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|You were my oppressor
|You were my oppressor
And I, I have become cramped to a pain
And I, I have become programmed to obey
Now, you are my handler
Now, you are my handler
And I, I will execute your demands.
And I, I will execute your demands.

Revision as of 18:51, 1 June 2015

Muse song
Name The Handler
Album/single Drones
Length 4:33
Alternative titles
First live performance
Latest live performance
Recorded 2014/2015 - The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Muse, Robert "Mutt" Lange


The Handler features a middle section that harks back to the title track of Showbiz, and Matt says "The lyrics are almost a question-and-answer with that song."[1]

In this song, the hero of the story realizes that he doesn't want to be controlled[2] and begins to rebel, Matt uses falsetto in this song and it haves a solo riff, the drums are slow and massive.[3] Most likely the heaviest track on the album.

According to interviews and conversations with Musers this is both Chris's and Dom's favourite track of the album. while Matt's favourite track is The Globalist.

Lyrics

You were my oppressor

And I, I have become programmed to obey Now, you are my handler And I, I will execute your demands. Leave me alone I must destroy to ? You...

Behold my transformation And you are empowered to do as you please My mind was lost in translation And my heart cold and impassive machine You...are mine

I won't let you control my feelings anymore And I will do As I am told And I am no longer afraid to walk alone Let me go, let me be I must stand free from your grip You will never own me

References

  1. Matt Bellamy. (2015-03). Q Magazine: MUSE talk exclusively to Q about their back-to-basics approach for new album Drones.. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  2. Claudia Rossi. (2015-05-19). Muse, ecco il nuovo ‘Drones': un’opera rock oscura, tra JFK e Orwell. Il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 2015-05-19 from ilfattoquotidiano.it.
  3. L'édition du Soir by Philippe Richard. (2015-05-18). Que vaut le nouvel album de Muse?. Ouest-france. Retrieved 2015-05-18 from ouest-france.fr/.


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