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
Muse - Simulation Theory Album Lyrics
Muse - Simulation Theory Lyrics
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
The Dark Side
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
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
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Pressure
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
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 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
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 curb me
Don't thwart me
I need you out of my head
You got me close to the edge
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 block me
I need you out of my head
You got me close to the edge
Pressure building
Pressure building
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
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 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
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 curb me
Don't thwart me
I need you out of my head
You got me close to the edge
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 block me
I need you out of my head
You got me close to the edge
Pressure building
Pressure building
Writer: Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Chris Wolstenholme
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Floozy
You got me trapped in your 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're tired with the truth
Only you're killing me with your
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Cool chick
You ate my soul just like a death eater
I'm the ocean you're an oil slick now
But 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're tired with the truth
Only you're killing me with your
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
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 keep telling pretty lies, babe
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
Only you're killing me with your
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Floozy
You got me trapped in your 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're tired with the truth
Only you're killing me with your
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Cool chick
You ate my soul just like a death eater
I'm the ocean you're an oil slick now
But 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're tired with the truth
Only you're killing me with your
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda
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 keep telling pretty lies, babe
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
Only you're killing me with your
Propaganda
Writer: Jose Angel Velazquez, Luis Federico Vindver Arosa, Matthew James Bellamy, Timothy Z. Mosley
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Anthem Entertainment
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Anthem Entertainment
Break It To Me
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
Don't dress it up but 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
And don't fake it, just
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
And I can handle the truth
I can cope with whatever you're holding back
No need to sugar coat
I know how to mend
I can rise high above the ashes
I'll re-invent
I will re-emerge
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
Don't dress it up but 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
And don't fake it, just (break it to me)
(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
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
Don't dress it up but 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
And don't fake it, just
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
And I can handle the truth
I can cope with whatever you're holding back
No need to sugar coat
I know how to mend
I can rise high above the ashes
I'll re-invent
I will re-emerge
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
Don't dress it up but 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
And don't fake it, just (break it to me)
(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
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
(Break it to me)
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Something Human
My circuits have blown
I know it's self-imposed
And all I have shared, and all I have loved
Is all I'll ever own
But something has changed
I feel so alive
My life just blew up, I'd give it all up
I'll depressurize
Oh, oh, oh, ten thousand miles left on the road
Oh, oh, oh, five hundred hours 'til I am 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
Oh, oh, oh, five thousand miles left on the road
Oh, oh, oh, two hundred hours 'til I am home
I need something human, human
Human, human
And I need the touch
And something human, human
Oh, oh, oh, less than a mile left on the road
Oh, oh, oh, I will be crawling though your door
I need something human, human
Human, human
And I need your love
And something human, human
I know it's self-imposed
And all I have shared, and all I have loved
Is all I'll ever own
But something has changed
I feel so alive
My life just blew up, I'd give it all up
I'll depressurize
Oh, oh, oh, ten thousand miles left on the road
Oh, oh, oh, five hundred hours 'til I am 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
Oh, oh, oh, five thousand miles left on the road
Oh, oh, oh, two hundred hours 'til I am home
I need something human, human
Human, human
And I need the touch
And something human, human
Oh, oh, oh, less than a mile left on the road
Oh, oh, oh, I will be crawling though your door
I need something human, human
Human, human
And I need your love
And something human, human
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Thought Contagion
Strung out falling from the big time
Welcome to the infinite black skies
Brain clans fractured identity
Fragments and scattered debris
Thought contagion
Thought contagion
Fall down long winds are counted out
Prop me up before I black out
Withdraw before you're out of time
A 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 them break through
It's too late for a revolution
Brace for the final solution
Thought contagion
Thought contagion
You've been bit by a true believer
You've been bit by someone who's hungrier then you
You've been bit 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
Welcome to the infinite black skies
Brain clans fractured identity
Fragments and scattered debris
Thought contagion
Thought contagion
Fall down long winds are counted out
Prop me up before I black out
Withdraw before you're out of time
A 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 them break through
It's too late for a revolution
Brace for the final solution
Thought contagion
Thought contagion
You've been bit by a true believer
You've been bit by someone who's hungrier then you
You've been bit 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
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Get Up And Fight
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
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
Writer: Johan Karl Schuster, Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Blockades
The truth is like 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
Where's the rush?
