Time Is Running Out (song)
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| Name | Time Is Running Out |
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| Length | 3:56 |
| Alternative titles | - |
| First live performance | 3rd September 2003 |
| Latest live performance | - |
| Recorded | 2003 |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | Rich Costey[1] |
| Chart position | 8[2] |
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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".[2]
Other versions
There is an acoustic version of the songs that is thought to have diferent bass.
Recording
"Time Is Running Out" was one of the last songs to be written and recorded for Absolution.[4] It was influenced by Michael Jackson,[4] and went though numerous changes before a final version was decided on.[5]
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.[2] 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
References
See also
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