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| | Name = Sing for Absolution
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| |[[Absolution (album)|Absolution]] <small>(4)</small>
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| |[[Sing for Absolution (single)|Sing for Absolution]] <small>CD, Vinyl, BX CD1, BX CD3, AU CD, DE Promo (1), DVD, AU DVD (1,2,3), BX DVD2 (1,4)</small>,
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| |[[Absolution Tour (DVD)|Absolution Tour]] <small>(3)</small>
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| | Length = 4:54
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| | AltTitles = Sing 4 <ref>[http://muse.mu/images/official/photo/291/ Setlist Melbourne 2003]</ref>
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| | First = [[Amsterdam Melkweg 2003 (gig) | 3{{supo|rd}} September 2003]]
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| | Latest = [[London Shepherds Bush Empire 2017 (gig) | 19{{supo|th}} August 2017]]
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| | Recorded = [[Air Studios|Air Studios, London]], 2003
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| | Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
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| | Producer = [[Rich Costey]]
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| | Chart position = 16
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| | Previous = [[Time Is Running Out (song) | Time Is Running Out]]
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| | Current = Sing for Absolution
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| | Next = [[Stockholm Syndrome (song) | Stockholm Syndrome]]
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| | Previous = [[Hullabaloo (album) | Hullabaloo ''(2002)'']]
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| | Current = [[Absolution (album) | Absolution ''(2003)'']]
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| | Next = [[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations ''(2006)'']]
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| '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOwjPWCU3g& Listen]'''
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| == Additional information ==
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| According to Matt: "This song is completely different from the rest, there is something oppressive inside of it, with a gothic sound"<ref name="RockMagSeptember2003">
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| title="Apocalypse Now" September 2003 | desc=French interview about Absolution | date=2003-09 | auth=Rock Mag | pub=Rock Mag| doc="Apocalypse Now"| type=int
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| According to Matt: "The verses speak somewhat of a dead relationship or something like that.There was a great part of improvisation. Making music or sing is for me an act of seeking absolution. In fact, this is my personal way to find a manner to understand myself, understand all these elements confusing on me, those things that scare me and that arise in this song <ref name="RockMagSeptember2003"/>
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| According to [[Dominic Howard]], this song is about writing music,<ref name="laut20031002">{{cite/laut20031002}}</ref> singing<ref name="unt2003">{{cite/3VOOR12 2003-09-24}}</ref> and the finding of non-religious absolution through both.<ref name="laut20031002"/><ref name="unt2003"/> He described the process of song writing as starting with things one does not understand and the result as feeling better about them.<ref name="unt2003"/>
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| An acoustic version was released on the [[Butterflies & Hurricanes (single) | Butterflies & Hurricanes single]]. Live, the song was played from 2003 through 2005 and occasionally in 2007.
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| ==Live==
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| Sing For Absolution was commonly player during the Absolution Tour in 2003 and 2004, appearing at more than half of the shows. The song was put to rest for 2 years before reappearing during the Black Holes & Revelations Tour in March 2007. It was played at the Japanese concerts throughout March and a few US concerts in April. The song wouldn't be played until a one-off performance at the second night at Wembley Stadium. The song would return for another few performances in September and October of that year in the US, Europe and Russia.
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| [[Sing for Absolution (live) | More here]]
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| == Lyrics ==
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| |Lips are turning blue
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| A kiss that can't renew
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| I only dream of you
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| My beautiful
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| Tiptoe to your room
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| A starlight in the gloom
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| I only dream of you
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| And you never knew
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| Sing for absolution
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| I will be singing
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| And falling from your grace
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| There's no where left to hide
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| In no one to confide
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| The truth burns deep inside
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| And will never die
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| Lips are turning blue
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| A kiss that can't renew
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| I only dream of you
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| My beautiful
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| Sing for absolution
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| I will be singing
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| And falling from your grace
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| Sing for absolution
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| I will be singing
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| And falling from your grace
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| Our wrongs
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| Remain unrectified
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| And our souls
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| Won't be exhumed
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| == References ==
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Sing for Absolution (video) | Sing for Absolution video]]
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| {{Backto | Absolution (album) | Absolution}}
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