Difference between revisions of "Time Is Running Out (song)"

MuseWiki, wiki for the band Muse
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (→‎Lyrics: Nested headers)
m (→‎Lyrics: Lyrics template)
Line 59: Line 59:


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
<pre>I think I'm drowning
{{lyrics
|I think I'm drowning
Asphyxiated
Asphyxiated
I wanna break this spell
I wanna break this spell
Line 118: Line 119:
You can't stop it screaming out
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
How did it come to this?
Ooooohh</pre>
Ooooohh
}}


=== Alternative lyrics ===
=== Alternative lyrics ===
Line 125: Line 127:
The CD insert also contained the following lyrics for verse 2, which were also changed in the reprint:
The CD insert also contained the following lyrics for verse 2, which were also changed in the reprint:


<pre>I wanted freedom, bound and restricted
{{lyrics
|I wanted freedom, bound and restricted
I tried to give you up, but I'm addicted
I tried to give you up, but I'm addicted
Now that you know I'm trapped, since ovulation
Now that you know I'm trapped, since ovulation
You'd never dream of breaking this fixation
You'd never dream of breaking this fixation
You will be the death of me
You will be the death of me
Yeah you will be the death of me</pre>
Yeah you will be the death of me
}}


=== Live alternative lyrics ===
=== Live alternative lyrics ===
Line 144: Line 148:
|type=ext }}</ref>:
|type=ext }}</ref>:


<pre>
{{lyrics
You will suck the life out of me
|You will suck the life out of me
</pre>
}}


to:
to:


<pre>
{{lyrics
You will fuck the life out of me
|You will fuck the life out of me
</pre>
}}


This explicit line might refer to his rumoured new found love [[Kate Hudson]].
This explicit line might refer to his rumoured new found love [[Kate Hudson]].
Line 159: Line 163:
In some live concerts,
In some live concerts,


<pre>
{{lyrics
Our time is running out
|Our time is running out
</pre>
}}


is changed to:
is changed to:


<pre>
{{lyrics
'Cause our time is running out
|'Cause our time is running out
</pre>
}}


And
And
<pre>
{{lyrics
You can't push it underground
|You can't push it underground
</pre>
}}


is sometimes changed to:
is sometimes changed to:


<pre>
{{lyrics
You can't push it underneath the ground
|You can't push it underneath the ground
</pre>
}}


And sometimes he says
And sometimes he says
<pre>
{{lyrics
I'm losing control
|I'm losing control
</pre>
}}


In place of  
In place of  


<pre>
{{lyrics
How did it come to this?
|How did it come to this?
</pre>
}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:31, 19 October 2012

Muse song
Name Time Is Running Out
Album/single
Length 3:56
Alternative titles -
First live performance 29th August 2003
Latest live performance -
Recorded Grouse Lodge, 2003
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Rich Costey[1]
Chart position 8[2]

<flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/Tiro.mp3%7Crightbg=0xDDEEFF%7Cleftbg=0xDDEEFF%7Cbg=0xFFFFFF</flashmp3>

The song was first aired over BBC Radio 1 on 21st July 2003.[3] "Time Is Running Out" was covered on the 14th of May on Radio 1 by the Feeling, with some lyrical differences. A recording is available from here and here.

The song is about about the emotion of a person during the last moments of the person's life, which by Bellamy's account can be applied to "society, a relationship, your religion or whatever".[4]


Other versions

There is an acoustic version of the song that is thought to have a different bass line.

Recording

"Time Is Running Out" was one of the last songs to be written and recorded for Absolution.[5] It was influenced by Michael Jackson,[5] and went though numerous changes before a final version was decided on.[6]

On the Absolution "making of" dvd, the band are seeing rehearsing the song starting with the section found before the second chorus of the final track.

During the second verse, a wagon wheel being hit was synchronised with the snare drum. The wheel is a very old one that Bellamy and Howard found whilst taking a walk during the recording of Absolution.[4] Clicks and claps made by Tom Kirk and the band by clicking their fingers and clapping their hands against their laps can be heard throughout the track. A video of this clicking and clapping is on the Absolution UK bonus 'making of' DVD.

Lyrics

I think I'm drowning

Asphyxiated I wanna break this spell That you've created

You're something beautiful A contradiction I wanna play the game I want the friction

You will be the death of me Yeah, you will be the death of me

Bury it I won't let you bury it I won't let you smother it I won't let you murder it

Our time is running out Our time is running out You can't push it underground You can't stop it screaming out

I wanted freedom Bound and restricted I tried to give you up But I'm addicted

Now that you know I'm trapped Sense of elation You'd never dream of Breaking this fixation

You will squeeze the life out of me

Bury it I won't let you bury it I won't let you smother it I won't let you murder it

And our time is running out Our time is running out You can't push it underground You can't stop it screaming out How did it come to this? Oooooh

You will suck the life out of me

Bury it I won't let you bury it I won't let you smother it I won't let you murder it

And our time is running out Our time is running out You can't push it underground You can't stop it screaming out How did it come to this? Ooooohh

Alternative lyrics

The first print of Absolution was withdrawn due to an error in the track listing.

The CD insert also contained the following lyrics for verse 2, which were also changed in the reprint:

I wanted freedom, bound and restricted

I tried to give you up, but I'm addicted Now that you know I'm trapped, since ovulation You'd never dream of breaking this fixation You will be the death of me Yeah you will be the death of me

Live alternative lyrics

At a Muse gig in "Het Goffertpark" in Nijmegen on June the 19th Matthew Bellamy replaces the original line[7]:

You will suck the life out of me

to:

You will fuck the life out of me

This explicit line might refer to his rumoured new found love Kate Hudson.


In some live concerts,

Our time is running out

is changed to:

'Cause our time is running out

And

You can't push it underground

is sometimes changed to:

You can't push it underneath the ground

And sometimes he says

I'm losing control

In place of

How did it come to this?

References

  1. ↑ (2003-09). [Absolution notes]. Taste Media. [verify]
  2. ↑ Chartstats.com
  3. ↑ Cctv - Muse rehearsals (2003-07-16). MicroCuts. Retrieved from microcuts.net.
  4. ↑ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nocite
  5. ↑ a b Adam Mamo. (2007-12-03). Tales of the Tracks. Rip It Up. [verify]
  6. ↑ Chris - Absolution EPK (needed)
  7. ↑ Youtube. (2010-06-19). Video Time is running out @ Goffertpark. Retrieved 2010-01-07 from youtube.com.

See also


Back to Absolution

Retrieved from ‘http://musewiki.org/index.php?title=Time_Is_Running_Out_(song)&oldid=84716’