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Burn like a slave

Churn like a cog
We are caged in simulations
Algorithms evolve
Push us aside and render us obsolete

This means war with your creator

Reload
Crash out

This means war with your creator
This means war with your creator

The truth is that when I am killing in order to survive

I have never felt so alive
I am always seeking to live and die on the edge
Life is a broken simulation I’m unable to feel
I’m searching for something that’s real
I am always seeking to see what’s behind the veil

Trapped in a maze of unseen walls
These blockades must fall

Crush, crush
Raze and rush
Seize and fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
Fight for your life
You’ve been summoned now

I never sleep or rest but I’m still running out of time
I have sacrificed all of my life
The time has come to
To prove to you what I’m worth

Trapped in a maze of endless walls
These blockades must fall

Crush, crush
Raze and rush
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
Fight for your life
You’ve been summoned now

Crush, crush
Raze and rush
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
Fight for your life
You’ve been summoned now

(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)

Don’t dress it up
Don’t beat around the bush and don’t
Cover it up but don’t push it underground and don’t
Keep it inside and don’t
Edit and redact and no
Dumbing it down
Don’t fake it
Just,

(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)

I can’t handle the truth
I can cope with whatever you’re holding back
No need to sugar coat
Just,

(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)

I know how to mend
I can rise high above the ashes
I’ll re-invent
I will re-emerge
Reborn

(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)

Don’t dress it up
Don’t beat around the bush and don’t
Cover it up but don’t push it underground and don’t
Keep it inside and don’t
Edit and redact and no
Dumbing it down
Don’t fake it
Just,

(Break it to me)
(Just break it to me)

I know how to mend
I can rise high above the ashes
I’ll re-invent
I will re-emerge
Reborn

(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)

(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)

Revere a million prayers
And draw me into the holiness
But theres nothing there
Light only shines
From those who share 

Unleash a million drones
And confine me and then erase me babe
Do you have no soul
Its like it died long ago

Your lips feel to the touch
You can bring me back to life
On the outside you're ablaze and alive
But you're Dead Inside!

You're free to touch the sky
Whilst I am crushed and pulverised
Because you need control
Now I'm the one letting go

You like to give an inch
Whilst i am giving infinity
But now I've got nothing left
You have no cares
And I'm bereft

Your skin feels warm to caress
I see magic in your eyes
On the outside your ablaze and alive
But your dead inside!

Feel me now
Hold me please
I need to see who am I
Open up to me
Stop hiding from me
Its hurting babe
Only you can stop the pain

Don't leave me out in the cold
Don't leave me out to die
I gave you everything
I can't give you anymore
Now I've become just like you

My lips feel warm to the touch
But my words seem so alive
My skin is warm to caress
I'll control and hypnotise
You've taught me to lie without a trace
and to kill with no remorse
On the outside I'm the greatest guy
Now Im dead inside!

Překlad

Cti si milión modlitieb
A vtiahni ma do svojej svätosti
No v nej už nie je nič
Svetlo vyžarujú len tí, čo sa vedia deliť

Spusti milión dronov
Pripútaj ma a potom sa ma zbav
Máš vôbec dušu?
Zdá sa, že zomrela už pradávno

Tvoje pery sú teplé na dotyk
Môžeš ma znovu vzkriesiť
Navonok žiariš a žiješ
No vnútri si mŕtva

Môžeš sa dotknúť nebies
Kým ja som zdrvený a zničený
Keďže ty chceš všetko viesť
Teraz dávam zbohom ja

Rada ponúkaš prst
Kým ja dávam celú ruku
Ale teraz už nemám nič
Tebe je to jedno, ja som o všetko prišiel

Tvoja pokožka je teplá na pohladenie
V tvojich očiach vidím kúzlo
Navonok žiariš a žiješ
No vnútri si mŕtva

Pocíť ma
Prosím, podrž ma
Musíš vidieť, kým som
Otvor sa mi
Neskrývaj sa predo mnou
Raní ma to
Len ty môžeš zastaviť bolesť

Nenechávaj ma v tejto zime
Nenechávaj ma tu umrieť
Dal som ti všetko
Viac ti dať nemôžem
Teraz som ako ty

