Showbiz (song)
| Muse song | |
|---|---|
| Name | Showbiz |
| Album/single |
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| Length | 5:17 |
| Alternative titles | - |
| First live performance | Unknown |
| Latest live performance | 11th November 2006 |
| Recorded | 1997 (demo), 1999 (Showbiz) |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | John Leckie |
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Description
The titular track of the first album, and often regarded as a fairly dark song. A rarely-played live treat for old Muse fans. Building up momentum at a rapid pace from opening drum beats to closing guitar feedback.
Additional information
Composed in the key of F# minor, Showbiz contains Matt's highest studio note to date. The G#5, which is enharmonic with the A♭5 from Micro Cuts, appears at 4:44 during Matt's vocal solo. Occasionally he has hit A5 during live performances, an example being at the Two Days a Week Festival in Wiesen, Austria. The later live versions had extra guitar work before the solo, as on Hullabaloo and Hullabaloo DVD.
Bellamy was quoted as saying, "The song Showbiz is about how we all have an inside personality that we sort of hide from the outside." The lyrics are possibly a reference to the difficulty of hiding your inner persona, or perhaps they are about the impact performing has on your life.
Showbiz appeared very rarely throughout the Absolution tour and made occasional appearances during the Black Holes and Revelations tour in 2006.
The song was used in the behind-the-scenes footage on the H.A.A.R.P. DVD.
Lyrics
Controlling my feelings for too long
Controlling my feelings for too long Controlling my feelings for too long Controlling my feelings for too long Forcing our darkest souls to unfold And forcing our darkest souls to unfold And pushing us into self destruction Pushing us into self destruction
They make me Make me dream your dreams They make me Make me scream your screams
Trying to please you for too long Trying to please you for too long In visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow
They make me Make me dream your dreams They make me Make me scream your screams
Controlling my feelings for too long Controlling my feelings for too long And forcing my darkest soul to unfold And forcing our darkest souls to unfold And pushing us into self destruction And pushing us into self destruction
They make me, ooh Make me dream your dreams They make me, ooh Make me scream your screams
Oooh....
Demo
Trying to please you for too long
Trying to please you for too long Trying to squeeze me for too long Trying to please you for too long In visions of greed you wallow In visions of greed you wallow And you make me Make me dream your dreams And you make me Make me scream your screams
Trying to please you for too long Trying to please you for too long In visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow
And you make me Make me dream your dreams And you make me Make me scream your screams
Trying to please you for too long Trying to please you for too long Trying to please you for too long Trying to squeeze me for too long Trying to please you for too long Trying to please you for too long
And you make me Make me dream your dreams And you make me Make me scream your screams
Trying to please you for too long Trying to squeeze me for too long In visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow
And you make me Make me dream your dreams And you make me Make me scream your screams
Trying to please you for too long Trying to please you for too long In visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow Visions of greed you wallow
And you make me Make me dream your dreams And you make me Make me scream your screams