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Begins with a guitar riff which uses a pedal note throughout supported by a moving bass line which is continued in the verse. Drum part is rhythmically imitative of the guitar riff. The chorus is heavily chromatic. Both the guitar and vocal parts ascend chromatically, and when it moves out of this chromatic motif the guitar continues to imitate the vocal line melodically. The piece is brought to a close initially with the original guitar riff and then by a variation of the riff but with the same bass line. The song is bookended by 33 randomly overdubbed guitars, which eventually resolve to a B major chord to end the track.

When played live, this song was referred to as DES due to a name printed on a set list. DES is the name of the keyboard technician - During the performance of Fillip for Bizarre 1999, there is a problem with the sound (a video of this can be downloaded here) and at the time, Matt made a beckoning gesture aimed backstage and he is heard saying “Des! Des!”. It could also be a reference to DES, an American government cipher which would fit with the apparent cryptographic theme of the album. DES became a backronym for “Dead End Street” when some fans thought it was the title for the new song.

Matt first referred to this song in his October message on the Official messaged board stating that “the 33 randomised guitar overdubs on the church of sub genius … have high chance of making it “, Church of the SubGenius being the song’s pre-release title.
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  • Sianukvilll

    Не могу остановиться. Великолепно!!!

    last month

  • mattaui

    Don't close the door on what you adore.

    March 2012

  • Toshiki-A

    yeah glorious!!

    February 2012

  • Ultra_DM_

    супермегашикарнаяпотряснаяофигеннейшая песня.

    February 2012

  • xVictimOfADownx

    wow.....this song is simply incredibly groovy and beautiful......

    November 2011

  • VGKS

    I, for one, like supermassive black hole, but Glorious is so awesome! Why couldn't they replace this two songs

    September 2011

  • magsja

    My favorite Muse song, it is simply Glorious! [2]

    August 2011

  • nintenho

    My favorite Muse song, it is simply Glorious!

    July 2011

  • greenbean1

    Glorious!

    July 2011

  • maeuncensored

    Amazing song. Makes you feel like you can do anything~

    June 2011

  • the_cwtimes

    so great..

    May 2011

  • AcklesMOD

    <3

    April 2011

  • Robck27

    monster of a song

    April 2011

  • cynthiaraphaela

    Believes we could be glooorious! :D

    April 2011

  • magsja

    I think I'm addicted

    March 2011

  • danita61

    Anyway... the song is absolutely Glorious!!! Love the lyrics and the guitar riffs xD OOOhhhhh!

    February 2011

  • danita61

    How come you haven't listened to it? It is in the Black Holes and Revelations album. Well, at least in mine and I'm not Japanse hehe.

    February 2011

  • CptL

    Why do the Japanese always get the best versions of Muse's stuff. :(

    February 2011

  • tarantulacat

    I hadn't heard this Muse song before... YEOWZA! [2] How is this possible?!

    January 2011

  • The_Groove_Girl

    this is amazing

    December 2010
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