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| Name = Sing for Absolution
| Name = Sing for Absolution
| Album =  
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| Length = 4:54
| Length = 4:54
| AltTitles = -
| AltTitles = -
| First = [[Amsterdam Melkweg 2003 (gig)|3rd September 2003]]
| First = [[Amsterdam Melkweg 2003 (gig) | 3{{supo|rd}} September 2003]]
| Latest = [[Copenhagen Forum 2007 (gig)|24th October 2007]]
| Latest = [[Copenhagen Forum 2007 (gig) | 24{{supo|th}} October 2007]]
| Recorded = 2003
| Recorded = 2003
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
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== Additional information ==
==Additional information==
According to Dominic Howard, this song is about writing music,<ref name="laut20031002">{{cite/laut20031002}}</ref> singing<ref name="unt2003">
According to Dominic Howard, this song is about writing music,<ref name="laut20031002">{{cite/laut20031002}}</ref> singing<ref name="unt2003">
{{cite
{{cite/web |
|desc=Interview with Dominic Howard in a Dutch church
desc=Interview with Dominic Howard in a Dutch church | date=2003 | auth=Dominic Howard | doc=We feel sorry for bands being hyped (20031002 Laut article) | type=int
|date=2003
}}</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>{{cite/3VOOR12 2003-09-24}}</ref>
|auth=Dominic Howard
|doc=We feel sorry for bands being hyped (20031002 Laut article)
|type=int
}}</ref> and the finding of non-religous 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>{{cite/3VOOR12 2003-09-24}}</ref>


An acoustic version was released on the [[Butterflies_and_Hurricanes_%28single%29|Butterflies & Hurricanes single]]. Live, the song was played from 2003 through 2005 and occasionally in 2007.
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.


==Lyrics==
== Lyrics ==
<pre>Lips are turning blue
<pre>Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
A kiss that can't renew
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Won't be exhumed</pre>
Won't be exhumed</pre>


==References==
== References ==
<references/>
<references/>


==See also==
== See also ==
*[[Sing for Absolution (video)|Sing for Absolution video]]
* [[Sing for Absolution (video) | Sing for Absolution video]]
 


Back to [[Absolution (album)|Absolution]]
{{Backto | Absolution (album) | Absolution]]

Revision as of 15:34, 5 April 2011

Muse song
Name Sing for Absolution
Album/single
Length 4:54
Alternative titles -
First live performance 3rd September 2003
Latest live performance 24th October 2007
Recorded 2003
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Rich Costey
Chart position 16

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Additional information

According to Dominic Howard, this song is about writing music,[1] singing[2] and the finding of non-religious absolution through both.[1][2] He described the process of song writing as starting with things one does not understand and the result as feeling better about them.[3]

An acoustic version was released on the Butterflies & Hurricanes single. Live, the song was played from 2003 through 2005 and occasionally in 2007.

Lyrics

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Tiptoe to your room
A starlight in the gloom
I only dream of you
And you never knew

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

There's no where left to hide
In no one to confide
The truth burns deep inside
And will never die

Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace

Our wrongs
Remain unrectified
And our souls
Won't be exhumed

References

  1. a b We feel sorry for bands being hyped (2003-10-02). Laut. Retrieved 2007-05-01 from laut.de. [verify]
  2. a b Dominic Howard. (2003). [Interview with Dominic Howard in a Dutch church]. [verify]
  3. Interview with Dominic Howard of Muse (2003-09-24). 3VOOR12. Retrieved 2008-03-19 from www.muselive.com. [verify]

See also

{{Backto | Absolution (album) | Absolution]]