Oh baby, don't you know I suffer?
Oh baby, can you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses
How long before you let me go?

Ooh
You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight

[Chorus: x2]
You set my soul alight
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the super massive

I thought I was a fool for no one
Oh baby, I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth?

You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight

[Chorus: x2]

Super massive black hole
Super massive black hole
Super massive black hole

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the super massive

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the super massive

You set my soul alight
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the super massive

You set my soul alight
Glaciers melting in the dead of night



Lyrics submitted by thecomaboy

Track duration: 03:29

"Supermassive Black Hole" as written by Matthew James Bellamy

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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    General Comment:Song meaning:

    The song is about a man whos deeply in love with his lady,girlfriend or whatever. He loves her, but she doesn't love im. She's just with him because of his money/power or somehtign she wants from him and she knows he is "a fool for her" so she seduces him to stay with her (she "ser his soul alight", she let him the hope that she'll love him someday).
    He is pretty smart and he knows she's playing with him, but he loves her too much to care about, he's a fool for her and thats why he is weak to let her go.
    He knows she will never truely love him; but she let him hope it and he don't want to leave her even though he's hurting himself with this love, thats all he can get as soon as she keeps giving him false pretenses. The only way to overcome this is if she leaves, but she wont, beacuse she's so superficial she dont care about he sufering.
    He knows all that and that kind of love feels like a supermassive black hole into him, consuming everything he is.


    Oh baby, don't you know I suffer? (Sentimental suffering)
    Oh baby, can you hear me moan? (Sentimental suffering)
    You caught me under false pretenses (Ilussions she's giving him)
    How long before you let me go? (He knows he's being weak and he cant do anything)

    Ooh
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's hiving him)
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's giving him))

    [Chorus: x2]
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night (Sex is as cold as a glacier)
    And the superstars sucked into the super massive (He feels sucked by this love)

    I thought I was a fool for no one (He never feel this for anyone elses before)
    Oh baby, I'm a fool for you (He's weak by this way of love)
    You're the queen of the superficial (She doesnt really care about him)
    And how long before you tell the truth? (She's the strong in this relationship, to end it, she should leave)
    Flag kevaponteon May 18, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Song meaning:

    The song is about a man whos deeply in love with his lady,girlfriend or whatever. He loves her, but she doesn't love im. She's just with him because of his money/power or somehtign she wants from him and she knows he is "a fool for her" so she seduces him to stay with her (she "ser his soul alight", she let him the hope that she'll love him someday).
    He is pretty smart and he knows she's playing with him, but he loves her too much to care about, he's a fool for her and thats why he is weak to let her go.
    He knows she will never truely love him; but she let him hope it and he don't want to leave her even though he's hurting himself with this love, thats all he can get as soon as she keeps giving him false pretenses. The only way to overcome this is if she leaves, but she wont, beacuse she's so superficial she dont care about he sufering.
    He knows all that and that kind of love feels like a supermassive black hole into him, consuming everything he is.


    Oh baby, don't you know I suffer? (Sentimental suffering)
    Oh baby, can you hear me moan? (Sentimental suffering)
    You caught me under false pretenses (Ilussions she's giving him)
    How long before you let me go? (He knows he's being weak and he cant do anything)

    Ooh
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's hiving him)
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's giving him))

    [Chorus: x2]
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night (Sex is as cold as a glacier)
    And the superstars sucked into the super massive (He feels sucked by this love)

    I thought I was a fool for no one (He never feel this for anyone elses before)
    Oh baby, I'm a fool for you (He's weak by this way of love)
    You're the queen of the superficial (She doesnt really care about him)
    And how long before you tell the truth? (She's the strong in this relationship, to end it, she should leave)
    Flag kevaponteon May 18, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Song meaning:

    The song is about a man whos deeply in love with his lady,girlfriend or whatever. He loves her, but she doesn't love im. She's just with him because of his money/power or somehtign she wants from him and she knows he is "a fool for her" so she seduces him to stay with her (she "ser his soul alight", she let him the hope that she'll love him someday).
    He is pretty smart and he knows she's playing with him, but he loves her too much to care about, he's a fool for her and thats why he is weak to let her go.
    He knows she will never truely love him; but she let him hope it and he don't want to leave her even though he's hurting himself with this love, thats all he can get as soon as she keeps giving him false pretenses. The only way to overcome this is if she leaves, but she wont, beacuse she's so superficial she dont care about he sufering.
    He knows all that and that kind of love feels like a supermassive black hole into him, consuming everything he is.


