Muse – Madness

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I, I can't get these memories out of my mind
And some kind of madness has started to evolve
I, I tried so hard to let you go
But some kind of madness is swallowing me whole, yeah

I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realized
What you mean
Oh oh oh

And now, I need to know is this real love
Or is it just madness keeping us afloat?
And when I look back at all the crazy fights we had
Like some kind of madness
Was taking control
Yeah

And now I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realized
What you need
Mm

And now I have finally seen the end (Finally seen the end)
And I'm not expecting you to care (Expecting you to care)
But I have finally seen the light (Finally seen the light)
I have finally realized (Realized)
I need to love
I need to love

Come to me,
Trust in your dream
Come on and rescue me
Yes I have known, I can be wrong
Maybe I'm too headstrong
Our love is
Madness

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Lyrics submitted by mike, edited by bckyltylr, bean726, rrand88, RainySun9

Track duration: 04:16

"Madness" as written by Matthew James Bellamy

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • +1
    General Comment:The lyrics at the end of the song should read... "Come to me Just in a dream Come on a rescue me Yes I know I can't be wrong and baby you're too headstrong, our love is madness"

    The song is about being able to put arguments and our own personal ego aside for love. He can't be wrong and she is too headstrong basically say the same thing. We are stubborn as people but putting aside our egos help us love and realize the love we need
    Flag fabricatedon May 03, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:This song makes me think of Heathcliff from "Wuthering Heights." I'm pretty sure Matt wasn't thinking of Heathcliff when he wrote the song, but I think the song is a perfect description of Heathcliff's "madness."
    Flag macychickon April 27, 2013   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:It's a song about the realization of the reality and the value and significance of love. I have finally seen the light, I have finally realized I need to love.

    A relationship is not perfect; it will have its problems, arguments, hardships, and flaws. It's about realizing that these imperfections don't matter because love is worth it. There are two basic motivating forces in life; fear and love. Love saves us from fear and suffering. It's about realizing that all love is madness, but we must pursue it nonetheless because we need to love, we need to experience the beauty of having something so great to live and care for.
    Flag Pterodacylon April 20, 2013   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:c'mon guys, this one is pretty obvious. it's about the NCAA March Madness.
    Flag KentuckyThunderon April 08, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I remember hearing in an interview right before his performance in Stockholm, which I think was their first live performance of the song (can't find the video of the interview) he said that he wrote this song after getting in some sort of argument with his fiancee, Kate Hudson, and she left him some time to think about their relationship and so in that time period he wrote this song.

    So, I guess to me the song is talking about him finally realizing that she is what he needs and that he needs to show that he loves her. I love this song, the lyrics are very personal and have a lot of emotion in them.

    I also remember (maybe in another interview) he said that this was his best song he's ever written because it's the most personal song he's ever done and he usually doesn't make songs so personal to him.
    Flag c00lBlkGyeon March 28, 2013   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:As a quick note, I read the lyrics on Muse's official site and instead of Matt singing "I need to love", he actually says "I need YOUR love". I know it doesn't seem like that big a change, but to me changing the word "to" to "your" kind of gives the song a different meaning at the end where he is still longing for this person he's with.
    Flag jesushuttlesworthon January 07, 2013   Link
  • -1
    My Interpretation:The last line is "Our love is Madness". You can take this literally as madness=love and replace the word 'madness' in the lyrics with 'love'. Then the song still makes sense.
    It is about a person being in a relationship for a short while and feeling really weird and not understanding it. Then he has the revelation that the madness he feels is simply the love that is growing on him.
    Flag johnie102on January 05, 2013   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:I think it's about how in a relationship, you have all these arguements, madness, and then you come to realize that "madness" is what's holding the relationship together.
    Flag EDonuton November 25, 2012   Link
  • -1
    Lyric Correction:I'm kinda sure that at the end is... "come to me, dressed in a dream, come on and rescue me, yes I know I can be wrong, baby I'm too headstrong..."
    Flag armand0986on October 04, 2012   Link
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  • +3
    General Comment:"You've had a fight with your girlfriend and she goes off to her mum's house for the day and you're on your own going: 'What did I say?'" says Matt, describing the song's inspiration. "I'm sure a lot of blokes have that experience in the early stages of relationships where you go, 'Yeah, she's right, isn't she?'"
    Flag bckyltylron September 26, 2012   Link

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