Futurism (song)

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Muse song
Name Futurism
Album/single
Length 3:31
Alternative titles Spectrum, Tesseract, Electro Empire
First live performance 25th August 2000
Latest live performance 25th August 2000
Recorded 2001
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer David Bottrill

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Additional information

The song itself is about a futuristic world, hence the pre-release name of "Electro Empire", and fits into the theme of Origin of Symmetry, but wasn't included due to its difficulty to play live. The song was otherwise called "Spectrum" and "Tesseract" whilst in production; tesseract being the name given to the 4-dimensional shape analogous to a cube. The song features a powerful bass line and is similar to Hysteria.

Live

Only known to have been played once live at the Reading Festival in 2000. The live version is one of only three songs that contains swearing.

Lyrics

Ignorance pulls
Apostasy and apathy still rules
Yeah you know it's cool
Just suck and see
A future turns us into silent gods
And I won't miss you at all

Grounded
Boxed in
Like the evil in your veins
Grounded
Boxed in
I am stuck with you

Fate can't decide
Alignment of the planets in your hands
Come on crush our plans
Just suck and see
A future that won't let you disagree
And I won't miss you at all

Grounded
Boxed in
Like the evil in your veins
Grounded
Boxed in
I am stuck with you

Feel it, hear it, apathy
See it, be it, you'll see

Early live version

Can't wait to see

Instead of "Just suck and see"

Come on and fuck my plans

Instead of "Crush our plans"


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