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Muse – Ruled By Secrecy (4:52)

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Matthew Bellamy: “It’s about some geezer who’s come back from work and he’s just kinda like shot everyone and blown everyone up, and he’s come back to his wife with like a load of blood all over his hands going ‘I’ve just blown it … I lost it … I lost the plot.’

“The reason being because its slowly dawning on him that everything he is doing is out of his power.”

Ruled by Secrecy starts off very quiet, followed by an explosion of sound. It was one of the band’s (and Tom Kirk’s) favourite songs to play live during the Absolution tour.

At 3:19 in the song, there is a very subtle mistake in Bellamy’s playing.

The video that plays in the background during live performances counts down to the piano climax, appearing to count down to an apocalyptic event, such as an atomic bomb explosion.

The title and the song’s meaning are also related to a book called Rule by Secrecy by Jim Marrs, a book about conspiracy theories of how there are secret societies dictating the way the world is run. The song probably refers to the ‘underground’ group called Illuminati.

At the end, a heart-beat can be heard. It’s very quiet though it is possible to hear. There is also a Shepard Tone as the songs fades out.
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  • Absolution
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  • paradrome

    inside the floating catacombs.........

    last week

  • RuledByMUSE

    this is more than a song, it's art at its purest

    last month

  • MilyLafleur

    I don't want to see them, just listen... Suddenly, no more gravity!

    March 2012

  • Ultra_DM_

    Change in the air And they'll hide everywhere And no one knows who's in control

    January 2012

  • Leonardo_Silva

    Epic

    January 2012

  • WHEREVER1

    My favourite Muse song. Забываешь как дышать, когда слушаешь ...

    December 2011

  • TrippedB

    LOL It's funny I listn to Muse all the time on Youtube or my sister I-Pod. Just now added them to my Library.

    November 2011

  • salvatore_88

    El piano es BESTIAL!

    October 2011

  • RobCanning

    Distorted bass in the piano climax was a good call.

    September 2011

  • wrackspurts

    I love this song so much. It's one of my all time favorites.

    September 2011

  • Spin_26

    Seeing this song live was breathtaking.

    September 2011

  • nicola_muse

    This song blows my mind! The way it slowly builds up is incredible.

    August 2011

  • kirstylaaa

    I am without words.. and i never dreamed of seeing it live, that was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Most played song on my ipod.. it's perfect.

    August 2011

  • altogingenting

    Incredibly beautiful! It hypnotizes me every time I listen to it. It's perfection!

    July 2011

  • deBadWolff

    What is it about Muse songs?!? Whatever situation I'm in I just feel that there is a Muse song out there that relates to that situation. LOVE MUSE

    June 2011

  • burwellian

    Gorgeous song. Heard it live, but so many people were speaking over it, GRRRRR...

    June 2011

  • MelancholyX85

    This song is fabulous. I mean the word FABULOUS \m/

    May 2011

  • rainy_Bri

    piano is amazing !

    May 2011

  • mania_de

    absolution !!!!!!!!!!!!

    April 2011

  • cr1s

    the piano blows mind, [10]

    April 2011
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