sort of agree, track 2 starts moving in a totally different direction with a dancier, more electronic feel. But then the whole album swings back towards awesome space-cowboy-opera rock.
What we've become
Is contrary to what we want
Take a bow" Seem to refer to how government appears to be forsaking the very freedoms they are fighting for.
Corrupt
You corrupt
Bring corruption to all that you touch
Hold
You'll behold
And beholden for all that you've done
And spell
Cast a spell
Cast a spell on the country you run
And risk
You will risk
You will risk all their lives and their souls
And burn
You will burn
You will burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
Yeah you'll burn in hell for your sins
An our freedom's consuming itself
What we become is contrary to what we want
Take a bow
Death
You bring death
And destruction to all that you touch
Pay
You must pay
You must pay for your crimes against the earth
Hex
Feed the hex
Feed the hex on the country you love
Yeah and beg
You will beg
You will beg for their lives and their souls
Yeah and burn
You will burn
You will burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
yeah You'll burn in hell
You'll burn in hell
Yeah you will burn for all your sins
This is like the overture to the entire album. Makes a great link to Soldier's Poem- "you will risk all their lives and their souls", "you bring death and destruction to all that you touch". These sentiments can be true of any invasion on a large scale. War is bad for soldiers, bad for those at home, and those being invaded- that seems to be the message of this piece. The leaders will "burn in hell" because they justified their war by "casting a spell"- lying. The sort of magic, unnatural diction is continued in the lyrics "crimes against the earth" and "feed the hex".
"An our freedom's consuming itself
What we become is contrary to what we want"
Very important lyrics. Deals with the theme that rights must be given up to preserve freedom- almost a total contradiction.