Isolated System (song)

Dom with the "The 2nd Law" line up in background

Muse song
Name	The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Album/single	The 2nd Law
Length	4:59
Alternative titles	The Unknown
First live performance	16th October 2012
Latest live performance	-
Recorded	2011-2012
Writer/composer	Matthew Bellamy
Producer	Muse

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Description

Trumpets inflating like lifeboats and Exorcist piano pulses tinkling goodbye to the globe. "It's the noise of humanity on a tiny planet in the middle of nothing," says Matt. "Hanging around space would be so peaceful and quiet and suddenly you come to this little blip that's f-----g chaos! I see it as drifting away from the planet and going into the peacefulness of what actually is gonna happen at the end of it all, which is nothingness."

The song includes no vocals, the main part is the piano and it ends with the voice of a woman in a loop.

Bing Bellamy's heartbeat is audible during the song, at 2:00 and at the end, at 4:20.

When performing live, the news broadcasts are replaced with an excerpt of BBC 4 Broadcast about Number Stations, called "Tracking the Lincolnshire Poacher". The audio can be heard here:

Information

The song's name was unknown until the 13th July 2012, the day that Muse tweeted the same picture with Dom and the leaked names, but with the working titles replaced by the new album tracking list. It was unknown if the song was related to one of the titles on the old, unedited image, but in the "The 2nd Law - Making Of", the score board reveals that "Isolated System" was recorded under the name "The Unknown".

On 21st September 2012, Muse revealed the Social Connectome Project, which uses social networks to create a map similar to the album art. With every 5000 members of the project, an additional 30-second preview of Isolated System is released.

Versions of the song are featured numerous times throughout the film World War Z, most notably during the film's opening introductory sequence and in short bursts thereafter. The film's narration used in the introduction in particular closely resembles the actual original song, in the form of a news broadcast.

Lyrics

In an isolated system, entropy can only increase

(Random radio and TV transmissions broadcast on March 29th 2012 between 18:48 and 19:10)

In an isolated system, entropy can only increase

In an isolated system In an isolated system (entropy) Isolated system (Entropy can only increase) Isolated system Isolated Isolated (system) Isolated Isolated (system) Isolated (entropy) Isolated Isolated Isolated

Live Lyrics as of 25/5/2012 at the Emirates gig

In an isolated system, entropy can only increase

broadcast: "Many enthusiasts across the globe started to notice strange begiding broadcasts on the outwards mitts of the band anonymous transmissions that all had a similar shapes to them, each had a call sign, followed by sets and sets of numbers, usually in groups of five, they are read allowed in simulated voices, in languages ranging from English and Spanish, to Czech and Chinese. Day after day some so regular you could set your watch by them, all we can do is listen and wonder, but for now, goodbye."

4,0,0,0....... 0,0,0..... 3,9,7,1,5...... 6,6,4,2,5..... 9,3,2,4,4,5....

In an isolated system, Entropy can only increase In an isolated system, Entropy can only increase In an isolated system, Entropy can only increase In an isolated system, Entropy can only increase In an isolated system, An isolated system, An isolated system, An isolated system.

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