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Cast your eye tears on to me
And I'll show you what you really need
Give too much attention
And I'll reflect your imperfections
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god of a shrinking universe
Purposeless survival
Now there's nothing left to die for
So don't struggle to recognize
Now the cruelly heart-felt suicide
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god of a shrinking universe
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god of a shrinking universe
And I'll show you what you really need
Give too much attention
And I'll reflect your imperfections
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god of a shrinking universe
Purposeless survival
Now there's nothing left to die for
So don't struggle to recognize
Now the cruelly heart-felt suicide
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god of a shrinking universe
Can't you see it's over
Because you're the god of a shrinking universe
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In the begining section... Matt tells god (tongue-in-cheek) that if he looks too closely at man... that god will see reflected his own imperfections (i.e., since man created god in man's image). All in all, I think Matt (who's an atheist) is saying that traditional religion should just decide to call it quits.
Responding to some earlier posts... because of the huge population explosion over the past 100 years, there are many more Christians (in numbers) alive today than ever before in history. Just because atheism is more visable doesn't mean there are fewer numbers of religious. Its just a percentage thing.
The part where Matt cries out at the end is absolutely spine tingling. I'd buy an album entirely filled with Bellamy screaming/moaning/crying/etc. I've never heard so much emotion out of an absence of words.
"Cast your ideals onto me"
Well I'm pretty sure they are. My fave part of this song is the vocal solo in the middle, i love it!
Ok so, most of Muse's songs are about 2 things. 1. A love song. 2 A song that has something to do with religion. Now they have songs that don't have to do with either of the subjects, but not many.
But onto the meaning of the song!.
Muse usually makes it obvious what the song could be about by the name of it "Shrinking Universe" Now he says in the song: can't you see it's over because you're the god of a shrinking universe. Hes talking about god. The song is about how the world keeps getting worse and worse, and as the world gets worse and worse, more people become athiest. The ammount of people who believe in god 'Shrinks'.
Through out the song Bellamy says alot of differint things. I think every lyric in this song is suppose to be as if he was saying it to god.
Give too much attention
And I'll reflect your imperfections
This part is about how God has too much attention, Pretty obvious think about it
God does get an awful lot of attention.
This part is about how God has too much attention, Pretty obvious think about it
God does get an awful lot of attention.
so to sum it up, Its about a guy telling god about all the bad things
that hes done, and how its hard to believe in something, when all
that happens in the world is bad.
because you're the god of a shrinking universe
This song also reminds me of Tyler Durden's rant in the novel/film Fight Club in which he says, "We have no Great War. No great depression. We're the middle children of society. No purpose or place. Our Great War is a spiritual war. And our Great Depression...is our lives." I feel as humans, we've basically been devolving. We've abandoned our survival instincts and natural methods of living. We depend on computers, and TV's, and MP3 Players, and our houses, and bank accounts, and fancy cars, and on all these things we really don't need.
I also think this is why they put the song on the trailer for 28 Weeks Later. Because in those movies one of the major points Danny Boyle/Alex Garland makes (at least indirectly), is how badly we are addicted to these things. And how in a world like that, none of this will matter. They have no electricity, no radio, no TV, no products we've become slaves to.
But I'm tired and rambling so maybe I'm not making sense? I don't know...
And HideYourDisguise, I agree 100% the middle section is breathtaking and whatever wonderful word one could use to describe it.
The wailing in the middle section is just so beautiful.. so much expressed with no words at all.
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