Music & lyrics by Muse

Since on Saint Valentine's Day I ditched Muse for Radiohead, for fear of getting torn to pieces now (you never know with the internet, anyone can find anything about you), here is not the actual mushy track I originally meant to repost then just before Thom Yorke decided to take my ears over with the perfect song (see Related articles) but some hell-raiser Molotov cocktail instead perfectly echoing my current rage. Well, if your neighbours unfortunately happen to be a pain in the a**, take this opportunity to pump up the volume (personally I won't for I have great neighbours).

Lyrics

I won't stand in your way,
Let your hatred grow.
And she'll scream,
And she'll shout,
And she'll pray,
And she had a name...
Yeah she had a name!

And I won't hold you back,
Let your anger rise.
And we'll fly,
And we'll fall,
And we'll burn,
No one will recall...
No one will recall!

This is the last time I'll abandon you,
And this is the last time I'll forget you —
I wish I could!

Look to the stars,
Let hope burn in your eyes.
And we'll love,
And we'll hate,
And we'll die,
All to no avail...
All to no avail!

This is the last time I'll abandon you,
And this is the last time I'll forget you —
I wish I could!

This is the last time I'll abandon you,
And this is the last time I'll forget you —
I wish I could!
I wish I could!

© Matthew Bellamy, 2003

About this song

What about this heavy metal-sounding track from the threesome's third album, Absolution, released in 2003, which incidentally is also the title of one of the most extensive categories of this blog? It definitely should have been featured much earlier. And as you may have guessed, it's also one of my favourite in line with "Assassin" and "Reapers" — the kind of stuff which releases you from tensions or really pumps you up when you're totally tired out. As for the song's lyrics, they take the perspective of the abuser who behaves in a rather compulsive way (“This is the last time...”, “I wish I could...”) towards his victim who gradually loses her identity (“And she had a name”).

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