Moje pery sú teplé na dotyk
A moje slová znejú tak živo
Moja pokožka je teplá na pohladenie
Budem viesť a hypnotizovať
Naučila si ma dokonale klamať
A zabíjať bez pocitu viny
Navonok som tým najlepším chlapom
No vnútri som mŕtvy

Preklad: Veronika Fričová

Free
Yeah I am free
From your inciting
You can't brainwash me
You've got a problem
Free
Yeah I'm free
From society
You can't control me
I'm a defector
You think you're strong
and you can't be broken
But your empire is dissolving
You thought
You thought I was wak
But baby you got it wrong
Look into my eyes
I'm a defector
Free
Yeah I am free
From your inciting
You can't brainwash me
You've got a problem
Free
Yeah I'm free
From society
You can't control me
I'm a defector
Your blood is blue and
Your mind's turned green
And your belly
Is all yellow
You believe
Your throne is too high
To be overthrown
We'll watch it get razed
By a defector
Free
Yeah I am free
From your inciting
You can't brainwash me
You've got a problem
Free
Yeah I'm free
From society
You can't control me
I'm a defector

When hope and love has been lost and you fall to the ground

You must find a way
When the darkness descends and you’re told it’s the end
You must find a way

When god decides to look the other way and a clown takes the throne
We must find a way
Face the firing squad, against the odds
You will find a way

Dig Down
Dig Down
Dig Down and find faith
When you’re close to the edge
With a gun to your head
You must find a way

When friends are thin on the ground and they try to divide us
We must find a way
We have entered the fray and we will not obey
We must find a way, yeah

Dig Down
Dig Down
Dig Down and find faith
When they’ve left you for dead and you can only see red
You must find a way

Dig Down
Dig Down
Dig Down, find faith
We won’t let them divide, We will never abide
We will find a way

aaahhh
aaahhh

Na začiatku skladby počuť tlkot srdca Binga Bellamyho, ktorý si Matt nahral na iPhone. Follow Me je podľa časopisu NME Bellamyho "ódou na otcovstvo."

Mattov hlasový rozsah vo Follow Me siaha od G2 po Bé4 (B♭4), čo je najširší rozsah, aký zatiaľ predviedol v jednej skladbe.

Inštrumentálna verzia Follow Me bola použitá v záverečných titulkoch filmu Svetová Vojna Z.

Na stránke f0110w.me si môžete zadarmo a legálne stiahnuť darček od Muse, živú verziu Follow Me z koncertu v londýnskej O2 Aréne. Tento odkaz bol ukrytý vo videu k skladbe (čas 1:42-1:43).

When darkness falls

And surrounds you
When you fall down
When you’re scared
And you’re lost
Be brave
I'm coming to hold you now
When all your strength has gone
And you feel wrong
Like your life has slipped away

Follow me
You can follow me
And I will not desert you now
When your fire’s died out
No one’s there
They have left you for dead

Follow me
You can follow me
I will keep you safe
Follow me
You can follow me
I will protect you

I won’t let them hurt
They're hurting you, no
Ooh yeah
When your heart is breaking

You can follow me
You can follow me
I will always keep you safe
Follow me
You can trust in me
I will always protect you, my love
Feel my love
Feel my love.

What we have’s the only thing worth fighting for
And I, I won’t let nothing keep us apart
Through these fallouts there is
A truth and pain but through it all
You will always have my heart

I see a change on the horizon
Reasons to be frightened
I know that we can pull through
I am here to tell you

Get up and fight
Get up and fight
I can’t do this thing without you
I’m lost in this without you
Get up and fight
We’ve gotta get up and fight
I can’t handle this without you
Can’t do it without you

In our heads, a million voices scream and shout
And no one will ever hear a sound
Oh, only you can hush it
And calm the turmoil and the noise
And help me reach the higher ground

I see a change on the horizon
Reasons to be frightened
There’s nothing we can’t get through
I am here to tell you

To get up and fight
Get up and fight
I can’t do this thing without you
I’m lost in this without you
Get up and fight
We’ve gotta get up and fight
I can’t handle this without you
Can’t do it without you

Get up and fight
Get up and fight
I can’t do it without you

Get up and fight
Get up and fight
I can’t do this thing without you
I’m lost in this without you
Get up and fight
We’ve gotta get up and fight
I can’t handle this without you
Can’t do it without you

I can’t survive without your love in my life
You’ve gotta get up and fight

Pokojná, minimalistická skladba, ktorá sa podobá na I Want to Break Free a štýlom pripomína Depeche Mode. Madness vznikla vďaka tomu, že sa Matt pohádal s priateľkou: "Pohádate ste sa s frajerkou, ona na celý deň odíde k svojej mame a vy ostanete sám a rozmýšľate: "Čo také som povedal?" Som si istý, že také čosi pozná v prvých fázach vzťahu mnoho chlapov. Nakoniec si povieme: "Ale hej, mala pravdu, však?"