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
And fight for your life
Leave me inside 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
Where's the rush?
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
Fight for your life
Leave me inside now
Crush, crush
Where is the rush?
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
Fight for your life
Leave me inside now
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
Where's the rush?
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
And fight for your life
Leave me inside 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
Where's the rush?
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
Fight for your life
Leave me inside now
Crush, crush
Where is the rush?
Seize, fight for your life
Smash, test
Beat the best
Fight for your life
Leave me inside now
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Dig Down
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 all 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 (dig down)
And you can only see red (dig down)
You must find a way
Dig down
Dig down
Dig down
Find faith
We won't let them divide (dig down)
We will never abide (dig down)
We will find a way
Dig down
Dig down
Dig down
Faith
Dig down
Dig down
Faith
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 all 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 (dig down)
And you can only see red (dig down)
You must find a way
Dig down
Dig down
Dig down
Find faith
We won't let them divide (dig down)
We will never abide (dig down)
We will find a way
Dig down
Dig down
Dig down
Faith
Dig down
Dig down
Faith
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
The Void
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
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
Writer: Matthew James Bellamy
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Simulation Theory is the eighth studio album by English rock band Muse. It was released on 9 November 2018 through Warner Bros. Records and Helium-3. Muse co-produced the album with Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, and Timbaland. Following the darker themes of Muse's prior albums, Simulation Theory incorporates lighter influences from science fiction and 1980s pop culture, with extensive use of synthesisers. The contemporary political climate of the United States informed the lyrics.
Rather than working on the album as a whole, Muse focused on recording a single track at a time. Recording began at AIR Studios in London in early 2017 with Elizondo, before embarking on a tour of North America. Production restarted in Los Angeles in late 2017 with Costey, who previously produced Muse's albums Absolution (2003) and Black Holes and Revelations (2006).
The album cover, designed by Stranger Things artist Kyle Lambert, and its music videos homage 1980s pop culture such as Back to the Future, Michael Jackson's Thriller, and Teen Wolf. Simulation Theory was preceded by the release of singles "Dig Down", "Thought Contagion", "Something Human", "The Dark Side", and "Pressure", along with a 2018 festival tour of North America. It was released in a standard edition alongside two deluxe editions featuring alternate versions of its tracks. A world tour of North America, Europe and South America took place in 2019 to support the album.
The album received generally mixed reviews, but became the band's sixth consecutive album to top the UK Albums Chart. A film based on the album and tour, Muse - Simulation Theory, was released in August 2020. As of November 2022, Simulation Theory has sold over one million copies worldwide.
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MuseRather than working on the album as a whole, Muse focused on recording a single track at a time. Recording began at AIR Studios in London in early 2017 with Elizondo, before embarking on a tour of North America. Production restarted in Los Angeles in late 2017 with Costey, who previously produced Muse's albums Absolution (2003) and Black Holes and Revelations (2006).
The album cover, designed by Stranger Things artist Kyle Lambert, and its music videos homage 1980s pop culture such as Back to the Future, Michael Jackson's Thriller, and Teen Wolf. Simulation Theory was preceded by the release of singles "Dig Down", "Thought Contagion", "Something Human", "The Dark Side", and "Pressure", along with a 2018 festival tour of North America. It was released in a standard edition alongside two deluxe editions featuring alternate versions of its tracks. A world tour of North America, Europe and South America took place in 2019 to support the album.
The album received generally mixed reviews, but became the band's sixth consecutive album to top the UK Albums Chart. A film based on the album and tour, Muse - Simulation Theory, was released in August 2020. As of November 2022, Simulation Theory has sold over one million copies worldwide.
Genre(s): Electronic rock, new wave, pop rock, synth-pop, electro-funk
Producer(s): Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Muse, Shellback, Timbaland
Length: 42:12
Released: November 9th, 2018
Year: 2018