Commenters here before me totally missed the point of these lyrics. If you've listened to even the most mainstream Muse songs, you'd know that these lyrics are sarcastic!
Life isn't a race. There's nothing to win. The only people that feel the need to reveal their strength to the whole human race are those people that want to control you. It's the same power hungry people that keep us in chains that think and act like this.
This song is awesome because it's an official Olympics 2012 song and everyone thinks it's a rah-rah "I'm gonna win!!" triumph of athletes song, but it isn't. It isn't at all. It's making fun of the people who think life is a race and they have to win, at all costs, at the expense of everyone else.
This song is genius. It's a message in disguise and hardly anyone will get it. Good job Muse, good job!
I appreciate your post! I am not a genius or anything, but I am also not blind. The fact that even some Muse fans are completely oblivious to the irony involved freaks me out. I didn't realize this was the official 2012 Olympic song, so i had to do a little "research" on the internet. According to an interview after the Olympics:
I appreciate your post! I am not a genius or anything, but I am also not blind. The fact that even some Muse fans are completely oblivious to the irony involved freaks me out. I didn't realize this was the official 2012 Olympic song, so i had to do a little "research" on the internet. According to an interview after the Olympics:
" Bellamy admits that the song was already written when the organisers approached him. "It was definitely a bit more demented than I think they realised,' he says with pleasure.' "
" Bellamy admits that the song was already written when the organisers approached him. "It was definitely a bit more demented than I think they realised,' he says with pleasure.' "
We are living...
We are living in the twilight zone. Hopefully this opens peoples eyes who are still not getting it. Or maybe I am just an idiot. Either way I feel I will learn from they way people respond to this. Here is a link to the article:
Commenters here before me totally missed the point of these lyrics. If you've listened to even the most mainstream Muse songs, you'd know that these lyrics are sarcastic!
Life isn't a race. There's nothing to win. The only people that feel the need to reveal their strength to the whole human race are those people that want to control you. It's the same power hungry people that keep us in chains that think and act like this.
This song is awesome because it's an official Olympics 2012 song and everyone thinks it's a rah-rah "I'm gonna win!!" triumph of athletes song, but it isn't. It isn't at all. It's making fun of the people who think life is a race and they have to win, at all costs, at the expense of everyone else.
This song is genius. It's a message in disguise and hardly anyone will get it. Good job Muse, good job!
i don't think so.
i don't think so.
I appreciate your post! I am not a genius or anything, but I am also not blind. The fact that even some Muse fans are completely oblivious to the irony involved freaks me out. I didn't realize this was the official 2012 Olympic song, so i had to do a little "research" on the internet. According to an interview after the Olympics:
I appreciate your post! I am not a genius or anything, but I am also not blind. The fact that even some Muse fans are completely oblivious to the irony involved freaks me out. I didn't realize this was the official 2012 Olympic song, so i had to do a little "research" on the internet. According to an interview after the Olympics:
" Bellamy admits that the song was already written when the organisers approached him. "It was definitely a bit more demented than I think they realised,' he says with pleasure.' "
" Bellamy admits that the song was already written when the organisers approached him. "It was definitely a bit more demented than I think they realised,' he says with pleasure.' "
We are living...
We are living in the twilight zone. Hopefully this opens peoples eyes who are still not getting it. Or maybe I am just an idiot. Either way I feel I will learn from they way people respond to this. Here is a link to the article:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/30/muse-2nd-law-tour-interview