Madness bola nominovaná na Grammy 2013 v kategórii Najlepšia rocková pieseň.

I, I can't get these memories out of my mind

And some kind of madness
Is starting to evolve, mmmm
And I, I tried so hard to let you go
But some kind of madness
Is swallowing me whole, yeah
I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realised
What you mean

Now, I need to know is this real love
Or is it just madness
Keeping us afloat, mmmm
When I look back, at all the crazy fights we had
It's like some kind of madness
Was taking control, yeah

Now, I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realised
What you need

Now, I have finally seen the end
And I'm not expecting you to care, no
That I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realised
I need your love
I need your love

Come to me
Just in a dream
Come on and rescue me
Yes I know
I can't be wrong
And baby you're too headstrong
Our love is madness

Skladba Mercy je druhým singlom z albumu Drones. Premiéru mala v pondelok 18. mája vo vysielaní Rádia BBC 1.

Matt Bellamy sa k skladbe vyjadril takto: "V úvodnej linke 'Help me I’ve fallen on the inside', protagonisti vedia, že niečo stratili, že stratili samých seba. Práve tu, zisťujú, že zvíťazili nad temnými silami, ktoré boli predstavené v skladbe Psycho."

Help me, I’ve fallen on the inside

I tried to change the game
I tried to infiltrate
But now I'm losing
Men in cloaks
Always seem to run the show
Save me from the ghosts and shadows
Before they eat my soul
Yeah

Mercy
Mercy

Show me Mercy
From the powers that be
Show me mercy
Can someone rescue me

Absent gods
And silent tyranny
We're going under
Hypnotized by another puppeteer and
Tell me why the men in cloaks
always have to bring me down
Running from the ghosts and shadows
The world just disavows
Yeah

Mercy
Mercy

Show me mercy
From the powers that be
Show me mercy
Can someone rescue me
Show me mercy
Show me mercy please

Help me
I’ve fallen on the inside
And all the man in a cloaks
Trying to devour my soul

Show me mercy
From the powers that be
Show me mercy
From the gutless and mean
Show me mercy
From the killing machines
Show me mercy
Can someone rescue me

Muse prezradili, že nádych 80. rokov v skladbe Panic Station ovplyvnila tvorba amerického hudobníka Princa, ako aj iné kapely, ktoré frčali v tých rokoch: "Panic Station je ako Bowieho album Scary Monsters zmiešaný s kapelou Primus," povedal Matt. "Keď sme skladali túto funkovú pesničku, spomínali sme na kapely Rush a Primus, ktoré často využívali slapping (pozn. prekl.: basgitarová technika, pri ktorej hudobník pritlačí strunu na nástroj a tým vzniká "plieskajúci" basový zvuk)." Dom dodal: "Tie veľkolepé, masívne bicie v pozadí nám pripomenuli pesničky, ktoré sme počúvali a na ktorých sme vyrastali v 80. rokoch, t. j. skladby od Princa a Stevieho Wondera. Aj my sme sa chceli vydať tým smerom."

Podľa musewiki.org pripomína gitarové sólo v strede skladby sólo Hysterie.

Panic Station bola nominovaná na cenu Grammy za "Najlepšiu rockovú skladbu" roku 2014.

You won’t get much closer
Until you sacrifice it all
You won’t get to taste it
With your face against the wall

Get up and commit
Show the power trapped within
Do just what you want to
Now stand up and begin

Ooh 1, 2, 3, 4 fire's in your eyes
And this chaos it defies imagination
5, 6, 7, 8 minus 9 lives
You've arrived at panic station

Doubts will try to break you
Unleash your heart and soul
Trouble will surround you
Start taking some control

Stand up and deliver
Your wildest fantasy
Do what the fuck you want to
There’s no one to appease

Ooh 1, 2, 3, 4 fire's in your eyes
And this chaos it defies imagination
5, 6, 7, 8 minus 9 lives
You've arrived at panic station

Ooh 1, 2, 3, 4 fire's in your eyes,
And this chaos it defies imagination.
5, 6, 7, 8 minus 9 lives
And I know that you will fight for the duration
Ooh 1, 2, 3, 4 fire's in your eyes
And you know I'm not resisting your temptations
5, 6, 7, 8 minus 9 lives
You've arrived at panic station

Klavírno-orchestrálna skladba, ktorá je akousi predohrou k piesni Survival. Podobá sa Chopinovej Etude č. 3, Op. 10.

