Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (song)

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Muse song
Name Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
Album/single
Length 3:11
Alternative titles Scaring Me
First live performance 3rd September 2003
Latest live performance 7th May 2005
Recorded 2003
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Rich Costey

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Another song where Bellamy is in character, dealing with his atheism. As the title suggests, it concerns the thoughts of a dying atheist, scared due to him not believing in heaven or hell or any postmortem plane of existence his entire life. Now, at the moment of his death, he must face the disheartening non existence he had come to believe in.

Or, perhaps the dying atheist isn't the least bit scared. The phrase "it scares the hell out of me" is used multiple times throughout the song, yet atheists don't believe in hell.

The song also underlines Matthew's believe in real things who can not be seen, the rare feeling some people have as if (passed away) people are around them (and trying to talk to them) "I know you're in this room, I'm sure I heard you sigh" Does his early-ghost-talk-days come out in this song?

Just before the bridge, at 2:04, Wolstenholme can be heard jumping into the pool at Grouse Lodge recording studio as Howard hits his cymbals.[1]

Trivia

Thoughts of a Dying Atheist was once a working title for Megalomania.

Lyrics

Eerie whispers trapped beneath my pillow
Won't let me sleep, your memories
I know you're in this room, I'm sure I heard you sigh
Floating in between where our worlds collide

It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, whoa

I know the moment's near
And there's nothing we can do
Look through a faithless eye
Are you afraid to die?

It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, whoa

And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, whoa

References


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