I thought there aren't enough songs about Halloween. So many artists do Christmas songs, but I thought that's not very Muse, you know? So [I thought], we'll do a Halloween song! That's another reason we're going down that [musical] road; it seems a bit more spooky and creepy.
And you know, we grew up as children in the '80s, I like '80s horror films. I remember [watching] Stephen King films, some of that stuff obviously influenced me when I was a kid. So when you get nine albums deep, you can't help but want to look around a little bit, and look at other sounds in other genres.
—Matt Bellamy on drawing musical inspiration from films, and on You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween | NPR interview for Will Of The People, 27 Aug 2022
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OK so I pre ordered the new muse album wotp as you do, and it arrived today?!?! A day before it actually comes out?!?! I'm listening rn and HOLY SHIT IT'S FUKIN BRILLIANT?!?!?! I FUCKIN LOVE YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IT'S HALLOWEEN IT'S AMAZING
Best day of my life
Poor other musers having to wait till tmrw
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the interpersonal narrative in the middle of wotp is living in my head rent free, in this essay i will
describe the story i hear told across the songs: Won’t Stand Down, Ghosts, You Make Me Feel Like it’s Halloween, Kill or Be Killed, and Verona.
WSD
I've opened my eyes and counted the lies
And now it is clearer to me
You are just a user and an abuser
And I refuse to take it
...
I've opened my eyes, I see your disguise
I will never see you the same
I know how to win, before you begin
I'll shoot you before you take aim
This is abt the anger of someone realizing they’re in an abusive relationship, deciding to stand up for themselves and essentially deciding to fight fire with fire and turning their abuser’s mind games back around on them. They leave.
Won't stand down
I'm growing stronger
Won't stand down
I'm owned no longer
Won't stand down
You've used me for too long
Now die alone
Ghosts
Lost in my head
There are unsolved feelings that haunt me
It's too late to heal
I'll lay them to rest
Grieving, not having closure, and pining :: in the narrative it’s about missing the loving person the abuser used to be >> being unable to heal, move on or bring [that version of] them back.
How can I sleep with this coldness beside me
How can I sleep with this coldness inside me
I know I can't bring back your love
Halloween
Are you the poison, are you the cure?
I'm not so sure
They go back to their abuser and it’s even worse than before. fear and paranoia mount yet they’re addicted and can’t escape.
You cut me off from my friends
You cut me off from my family
I'm in misery (I'm your number one fan)
Each day I fall to my knees
I see the writing on the wall
Now I'm in withdrawal
I'm shackled, there is no way out (there's is nothing I can do to escape)
I can't escape
I see your eye in the keyhole
I feel like it's Halloween (Halloween)
It's Halloween (Halloween)
Won't rest until I'm possessed
You make me feel like it's Halloween (Halloween)
It's Halloween (Halloween)
KobK
Cornered, I'm exhausted with fear
Our love and compassion dissolved
And demons, have materialized in me
Can't fight them, they're taking control
The only way out is to face their abuser. They become ‘possessed.’
Fate, is driving me insane
It's forcing me to face
I must kill or be killed
They've driven a stake right through my heart
I'm growing so cold and detached
Verona
Can we kiss
With poison on our lips
Well I'm not scared
Can we touch and taste forbidden bliss
They can't stop us now, I won't let you be alone
I am coming for you
Keep us apart, it's too much to ask
Take off your clothes and take off your mask
Romantic as hell, right, except i mean the more you look at the lyrics [in the context of this story] the more it’s about fucking,,, *first degree murder-suicide* but yknow, loving, without the fear, cold and mask/disguise from earlier
You and me
Throw caution to the wind
And I will risk everything just to feel the warmth
And the voltage of your skin
If this is my last day on Earth, I just want to be with you
You are all that's true
We will kiss, with poison on our lips
Well I'm not scared
We will touch and reach forbidden bliss
They can't stop us now, I won't let you die alone
Because I love you so
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MUse’s new album Will of the People just dropped and it’s ANOTHER STONE COLD KILLER RECORD and no mistake. One track stood head and shoulders above the rest, mind, and they’ve seen sense to release it as the new single on the same day as the album’s release - THIS IS AMAZING, I genuinely have another ALL TIME FAVOURITE Muse track now with this one, I swear within the first few moments of that insane opening and then all the way through I had a genuine rock-fan geek-gasm ... also the video is bloody BRILLIANT too, it seems ...
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La banda Muse lanza un video musical para la canción You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween, pleno de referencias a famosas películas de horror. ¿Cuántas identificas? (vía Louder).
The band Muse releases a music video for the song 'You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween', full of references to famous horror movies. How many do you identify?
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