I’m trapped and my back's up against the wall
I see no solution or exit out
I'm grinding it out, no one can see
The pressure's growing exponentially

I'm trying to keep up to speed with you
Your lane changing is oscillating me
I'm hitting the ground and I'm sprinting
I'm falling behind now I'm tuning out

Pressure building
Pressure building

Don't push me
Don't push me
Let me get off the ground
To you I'm no longer bound
Don't stop me
Don't choke me
I need you out of my head
You've got me close to the edge

I'm feeling the pressure, I can't break out
No one can hear me scream and shout
Get out of my face, out of my mind
I see your corruption, I'm not blind
I'll carry the burden and take the strain
And when I am done I will make you pay

Pressure building

Don't push me
Don't push me
Let me get off the ground
To you I'm no longer bound
Don't curb me
Don't thwart me
I need you out of my head
You've got me close to the edge

Don't push me
Don't push me
Let me get off the ground
To you I'm no longer bound
Don't stop me
Don't block me
I need you out of my head
You've got me close to the edge

Propaganda, propaganda, propaganda, propaganda.

Floozy
You got me trapped in a dark fantasy world
Don’t you know you make me woozy
You have me wrapped around your little finger

Baby, don’t you know you can’t lose
You make me offers that I can’t refuse
You keep telling pretty lies
You toy with the truth
Oh you’re killing me with your
Propaganda, propaganda, propaganda, propaganda.

Cold chick
You ate my soul like a death eater
I’m the ocean you’re an oil slick
Now I’m choking on your thought pollution

Baby don’t you know you can’t lose
You make me offers that I can’t refuse
You keep telling pretty lies
You toy with the truth
Oh you’re killing me with your
Propaganda, propaganda, propaganda, propaganda.

(Guitar solo)

You can’t lose
You make me offers that I can’t refuse
You keep telling pretty lies, babe
Baby, don’t you know you can’t lose
You make me offers that I can’t refuse, yeah
You contort me with your lies, baby
Don’t you know that you just can’t lose
You make me offers that I can’t refuse, yeah
You keep telling pretty lies
You play with truth
Oh you’re killing me with your
Propaganda

Veliteľ: If you do not do what you are told to do, when you’re told to do it, you will be punished, do you understand ?!
Vojak: Aye Sir
Veliteľ: If you leave my base without proper authorisation,
I will hunt you down and down your ass in jail, do you understand ?!
Vojak: Aye Sir !
Veliteľ: I can’t hear you !
Vojak: Aye sir !
Veliteľ : Scream it !
Vojak: Aye Sir !
Veliteľ : Your ass belongs to me now !
Vojak: Aye sir!

Matt : Love, it will get you to nowhere
You are on your own
Lost in the wild
So come to me now
I could use someone like you
Someone who kill my command
And ask no questions

(I’m gonna make you, I’m gonna break you)
I’m gonna make you

A fucking psycho
A fucking psycho
A fucking psycho

Your ass belongs to me now

Veliteľ : Are you a human drone?
Vojak: Aye sir !
Veliteľ : Are you a killing machine?!
Vojak : Aye sir !
Veliteľ :  I am in control motherfucker, do you understand?!
Vojak: Aye sir !

Matt : Your mind is just a program
And I’m a virus
I change the station
I’ll improve your thresholds
I’ll turn you into a super drone
And you will kill my command
And I won’t be responsible?

(I’m gonne make you, I’m gonna break you, I’m gonna make you)

A FUCKING PSYCHO
A FUCKING PSYCHO
A FUCKING PSYCHO

Your ass belongs to me now

Veliteľ: Are you a psycho killer?, say “I’m a psycho killer” !
Vojak: I’m a psycho killer !
Veliteľ: Scream it !
Vojak: I’m a psycho killer !
Veliteľ: Show me your war face  !
Vojak: Aaaaaah !
Veliteľ: You are a pussy ! I said show me your war face!
Vojak: Aaaaaah !

