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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.
“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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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Amazing song <3
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nice video
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mayyglacier wrote:
very surprising and ... breathtaking ...
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Vrenis_Muse wrote:
this song blows me away
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<3
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best@!
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Vbaxeman wrote:
Muse music is so very diverse, and this track is simply ecstatic, I could drown in the sound of it!
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Danielcarmoo wrote:
Fantastic! *____*
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Silent_voice_ wrote:
so good *__*
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Haaaailie wrote:
Magic fairy-tail song...
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LukeLovesPlaceb wrote:
Unbelievably Great this Song ! :)
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niespodziewanka wrote:
one word: B E A U T I F U L
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dalbarran1 wrote:
this song is amazing. im a huge radiohead fan also and this song just makes me go crazy
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KiingNothing wrote:
nice closing-album song
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CrisDolphin wrote:
Thank you very much!
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kirstylaaa wrote:
Please don't mention radiohead x|. This song is one of my many favourites from absolution. Erm, well actually..i say that about pretty much every song on this album. This one is amazing though.
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LO M3JOR D3 LO M3JOR, PARA MI 3S 3L M3JOR DISCO
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Schenifer wrote:
I´m getting to be crazy ....... soooooooooo amazing!
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lucas7599 wrote:
fuck, this is so amazing. It doesn't sound like radiohead...It sounds better than any radiohead song
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Great song. :)
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