Darkshines (song)

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Muse song
Name Darkshines
Album/single
Length 4:47
Alternative titles
  • Policing The Jackson Funk »
  • Dark Shines
  • Alien Funk [1]
First live performance 16th May 2000
Latest live performance 2nd December 2001
Recorded Ridge Farm Studios Surrey, 2001
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer David Bottrill

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Description

Darkshines is a bit Latin during the verses. The bass line is one of Muse's more difficult. It is powerful and has a wah-wah effect. Solos use a guitar trumpet effect, and the song features powerful distortion and chaos piano in the chorus.

Matthew Bellamy definition of Darkshines

"It's just about some hot girl, a chance meeting someone who you have a connection with. There's something a little bit dark about her, and it's asking why we're so desperately attracted to something of a dark nature." [2]

Composition

Darkshines is an alternative rock song, with elements of Spanish music. It's written in D minor and moves at a moderate tempo of 110 bpm.

Bellamy's vocal range spans from E3 to F5.

Additional information

Probable meaning - Darkshines is about a tempting (especially for Bellamy) girl who is entirely dark and moody. She appears to hide a dark secret, making her even more desirable (see Gothic Looking Women Fetish). The line 'your innocence, I will consume' indicates that the song is about a young girl, and gives the song a romantic connotation.

Alternative meaning - Darkshines is about depression. Dark Shines is a personification of depression, in the same way that the character Jack Frost is a personification of winter. Bellamy seems to sing the verses from Darkshines' point of view and the chorus from his own. In this interpretation, the lyrical theme is similar to that of Bliss.

Lyrics

Passing by, you light up my darkest skies
You'll take only seconds to draw me in
So be mine and your innocence
I will consume

Dark shines
Bringing me down
Making my heart feel sore
'Cause it's good

Hold your hands up to your eyes again
Hide from the scary scenes
Suppress your fears
So be mine and your innocence
I will consume

Dark shines
Bringing me down
Making my heart feel sore
'Cause it's good

Your dark shines
Bringing me down
Making my heart feel sore
'Cause it's good

Dark shines
Bringing me down
Making my heart feel sore
'Cause it's good

Early live versions

An early live version had the following different second verse:

I don't know what ?
It all seems so meaningless
I hope you know it
So be mine and your innocence
I will consume

References

  1. Microcuts.net 20060520
  2. Rock Sound - 2001


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