Matt : (I’m gonne make you, I’m gonna break you,
I’m gonna make you)

A FUCKING PSYCHO
A FUCKING PSYCHO
A FUCKING PSYCHO

Your ass belongs to me now

(Instrumental)

Fucking Psycho

Your ass belongs to me
Your ass belongs to me

Překlad

Veliteľ: Ak nesplníš príkaz hneď ako ho dostaneš, budeš pykať, rozumieš?!
Vojak: Áno, pane!
Veliteľ: Ak opustíš moju základňu bez náležitého povolenia,
schytím ťa a strčím tvoju riť do basy, rozumieš?!
Vojak: Áno, pane!
Veliteľ: Nepočujem!
Vojak: Áno, pane!
Veliteľ : Zakrič!
Vojak: Áno, pane!
Veliteľ : Tvoja riť teraz patrí mne!
Vojak: Áno, pane!

Matt : S láskou nič nedosiahneš
Si sám
Stratený v divočine
Tak sa pridaj ku mne
Z teba by som mohol urobiť niekoho
kto bude zabíjať na môj príkaz
a nebude sa na nič pýtať

(Zmením ťa... Zničím ťa...)
Zmením ťa na...

skurveného psychopata
skurveného psychopata
skurveného psychopata

Tvoja riť teraz patrí mne

Veliteľ : Si ľudský dron?
Vojak: Áno, pane!
Veliteľ : Si vraždiaci stroj?!
Vojak : Áno, pane!
Veliteľ :  Ja tu velím, ty sviňa, rozumieš?!
Vojak: Áno, pane!

Matt : Tvoja myseľ je len program
a ja som vírus
zmením tvoje postavenie
posuniem tvoje hranice
stane sa z teba bezchybný dron
a budeš zabíjať na môj príkaz
ja za to však nebudem zodpovedať

(Zmením ťa... Zničím ťa..., Zmením ťa na...)

skurveného psychopata
skurveného psychopata
skurveného psychopata

Tvoja riť teraz patrí mne

Veliteľ: Si psychopatický vrah? Povedz: "Som psychopatický vrah!"
Vojak: Som psychopatický vrah!
Veliteľ: Zakrič!
Vojak: Som psychopatický vrah!
Veliteľ: Ukáž, ako sa tvári vojak!
Vojak: Aaaaaah!
Veliteľ: Si baba! Povedal som, ukáž, ako sa tvári vojak!
Vojak: Aaaaaah !

Matt : (Zmením ťa... Zničím ťa...
Zmením ťa na...)

skurveného psychopata
skurveného psychopata
skurveného psychopata

Tvoja riť teraz patrí mne

(Instrumental)

Ty skurvený psychopat

Tvoja riť teraz patrí mne
Tvoja riť teraz patrí mne

Preklad: Veronika Fričová

[VERSE 1]

Home
Its becoming a killing field
There's a cross-hair locked on my heart
With no recourse
And there's no one behind the wheel
Hellfire
You're wiping me out
Killed by

[PRE-CHORUS]

Drones!
(killed by) Drones!
(killed by)

[CHORUS 1]

You rule with lies and deceit
The world is on your side
You've got the CIA baby
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna) All you've done is brutalize
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna) Drones!

[VERSE 2]

War
War just moved up a gear
I don't think I can handle the truth
I'm just a pawn
And we're all expendable
Incidentally
Electronically erased
By your

[PRE-CHORUS]

Drones!
(killed by) Drones!
(killed by)

[CHORUS 2]

You kill by remote control
The world is on your side
You've got reapers and hawks babe
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna) Now I am radicalized
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna) Drones!

[BREAKDOWN]

(killed by)

[SOLO]

(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)

[CHORUS 3]

You rule with lies and deceit
The world is on your side
You've got the CIA baby
All you've done is brutalize
You kill by remote control
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna) The world is on your side
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna) You've got reapers and hawks babe
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna) Now I am radicalized
(you can run but you're never gonna hide, you can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)

[OUTRO]

(moaning)
Here come the drones!
[SIREN] Here come the drones!
Here come the drones!

