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Muse - Madness


Muse - Madness - Meaning of the song


The song was inspired by an incident when a humbled Matt Bellamy had to go cap-in-hand to Goldie Hawn's house, as she is the mother of his girlfriend Kate Hudson. The Muse frontman said:

"You've had a fight with your girlfriend and she goes out to her mum's house for the day and you're on your own going, 'What did I say?' I'm sure a lot of blokes have that experience in the early stages of relationships where you go, 'Yeah, she's right, isn't she?'"

Bellamy told Los Angeles radio station KROQ that he considers this to be his favorite of his songs.

"I wrote that song having a fight with my girlfriend. Nothing particularly over the top but just having one of those moments where she leaves you for the day to think about it. I rarely write songs that catharticly. All I had was a drum machine and a synthesizer so I just put this very minimal thing together." "I wasn't quite sure it would work with the band," he added, "but when we started the album I showed it to Dom and Chris and they loved it. They sort of took it to another level by adding these extra parts at the end and it became a much bigger song. It's a real surprise song for this album. It's probably my favorite song that I've ever written."


Madness - Lyrics


Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad I, I can't get these memories out of my mind And some kind of madness has started to evolve Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad And I, I tried so hard to let you go But some kind of madness is swallowing me whole, yeah Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad I have finally seen the light And I have finally realized What you mean Ooh oh oh And now I need to know is this real love Or is it just madness keeping us afloat? Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad And when I look back at all the crazy fights we had Like some kind of madness was taking control, yeah Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad And now I have finally seen the light And I have finally realized What you need Mmmm Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad But now I have finally seen the end (finally seen the end) And I'm not expecting you to care, no (expecting you to care) But I have finally seen the light (finally seen the light) And I have finally realized (realized) I need your love I need your love Come to me Just in a dream Come on and rescue me Yes I know, I can't be wrong And baby, you're too headstrong Our love is Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma mad mad mad Madness


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