    Oh baby, don't you know I suffer? (Sentimental suffering)
    Oh baby, can you hear me moan? (Sentimental suffering)
    You caught me under false pretenses (Ilussions she's giving him)
    How long before you let me go? (He knows he's being weak and he cant do anything)

    Ooh
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's hiving him)
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's giving him))

    [Chorus: x2]
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night (Sex is as cold as a glacier)
    And the superstars sucked into the super massive (He feels sucked by this love)

    I thought I was a fool for no one (He never feel this for anyone elses before)
    Oh baby, I'm a fool for you (He's weak by this way of love)
    You're the queen of the superficial (She doesnt really care about him)
    And how long before you tell the truth? (She's the strong in this relationship, to end it, she should leave)
    Flag kevaponteon May 18, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Song meaning:

    The song is about a man whos deeply in love with his lady,girlfriend or whatever. He loves her, but she doesn't love im. She's just with him because of his money/power or somehtign she wants from him and she knows he is "a fool for her" so she seduces him to stay with her (she "ser his soul alight", she let him the hope that she'll love him someday).
    He is pretty smart and he knows she's playing with him, but he loves her too much to care about, he's a fool for her and thats why he is weak to let her go.
    He knows she will never truely love him; but she let him hope it and he don't want to leave her even though he's hurting himself with this love, thats all he can get as soon as she keeps giving him false pretenses. The only way to overcome this is if she leaves, but she wont, beacuse she's so superficial she dont care about he sufering.
    He knows all that and that kind of love feels like a supermassive black hole into him, consuming everything he is.


    Oh baby, don't you know I suffer? (Sentimental suffering)
    Oh baby, can you hear me moan? (Sentimental suffering)
    You caught me under false pretenses (Ilussions she's giving him)
    How long before you let me go? (He knows he's being weak and he cant do anything)

    Ooh
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's hiving him)
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's giving him))

    [Chorus: x2]
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night (Sex is as cold as a glacier)
    And the superstars sucked into the super massive (He feels sucked by this love)

    I thought I was a fool for no one (He never feel this for anyone elses before)
    Oh baby, I'm a fool for you (He's weak by this way of love)
    You're the queen of the superficial (She doesnt really care about him)
    And how long before you tell the truth? (She's the strong in this relationship, to end it, she should leave)
    Flag kevaponteon May 18, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Song meaning:

    The song is about a man whos deeply in love with his lady,girlfriend or whatever. He loves her, but she doesn't love im. She's just with him because of his money/power or somehtign she wants from him and she knows he is "a fool for her" so she seduces him to stay with her (she "ser his soul alight", she let him the hope that she'll love him someday).
    He is pretty smart and he knows she's playing with him, but he loves her too much to care about, he's a fool for her and thats why he is weak to let her go.
    He knows she will never truely love him; but she let him hope it and he don't want to leave her even though he's hurting himself with this love, thats all he can get as soon as she keeps giving him false pretenses. The only way to overcome this is if she leaves, but she wont, beacuse she's so superficial she dont care about he sufering.
    He knows all that and that kind of love feels like a supermassive black hole into him, consuming everything he is.