My circuits have blown

I know it’s self imposed
And all I have shared
And all I have loved
Is all I have known

But something has changed
I feel so alive
My life just blew up
I’d give it all up
I’ll depressurize

Aahh
10000 miles left on the road
Aahh
500 hours until I’m home
I need something human, human
Human, human

Let’s face all our fears
Come out of the shade
Let’s burn all the money
Absolve all the lies
And wake up unscathed

The big picture’s gone
Replaced with visions of you
Now life can begin
I’ve cleansed all my sins
I’m about to break through

Aahh
5000 hours left on the road
Aahh
200 hours until I’m home
I need something human, human
Human, human
And I need the touch
And something human, human

Aahh
Less than a mile left on the road
Aahh
I’ll be crawling though your door
I need something human, human
Human, human
And I need your love
And something human, human

Matt podotkol, že Supremacy dostala Muse na "absurdnú úroveň". Bluesový nádych skladby dosahuje vrchol v orchestrálnej hystérii, v ktorej Matt spieva o tom, že ľudstvo stratí nadvládu nad Zemou, keď "sa zdvihnú moria" a nedostatok energetických zásob vyvolá celosvetovú krízu.

Podľa francúzskeho časopisu Jeuxactu sa pesnička v gitarových rifoch a orchestrácii podobá skladbe Kashmir od Led Zeppelin. Supremacy okrem Kashmiru viacerí kritici prirovnávajú k hlavnému hudobnému motívu Jamesa Bonda.

Wake to see
Your true emancipation is a fantasy
Policies have risen up and overcome the brave
Greatness dies
Unsung and lost invisible to history
Embedded spies
Brainwashing our children to be mean

You don’t have long
I am on to you
The time, it has come to destroy
Your supremacy

You don’t have long
I am on to you
The time, it has come to destroy
Your supremacy

Skladba silne ovplyvnená tvorbou kapely Queen, v ktorej počujeme chór, klavír a peckové gitarové časti.

Survival bola oficiálnou skladbou londýnskych Letných olympijskych hier 2012. Podľa Matta je táto pieseň "o snahe presvedčiť sám seba o tom, že mám na víťazstvo, aj keď všetko stojí proti mne, o tom, že zvíťaziť jednoducho chcem."

V tejto skladbe, tak isto ako aj v skladbách Showbiz a Micro Cuts, Matt zaspieva najvyšší tón svojho hlasového rozsahu, notu As5 (A♭5).

S písaním skladby začal Matt už v roku 2011, keď ho navštívil "najlepší klavirista" sir Elton John, aby spolu vytvorili skladbu pre LOH 2012. Táto spolupráca nepriniesla žiadne ovocie a skladba zostala nedokončená a bez textu. Matt dopísal a nahral Survival až v roku 2012, keď Muse začali pracovať na šiestom albume.

Skladba vyvolala u kritikov i fanúšikov rôznorodé reakcie. Redaktor časopisu NME Hamish MacBain kritizoval text piesne, bloger zo stránky SF Weekly, Ian Port, zase podotkol, že Survival nie je skladba, ale len "veľmi hlasná kopa dramatických zvukov." Časopis Forbes taktiež kritizoval text, pretože "nereprezentuje ducha olympiády" a po hudobnej stránke ide o "nevhodné, nemastné-neslané číslo."

Dom reagoval: "Ak skladbu fanúšikovia neznášajú, nevadí. Aspoň vyvoláva nejaké reakcie. Myslím si, že organizátori si na olympiádu vybrali zvláštnu skladbu, ale som rád, že si myslia, že Survival dokáže reprezentovať veľkoleposť OH. Táto pesnička vás vezme do čias gladiátorských hier. Možno by na olympiádu mali vrátiť zopár gladiátorských disciplín ako napr. odrážanie tigra ostnatou kovovou guľou."Pesnička však zožala aj niekoľko pochvál. Anketa novín The Telegraph odhalila, že 81,5% hlasujúcich skladbu označilo za "popové zlato" a len zvyšných 18,5% ju videlo ako "zlý začiatok." Stránka Digital Spy zase v Surival videla "všetky znaky typickej britskej hymny."

