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Genius Annotation

Another song where Bellamy is in character, dealing with his atheism. As the title suggests, it concerns the thoughts of a dying atheist, who is scared because he does not believe in Heaven or Hell or any postmortem plane of existence. Now, at the moment of his death, he must face the disheartening non-existence he had come to believe in.

The song also underlines Matthew’s belief in real things that can not be seen, the rare feeling some people have as if dead people are around them and are trying to talk to them. “I know you’re in this room, I’m sure I heard you sigh.” Does his early-ghost-talk-days come out in this song?

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What did Muse say about "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist"?
Genius Answer

Vocalist Matt Belamy shared in the Muse: Absolution Tour:

Songs like “Thoughts of a Dying Atheist” sing about the idea trying to maintain anything your beliefs own, trying to deal with the idea, recognition of dead sense at the same time, is a very difficult thing I think.

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