Then again, you do not listen to Muse records for nuance. Muse have to hit the stadium cheap seats and the back row in any given 8th-grade history class. This is how they end up with songs like "Mercy" and "Revolt"—wherein lead singer Matt Bellamy commands tens of thousands to shout down the brainwash tactics of diabolical plutocrats while wearing Bad Boy circa-'98 shiny suits that should warrant a name change to Mu$e.
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And while even the big singles are supposed to hew to Drones’ concept, Bellamy never gets too specific. Lyrics like, "Don’t leave me out to die/ I gave you everything" led many to assume opener "Dead Inside" was about Bellamy’s ex-fiancée Kate Hudson, when it’s actually the protagonist’s blue-pill indoctrination into an army of murderbots. "Defector" probably wasn’t made with the intention of mirroring Taco Bell’s latest ad campaign, but it’s way more fun to hear, "Yeah, I’m free/ From society/ You can’t control me/ I’m a defector!", as Bellamy waxing ecstatic about the A.M. Crunchwrap.