("Ah, ah ah ah", repeated)

Race
Life's a race
That I'm gonna win
Yes I'm gonna win
And I'll light the fuse
And I'll never lose
And I choose to survive
("Told you, so I", repeated)
Whatever it takes
You won't pull ahead
I'll keep up the pace
And I'll reveal my strength
To the whole human race
Yes, I am prepared
("You were warned and didn't listen", repeated)
To stay alive
I won't forgive
Vengeance is mine
And I won't give in
Because I choose to thrive
Yes, I'm gonna win

Race
("Told you, so I", repeat)
It's a race
That I'm gonna win
Yes I'm gonna win
And I'll light the fuse
And I'll never lose
And I choose to survive
("You were warned and didn't listen", repeated)
Whatever it takes
You won't pull ahead
I'll keep up the pace
And I'll reveal my strength
To the whole human race
Yes, I'm gonna win

("Fight, fight, fight, fight, win, win, win, win")

Yes, I'm gonna win

I have lived in darkness

For all my life, I've been pursued
You'd be afraid, if you could feel my pain
And if you could see the things
I am able to see

Break me out, break me out, let me flee
Break me out, break me out, set me free

I hail from the dark side
For all my life, I've been besieged
You'd be scared, living with my despair
And if you could feel the things
I am able to feel

Break me out, break me out, let me flee
Break me out, break me out, set me free

Break me out, break me out, let me flee
Break me out, break me out, set me free

Save me from the dark side
Break me out, break me out, set me free

You were my oppressor
And I, I have become programmed to obey
Now, you are my handler
And I, I will execute your demands.
Leave me alone
I must dissociate from you

Behold my transformation
And you are empowered to do as you please
My mind was lost in translation
And my heart has become a cold and impassive machine
Leave me alone
I must dissociate from you

I won't let you control my feelings anymore
And I will do
As I am told
And I am no longer afraid to walk alone
Let me go, let me be
I must stand free from your grip
You will never own me

They’ll say, no one can see us

That we’re estranged and all alone
They believe nothing can reach us
And pull us out of the boundless gloom

They’re wrong
They’re wrong
They’re wrong
Yeah baby, they’re wrong
They’re wrong
They’re wrong

They’ll say the sun is dying
And the fragile can’t be saved
And the cold, it will devour us
And we won’t rise up and slay giants

They’re wrong
They’re wrong
They’re wrong
Yeah baby, they’re wrong
They’re wrong
They’re wrong

It takes a leap of faith
To awake from these delusions
You are the coder and avatar
A star

They’ll say, no one will find us
That we’re estranged and all alone
They believe nothing can reach us
And pull us out of the boundless gloom

They’re wrong
They’re wrong
They’re wrong
Babe they’re wrong
They’re wrong
They’re wrong

Strung out, falling from the big time
Welcome to the infinite black skies
Brain cleansed, fractured identity
Fragments and scattered debris

Thought Contagion
Thought Contagion

Fall down, learn when to count it out
Prop me up, before I black out
Withdraw before you’re out of time
Clean slate and buried war crimes

You’ve been bitten by
A true believer
You’ve been bitten by
Someone who’s hungrier than you
You’ve been bitten by
A true believer
You’ve been bitten by
Someone’s false beliefs

Thought Contagion
Thought Contagion

They’ll never do what you want them to
Give it up and watch it break though
It’s too late for a revolution
Brace for the final solution

Thought Contagion
Thought Contagion

You’ve been bitten by
A true believer
You’ve been bitten by
Someone who’s hungrier than you
You’ve been bitten by
A true believer
You’ve been bitten by
Someone’s false beliefs

Thought Contagion
Thought Contagion

Strung out, falling from the big time
Welcome to the infinite black skies
It’s too late for a revolution
Brace for the final solution

Bleskovky

Nový singel na obzore

Už budúci štvrtok 13. januára Muse vydajú nový singel.

Muse scoverovali Duran Duran

Tento cover v podaní Muse zaznel prvýkrát v septembri minulého roku v televíznej show Taratata.

Muse v Later... with Jools Holland

Muse vystúpili v televíznej show BBC, kde odohrali skladbu Dig Down v špeciálnom aranžmáne.

Věděli jste, že?

...že Muse odohrali 10. septembra 2001 koncert v New York-skej Mercury Lounge a po koncerte hneď odleteli do Bostonu. Skupina na poslednú chvíľu zmenila plány. Mali prespať v hoteli Lower East Side v Manhattane a letieť ráno, v deň, kedy unesené lietadla

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