Muse - Revolt

How did we get in so much trouble?
Getting out just seems impossible
Oppression is persisting
I can't fight this brain conditioning

Our freedom's just a loan
Run by machines and drones They've got us locked into their sights
Soon they'll control what's left inside

Don't try to hide it, don't tell me it's not there

You've got strength
You've got soul
You've felt pain
You've felt love
You can grow (you can grow)
You can grow (you can grow)
You can make this world what you want
You can revolt
You can revolt
You can revolt

Can you hear a distant thunder
Taste earth's blood and hunger
We live in a toxic jungle
Truth is suppressed to mumbles

They'll take away our homes
They're just machines and drones

Don't try to fight it, don't tell me you can't see

That you've got strength
You've got soul
You've felt pain
You've felt love
You can grow (you can grow)
You can grow (you can grow)
You can make this world what you want
You can revolt
You can revolt
You can revolt

I can feel your pain
I can feel your confusion
I can see you're trapped in a maze
Let's find a way to escape

You've got strength
You've got soul
You're not afraid
You're not a drone
You can grow (you can grow)
You can grow (you can grow)
You can make this world what you want
You can revolt
You can revolt
You can revolt

Muse - The Handler

You (you, you)
Were my oppressor
And I (I, I)
I have been programmed to obey

And now (now, now)
You are my handler
And I (I, I)
I will execute your demands

Leave me alone
I must disassociate from you

Behold (hold, hold)
My trance formation
And you (you, you)
Are empowered to do as you please

My mind (mind, mind)
Was lost in translation
And my heart (heart, heart)
Has become a cold and impassive machine

Leave me alone
I must disassociate from you

I won't let you control my feelings anymore
And I will no longer do as I am told
And I am no longer afraid to walk alone
Let me go
Let me be
I'm escaping from your grip
You will never own me again

Muse - Mercy

Help me, I’ve fallen on the inside
I tried to change the game, I tried to infiltrate, but now I’m losing
Men in cloaks, always seem to, run the show
Save me from the, ghosts and shadows, before they eat my soul

Mercy, Mercy,
Show me mercy, from the powers that be
Show me mercy, can someone rescue me

Absent gods and silent tyranny, we’re going under,
Hypnotised, by another puppeteer, and tell me why the
Men in cloaks always have had to bring me down
Running from the, ghosts and shadows
the world just disavows

Mercy, Mercy,
Show me mercy from the powers that be
Show me mercy, can someone rescue me

Show me mercy, show me mercy please

Help me I’ve fallen on the inside and all men in cloaks trying to devour my soul

Show me mercy, from the powers that be
Show me mercy, from the gutless and mean
Show me mercy, from the killing machines
Show me mercy, can someone rescue me

Muse - JFK + Defector

"We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly- knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced not praised."

Free, yeah I am free from your inciting
You can’t brainwash me
You’ve got a problem
Free, yeah I’m free, from society
You can’t control me
I’m a defector

You think you're strong
And you can't be broken
But your empire is dissolving
You thought, you thought I was weak
But baby you got itwrong
Look into my eyes
I'm a defector

Free, yeah I am free from your inciting
You can’t brainwash me
You’ve got a problem
Free, yeah I’m free, from society
You can’t control me
I’m a defector

Your blood is blue and your mind's turned green
And your belly, is all yellow
You believe, your throne is too high
To be overthrown
We’ll watch it get razed
By a defector

Free, yeah I am free from your inciting
You can’t brainwash me
You’ve got a problem
Free, yeah I’m free, from society
You can’t control me
I’m a defector

"We look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help, man will be what he was born to be; Free and independent."

Muse - Dead Inside

Revere a million prayers
And draw me into your holiness
But there’s nothing there
Light only shines from those who share

Unleash a million drones
Confine me, then erase me babe
Do you have no soul
It’s like it died long ago

Your lips feel warm to the touch
You can bring me back to life
On the outside you’re ablaze and alive
But you’re dead inside

You’re free to touch the sky
Whilst I am crushed and pulverised
Because you need control
Now I’m the one who’s letting go

You like to give an inch
Whilst I am giving infinity
But now I’ve got nothing left
You have no cares, and I’m bereft

Your skin feels warm to caress
I see magic in your eyes
On the outside you’re ablaze and alive
But you’re dead inside

Feel me now
Hold me please
I need you to see who I am
Open up to me
Stop hiding from me
It’s hurting babe
Only you can stop the pain

Don’t leave me out in the cold
Don’t leave me out to die
I gave you everything
I can’t give you any more
Now I’ve become just like you

My lips feel warm to touch
My words seem so alive
My skin is warm to caress
I’ll control and hypnotise
You’ve taught me to lie without a trace
And to kill with no remorse
On the outside I’m the  greatest guy
But now I’m dead inside