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Muse – Space Dementia Lyrics 17 years ago
the more i think about this, the more i realize that H8 is government, not a person. and 'me' is representative of citizens

H8 is the one for me
it gives me all i need
and helps me co-excist with the chill

Governments keep us alive, give us everything we need to survive

you make me sick because i adore you so
i love all the dirty tricks
and twisted games you play on me

Bellamy hates his government, but loves the security it provides. dirty tricks/twisted games are the conspiracy theories.

space dementia in your eyes
peace will arise and tear us apart
and make us meaningless again

space dementia is realizing that governments are so powerful and destructive that individuals can change little

you'll make us want to die
i'd cut your name in my heart
we'll destroy this world for you
i know you want me to feel your pain

i'd cut your name in my heart/we'll destroy this world for you is talking about the meaningless violence/suffering in the name of nationalism. i think feel your pain is about governments inspiring fear in their citizens.

anydody (dis)agree?

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Muse – Sunburn Lyrics 17 years ago
by the way, the alternative live lyric

Come waste your millions here
Secretly she sneers
Just like a virgin blows,
A guilty conscience grows

is so much better. racier and edgier maybe, but the sense of guilt is so much better portrayed.

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Modest Mouse – Other People's Lives Lyrics 17 years ago
Out of gas
Out of road
Out of car
Out of everything at last

best lyrics ever in my opinion

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Muse – Sunburn Lyrics 17 years ago
i think that 'she' is the personification of famedom/ fortune/ lust, etc, etc. greed. and 'i' is a person who has given into her.

Come waste your millions here
Secretly she sneers
Another corporate show,
A guilty conscience grows

-about any number of things, a casino, callgirl, etc. the guilty conscience could be either her or the singer

And I'll feel a guilty conscience grow
And I'll feel a guilty conscience grow

She burns like the sun
and I can't look away
And she'll burn our horizons
make no mistakes

-i think that in this case, burning means that she is so incredibly attractive, and attention - grabbing, but also in incredible pain, and burning out, in that it will be the death of her. horizons, is, as has been said, the future of the speaker, and those who are drawn in by her, in giving in, your life/future will be ruined.

Come let the truth be shared
No one ever dared
To break these endless lies
Secretly she cries

-the lies could represent many things, but since bellamy is a big conspiracy theorist, i think that its possibly about the wife of some famous world leader who does wrong by his people for selfish reasons

She burns like the sun
And I can't look away
And she'll burn our horizons
Make no mistakes

And I'll hide from the world
Behind a broken frame
And I'll run forever
I can't face the shame

once again, i cant figure out 'frame' either... his persona?

alternatively, about a girl who has been forsaken. could be both?

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Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Lyrics 17 years ago
I woke up with the power out
Not really something to shout about
Ice has covered up my parents' hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans

i think that 'woke up' = was born
The ice covering his parents hands means that they are dead, and have been, at least in their role as parents
Don't have any dreams, dont have any plans means that he has resigned to the inexorable reality of becoming his parents, and dying inside, or maybe was never even taught to dream

I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are swinging from the power lines
Nobody's home, so nobody minds

since light seems to be a metaphor for emotion, he's trying to find any sign of emotion/passion/humanity
i think im missing something with the kids are swinging from the power lines lyric, i can only think of it saying that they are alone in the world, and nobody cares

I woke up on the darkest night
Neighbors all were shouting that they found the light
("We found the light!")
Shadows jumping all over my walls
Some of them big, some of them small

=i was born in the darkest time, but people found the light (emotion/virtue), i think that the shadows are possibly the problems?

I went out into the night
I went out to pick a fight with anyone
Light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!

I think that this means that he went out into the night means that he went out into the passive, unemotional world to try to find passion, and that the 'light a candle...' means that people refuse to show any emotion

Ice has covered up my parents' hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans
Growing up in some strange storm
Nobody's cold, nobody's warm

I think that the strange storm is a metaphor for all of the problems and turmoil, and strange in the sense that nobody seems to care (nobody's cold, nobody's warm)

I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are dying out in the snow
Look at them go, look at them go!

i think that this means that kids are dying inside and turning into the passive carcasses of their parents

And the power's out in the heart of man
Take it from your heart, put in your hand

I think that sunshine nailed it here-men have the power to change things, but wont make a serious effort to do so

What's the plan?
What's the plan?

just an expression of angst/worry over inheriting a world which is decided and unchangeable

Is it a dream? Is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide
Just light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!

i think that is it a dream/lie is asking if its all in the 'kids' collective head

Because nothing's hid, from us kids!
You ain't fooling nobody with the lights out!

i think that maybe 'fooling' people with the lights out means that the older generations are hiding their failures, insecurities, and emotions, by hiding them under indifference

And the power's out in the heart of man
Take it from your heart, put in your hand
And there's something wrong in the heart of man
You take it from your heart and put it in your hand!

just what i think...

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Muse – Hoodoo Lyrics 17 years ago
why are you posting on songmeanings.net if you dont care what the songs about?

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Muse – Hoodoo Lyrics 17 years ago
why are you posting on songmeanings.net if you dont care what the songs about?

