 Genius Meanings
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Muse – Reapers
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“Reapers” is about the effect that drones have had on modern warfare. It addresses the power and simplicity of drones, along with the ease with which they can be used to take out a
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Muse – Psycho
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“Psycho” is the lead single from Muse’s Drones. The main riff in “Psycho” known as the “0305030 riff” dates back to 1999 and has previously been played at Muse concerts after “
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Sematary (Ft. Hackle) – HAUNTED MOUND REAPERS
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[Intro: Sematary] / Hauntaholics, Real Haunted Mound / Hahaha / Ha / Haunted Mound / Haunted Mound / Stay in my haunted house, I call it the butcher house / Ha-Ha-Hauntaholics / [
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Muse – The Handler
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“The Handler” was the third track released in advance of [Muse]’s 2015 concept album
Drones.
This single, and the other singles released before it, “Psycho” and “Mercy”, had
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Muse – Undisclosed Desires
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Paralleling the title, the accompanying music video displays the band dressed in wires, Ferris-wheels made of guitars, two microphones for Matt Bellamy, a plug-in shoe, a lyrics
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Muse – Defector
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At this point in the album’s story, the protagonist, confirmed by Matt to be named Mary, breaks free of her oppressors and begins to revolt.
Musically, the track has an unusual
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Muse – Dead Inside
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The opening track on “Drones” introduces listeners to the protagonist of the album. In an interview with BBC, singer Matt Bellamy said:
[It] is a pretty jaded song where the
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Muse – Aftermath
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Aftermath is one of the only songs about love on the Drones, with the other being “Dead Inside”. The difference between the two is that while the latter is about losing love, this
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Muse – The Globalist
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According to Matt Bellamy, “The Globalist” is a ten-minute “prog nightmare” sequel to fan-favourite Citizen Erased.
A lot of fans keep tweeting, asking what song is the sequel to
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Muse – Mercy
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“Mercy” was the third track released in advance of the 2015 album Drones.
The singer is regretting her transformation into a drone (detailed on the third track “Psycho”). She is
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Muse – Revolt
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[Verse 1] / How did we get in so much trouble? / Getting out just seems impossible / Oppression is persisting / I can't fight this brain conditioning / Our freedom's just a loan
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Muse – Uprising
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From Muse’s 2009 album, The Resistance, which was heavily based on George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, 1984.
An eventual concept of the novel is a rebellion, an “Uprising
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Muse – [Drill Sergeant]
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The second track on Muse’s Drones is an interlude on the album, featuring a titular drill sergeant talking down one of his soldiers. The track not-so-subtly pushes the album’s
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Muse – [Drill Sergeant]
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The second track on Muse’s Drones is an interlude on the album, featuring a titular drill sergeant talking down one of his soldiers. The track not-so-subtly pushes the album’s
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Modest Mouse – Float On
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Indisputably Modest Mouse’s most popular song, “Float On” is about how no matter what happens it could always be worse, look at the bright side. The track was the band’s mainstream
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Sia – Move Your Body
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“Move Your Body” was released as the fourth single off of This Is Acting. Sia revealed during a radio interview with 103.7 KVIL in November 2015 that the song was intended for
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Muse – Drones
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The music for this song is ‘Benedictus’ by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina from his ‘Missa Papae Marcelli’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qevcHGxxVg
Following the bombast of
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Radamiz – Strings
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[Verse 1] / Based in a city / Where the Yankee fitted isn’t indicative of The Bronx / We make our pilgrimage with Haram for Isabel Marant / And find a new start / Bet pocket
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Katy Perry – The One That Got Away
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In The One That Got Away, Katy reminisces about a former lover. She promises him that if only things had worked out differently, they could have spent their lives together.
During
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Sia – One Million Bullets
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“One Million Bullets” is a song featured on Sia’s seventh album, This Is Acting. Sia announced the surprise release of this single on November 27, 2015.
Much like her previous
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Bladee – College Boy
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[Intro] / Smoking drain / I'ma take it to the face / I'ma take it to the face / [Chorus] / When she saw me come down, I made her fall in love / Might catch a sundown, 925 my arm
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Tag Team – Whoomp! (There It Is)
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Early 90’s smash hit single written and produced by the Atlanta duo of Cecil “DC the Brain Supreme” Glenn and Steve “Rolln” Gibson. The song samples the bassline from the 1980 song
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Chance the Rapper – Same Drugs
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“Same Drugs” describes the relationship between Chance and a girl from his childhood. Realising that they no longer share the same interests and experiences that they did as
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Pierre de Gaillande – To Die For Your Ideas (Mourir pour des Idées)
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To die for your ideas an excellent idea / One time i almost died for lack of having it / When all the taming hordes who had it before me / Went screaming to my door in a murderous
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