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Matt Bellamy has said the song was inspired by a dream he had in which he was in desert and there were giant blades swinging from the sky.

The first time Micro Cuts was played live, it featured different lyrics in place of “Micro waves me insane, A blade cuts in your brain” and the chorus. Early live versions featured an extended outro that featured parts of the song Execution Commentary, as well as extra lyrics.

The descending vocals towards the end of the song have been played intermittently through time. During early 2001 it wasn’t sung at all, and post 2002 it wasn’t usually sung, although one example of the descending vocals post-2002 was at The Mercy Lounge in 2004. In the latter half of the 2005 tour, the post-final-chorus section was used as an outro to Stockholm Syndrome on at least two occasions.

Micro Cuts made a return to set lists during the 2007 European tour. The first performance of 2007 featured a largely clean guitar (without effects), while further performances feature a “new effect”, which mimics the layering on the album recording. The descending vocals have not returned, while vocals have been clean so far. After the final chorus and before the final decent, Bellamy has used the chaos pad to create a sound similar to the Kaoss pad solo and outro used with live Supermassive Black Hole performances.
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  • Hullabaloo (Disc 2)
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  • Hullabaloo Soundtrack (disc 2)
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  • hunkydoris

    THIS!!!!!!!

    Tuesday evening

  • V4run

    Mindblowing outro. RATM-ish.

    15 days ago

  • spadeskull5fdp

    PLEASE DON'T READ THIS. YOU WILL BE KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU'VE STARTED READING THIS. DON'T STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY. 1. say your name 10 times 2. say your mom's name 5 times 3. say your crushes name 3 times 4. paste this to 4 other songs. if you do this, your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. but if you read this and do not paste this, then you will have very bad luck. SEND THIS TO 5 SONGS IN 143 MINUTES. WHEN YOU'RE DONE PRESS F6 AND YOUR CRUSH'S NAME WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS.ITS SO FREAKY BUT IT WILL ACTUALLY WORK

    last month

  • masodikgalamb

    why can't they still make songs like this??

    March 2012

  • GooalaShooola

    For me, Muse peaked at this moment on Origin of Symmetry - Citizen Erased followed by Micro Cuts. Immense.

    January 2012

  • Ow920

    Bass riff at the end is so good. I love this song

    January 2012

  • Bliss8117

    Nah, Montreux Jazz Festival's the best. HAARP is up there though.

    January 2012

  • dead_world19

    HAARP version is the best, no doubt. [2]

    December 2011

  • skimutis51

    what just happends?!?!?

    December 2011

  • curty_

    "You’ve scrobbled this track 8 times. You first scrobbled it on 23 Aug 2011". Bit ashamed by those stats!

    December 2011

  • purpleasure

    I can sing this song as no one .... awful as no one. Love it

    November 2011

  • Willhellmine

    I went crazy when I heard this song live x]

    September 2011

  • SamuelEllmer

    Absolutely incredible at Reading. The video they played on the screen was as haunting and demented as FUCK. Loved it.

    September 2011

  • pedrooi

    This is the definition of the word 'epic'

    September 2011

  • kirstylaaa

    Micro Cuts, to me, has always truly encapsulated the soul of Origin of Symmetry - completely unique, beautiful, experimental, not of this planet. One of the best Muse tracks ever.

    September 2011

  • Fynar

    The lyrics!

    July 2011

  • Brombit

    The constant "opera" singing is too much for me

    July 2011

  • DonPinguin

    yeah this one's pretty insane

    June 2011

  • charis_matic

    HAARP version is the best, no doubt. +1

    April 2011

  • owl21

    their best song imo

    April 2011
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