    Oh baby, don't you know I suffer? (Sentimental suffering)
    Oh baby, can you hear me moan? (Sentimental suffering)
    You caught me under false pretenses (Ilussions she's giving him)
    How long before you let me go? (He knows he's being weak and he cant do anything)

    Ooh
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's hiving him)
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's giving him))

    [Chorus: x2]
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night (Sex is as cold as a glacier)
    And the superstars sucked into the super massive (He feels sucked by this love)

    I thought I was a fool for no one (He never feel this for anyone elses before)
    Oh baby, I'm a fool for you (He's weak by this way of love)
    You're the queen of the superficial (She doesnt really care about him)
    And how long before you tell the truth? (She's the strong in this relationship, to end it, she should leave)
    Flag kevaponteon May 18, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Song meaning:

    The song is about a man whos deeply in love with his lady,girlfriend or whatever. He loves her, but she doesn't love im. She's just with him because of his money/power or somehtign she wants from him and she knows he is "a fool for her" so she seduces him to stay with her (she "ser his soul alight", she let him the hope that she'll love him someday).
    He is pretty smart and he knows she's playing with him, but he loves her too much to care about, he's a fool for her and thats why he is weak to let her go.
    He knows she will never truely love him; but she let him hope it and he don't want to leave her even though he's hurting himself with this love, thats all he can get as soon as she keeps giving him false pretenses. The only way to overcome this is if she leaves, but she wont, beacuse she's so superficial she dont care about he sufering.
    He knows all that and that kind of love feels like a supermassive black hole into him, consuming everything he is.


    Oh baby, don't you know I suffer? (Sentimental suffering)
    Oh baby, can you hear me moan? (Sentimental suffering)
    You caught me under false pretenses (Ilussions she's giving him)
    How long before you let me go? (He knows he's being weak and he cant do anything)

    Ooh
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's hiving him)
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's giving him))

    [Chorus: x2]
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night (Sex is as cold as a glacier)
    And the superstars sucked into the super massive (He feels sucked by this love)

    I thought I was a fool for no one (He never feel this for anyone elses before)
    Oh baby, I'm a fool for you (He's weak by this way of love)
    You're the queen of the superficial (She doesnt really care about him)
    And how long before you tell the truth? (She's the strong in this relationship, to end it, she should leave)
    Flag kevaponteon May 18, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Song meaning:

    The song is about a man whos deeply in love with his lady,girlfriend or whatever. He loves her, but she doesn't love im. She's just with him because of his money/power or somehtign she wants from him and she knows he is "a fool for her" so she seduces him to stay with her (she "ser his soul alight", she let him the hope that she'll love him someday).
    He is pretty smart and he knows she's playing with him, but he loves her too much to care about, he's a fool for her and thats why he is weak to let her go.
    He knows she will never truely love him; but she let him hope it and he don't want to leave her even though he's hurting himself with this love, thats all he can get as soon as she keeps giving him false pretenses. The only way to overcome this is if she leaves, but she wont, beacuse she's so superficial she dont care about he sufering.
    He knows all that and that kind of love feels like a supermassive black hole into him, consuming everything he is.


    Oh baby, don't you know I suffer? (Sentimental suffering)
    Oh baby, can you hear me moan? (Sentimental suffering)
    You caught me under false pretenses (Ilussions she's giving him)
    How long before you let me go? (He knows he's being weak and he cant do anything)

    Ooh
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's hiving him)
    You set my soul alight (Ilussions she's giving him))

    [Chorus: x2]
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night (Sex is as cold as a glacier)
    And the superstars sucked into the super massive (He feels sucked by this love)

    I thought I was a fool for no one (He never feel this for anyone elses before)
    Oh baby, I'm a fool for you (He's weak by this way of love)
    You're the queen of the superficial (She doesnt really care about him)
    And how long before you tell the truth? (She's the strong in this relationship, to end it, she should leave)
    Flag kevaponteon May 18, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This is a great song love the tune.The instrumental played in it is awesome.Its a very uplifting & upbeat song.I will recommend every one to listen.
    Flag Shadinaon May 04, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Best song about boderline I've ever heard.

    you set my soul alight..
    you suffer...moan..

    "and the superstars sucked into the supermassive"
    and all the best of you is sucked into that hole until you fall in it yourself.
    Flag Jocabon November 09, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is interesting, because it seems to simple compared to most of muse's songs. I think it is about the commercial world, with lopsided and models, being welcomed in as people can only see the good side, the side celebrities show on TV. Only after the whole nation is melted and fallen into the suppermassive black hole from which there is no escape, will it reveal its true colours, with most celebrities being spoilt and to rich for their own good. Great song, though.
    Flag Robbie10on October 03, 2011   Link

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