Citizen Erased Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Break me in
Teach us to cheat
And to lie, and cover up
What shouldn't be shared
[Pre-Chorus]
And the truth's unwinding, scraping away
At my mind, please stop asking me to describe
[Chorus]
For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage with no feelings at all
Open-minded
I'm sure I used to be so free
[Verse 2]
Self-expressed
Exhausting for all
To see and to be
What you want and what you need
[Pre-Chorus]
And the truth's unwinding, scraping away
At my mind, please stop asking me to describe
Break me in
Teach us to cheat
And to lie, and cover up
What shouldn't be shared
[Pre-Chorus]
And the truth's unwinding, scraping away
At my mind, please stop asking me to describe
[Chorus]
For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage with no feelings at all
Open-minded
I'm sure I used to be so free
[Verse 2]
Self-expressed
Exhausting for all
To see and to be
What you want and what you need
[Pre-Chorus]
And the truth's unwinding, scraping away
At my mind, please stop asking me to describe
[Chorus]
For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage with no feelings at all
Open-minded
I'm sure I used to be so free
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage with no feelings at all
Open-minded
I'm sure I used to be so free
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
Wash me away
Clean your body of me
Erase all the memories
They'll only bring us pain
And I've seen all I'll ever need
For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage with no feelings at all
Open-minded
I'm sure I used to be so free
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage with no feelings at all
Open-minded
I'm sure I used to be so free
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
Wash me away
Clean your body of me
Erase all the memories
They'll only bring us pain
And I've seen all I'll ever need
About
Genius Annotation
This song has a much deeper and darker meaning than what it looks like.
The song appears to be about the effect of human frailty on a person’s view of themselves, at birth we are new to the world, free of any outside influence, from that moment onwards our lives, our personalities are moulded and dictated by the actions of those who surround us, it is from them we learn everything from morals and values through to speech patterns and gestures.
This is one of Muse’s most epic bangers, clocking in at 7:21.
Years later, Muse produced The Globalist as the sequel to this song. It appears in the 2015 concept album Drones.
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- 1.New Born
- 2.Bliss
- 4.Hyper Music
- 5.Plug In Baby
- 6.Citizen Erased
- 7.Micro Cuts
- 8.Screenager
- 9.Darkshines
- 10.Feeling Good
- 11.Megalomania
- 12.Futurism
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Release Date
July 17, 2002
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