Sing for Absolution (song)

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Muse song
Name Sing for Absolution
Album/single
Length 4:54
Alternative titles -
First live performance 3rd September 2003
Latest live performance 24th October 2007
Recorded 2003
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Rich Costey
Chart position 16

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Additional information

According to Dominic Howard, this song is about writing music,[1] singing[2] and the finding of non-religous absolution through both.[1][2] He described the process of song writing as starting with things one does not understand and the result as feeling better about them.[3]

An acoustic version was released on the Butterflies & Hurricanes single. Live, the song was played from 2003 through 2005 and occasionally in 2007.

Lyrics

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Tiptoe to your room
A starlight in the gloom
I only dream of you
And you never knew

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

There's no where left to hide
In no one to confide
The truth burns deep inside
And will never die

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

Our wrongs
Remain unrectified
And our souls
Won't be exhumed

References

  1. a b We feel sorry for bands being hyped (2003-10-02). Laut. Retrieved 2007-05-01 from laut.de. [verify]
  2. a b Dominic Howard. (2003). [Interview with Dominic Howard in a Dutch church]. [verify]
  3. Interview with Dominic Howard of Muse (2003-09-24). 3VOOR12. Retrieved 2008-03-19 from www.muselive.com. [verify]

See also


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