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Muse – Dark Shines Lyrics 17 years ago
passing by you light up my darkest skies
i think that whoever it was that said that this is about the person bringing about bellamy's darkest traits/qualities is right, she brings out the worst in him, and also that this is hinting that the girl is so wonderful that she lights up even the darkest of skies
you'll take only seconds to draw me in
'draw me in' implies action, that the person intentionally drew him in
so be mine and your innocence i will consume
in possessing and knowing whatever quality the girl has which makes bellamy giddy, he destroys it, he can never truly possess her innocence without destroying it, at least in his mind

dark shines
bringing me down
making my heart feel sore
i think that this is about bellamy possessing/taking the girls innocence, and yet lamenting it at the same time
because it's good
not sure what he means by this... maybe hes ashamed of himself for enjoying taking the girls innocence

hold your hands up to your eyes again
hide from the scary scenes, suppress your fears
so be mine and your innocence i will consume
i think that this verse is about the girl coming to dislike bellamy, and his 'darkest skies' which she brings out in him

dark shines
i think that dark shines is about the metaphorical light which lights up bellamy's darkest skies, which is saying that while he loves this girl, he is at his worst around her
bringing me down
making my heart feel sore
because it's good
you're dark shines
bringing me down
making my heart feel sore
because it's good

overall i think that this song is about a girl which bellamy can never truly have/possess, because he sees her as being so amazing that disappointment is inevitable. Also, her innocence is what draws him in, and she will never be truly innocent in his mind while he has a relationship with her. On top of that, she brings out his worst traits, so he makes her afraid of him, and maybe she leaves him, so thats why hes 'sore'... maybe not.

in a grander sense, this song is about seeing/wanting something which you can never have, or, worse, having it, and in doing so, destroying its beauty, which you find out never existed.

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Muse – Showbiz Lyrics 17 years ago
i think that this song is about the pretentious life that stars lead, and how they live somebody elses life, and everything is planned out, and they just break.

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Muse – Citizen Erased Lyrics 17 years ago
i think that this song can be interpreted in two ways, either as people constantly wanting bellamy to say what hes thinking and almost trying to trip him up on it, but i think that it makes more sense in a sense like 1984 or anthem or something.

break me in, teach us to cheat
and to lie, cover up
what shouldn't be shared?
all the truth's unwinding
scraping away at my mind
please stop asking me to describe

i think that 'what shouldnt be shared' is about communism, and that this stanza is about the lies governments tell to their people in attempts of self-preservation. it could also be interpreted as being about constant questioning, and how people need others to have strong defined opinions, they cant be open-minded or questioning.

for one moment
i wish you'd hold your stage
with no feelings at all
open minded
i'm sure i used to be so free

i think that this reinforces the idea that people always feel that they and others have to have an opinion about everything, they cant truly consider something

self-expressed, exhausting for all
to see and to be
what you want and what you need
the truth's unwinding
scraping away at my mind
please stop asking me to describe

i think that this is about fighting the realization of a dystopia, as in 1984 or anthem, and the exhaustion and horrible feelings that such a realization would bring. alternatively, this could be about realizing, or fighting the realization that one of your strong-held beliefs which you were vocal about, because you were forced to be, is wrong.

for one moment
i wish you'd hold your stage
with no feelings at all
open minded
i'm sure i used to be so free

for one moment
i wish you'd hold your stage
with no feelings at all
open minded
i'm sure i used to be so free

wash me away
clean your body of me
erase all the memories
they will only bring us pain
and i've seen, all i'll ever need

that verse is the clincher for me, which makes me sure that it is a song about a communist reign which bellamy seems to be sure is impending (see exo-politics), and the oppression of new ideas and radicals.

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Muse – Muscle Museum Lyrics 17 years ago
i think that this song is in the first bit from a 3rd person point of view, and in the second bit from the woman's perspective. i think its about a woman who has an affair to gain attention, but when her husband/boyfriend didnt care enough to notice, she left.

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Muse – Space Dementia Lyrics 17 years ago
i think youre right with H8 keeping him alive, and also that hes hinting at the word hate, but i think that H8 is a metaphor for a person who he feels he cant live without

You make me sick
Because I adore you so
I love all the dirty tricks
And twisted games you play
On me

I think that this phrase is about the computer tricking him into thinking its a person, which is ironic in that its a metaphor for a person as cold as a computer...

Space dementia in your eyes and
Peace will arise
And tear us apart
And make us meaningless again

i think that this is about equilibrium, and dust to dust, and that while equilibrium is a peaceful force, it takes life violently, and that each life is meaningless in the grand scheme of the universe

Mmmm, yeah
You'll make us wanna die
I'd cut your name in my heart
We'll destroy this world for you
I know you want me to
Feel your pain

I think that this part is possibly about the reason the person is toying and torturing him is that he/she wants him to feel as bad as they do

Space dementia in your eyes and
Venus will arise
And tear us apart
And make us meaningless again

i think that venus is used as the roman goddess of lust/love, and means that his longing for the person makes him meaningless. just what i think...

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