The Handler (song)
| Muse song | |
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| Name | The Handler |
| Album/single | Drones |
| Length | 4:33 |
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| Recorded | 2014/2015 - The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | Muse, Robert "Mutt" Lange |
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| Reapers | < | The Handler | > | JFK |
Musically, one of the darkest songs Muse have written. It premiered on BBC Radio 1 on June 1st, 2015 and was later avalible to download for those who pre-ordered the album. It is a slow and big prog rock song with bits of electronic music. The Handler features a middle section that harks back to as In Your World, as well as the title track of Showbiz, and Matt says "The lyrics are almost a question-and-answer with that song."[1]
In this song, the hero of the story realizes that he doesn't want to be controlled[2] and begins to rebel, Matt uses falsetto in this song and it has a solo riff, the drums are slow and massive.[3] Most likely the heaviest track on the album.
According to interviews and conversations with Musers this is both Chris's and Dom's favourite track of the album. while Matt's favourite track is The Globalist.
Lyrics
You were my oppressor And I, I have been programmed to obey Now, you are my handler And I, I will execute your demands
Leave me alone I must dissociate from you
Behold my trance formation And you are empowered to do as you please My mind was lost in translation And my heart has become a cold and impassive machine
Leave me alone I must dissociate from you
I won't let you control my feelings any more I will no longer do as I am told I am no longer afraid to walk alone Let me go, let me be
I'm escaping from your grip You will never own me again
References
- ↑ Matt Bellamy. (2015-03). Q Magazine: MUSE talk exclusively to Q about their back-to-basics approach for new album Drones.. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ↑ Claudia Rossi. (2015-05-19). Muse, ecco il nuovo ‘Drones': un’opera rock oscura, tra JFK e Orwell. Il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 2015-05-19 from ilfattoquotidiano.it.
- ↑ L'édition du Soir by Philippe Richard. (2015-05-18). Que vaut le nouvel album de Muse?. Ouest-france. Retrieved 2015-05-18 from ouest-france.fr/.