Break me in, teach us to cheat And to lie and cover up What shouldn´t be shared And the truth unwinding Scraping away at my mind Please stop asking me to describe
For one moment I wish you´d hold your stage With no feelings at all Open minded I´m sure I used to be so free
Self expressed, exhausting for all to see And to be what you want And what you need And truth´s unwinding Scraping away at my mind Please stop asking me to describe
For one moment I wish you´d hold your stage With no feelings at all Open minded I´m sure I used to be so free
For one moment I wish you´d hold your stage With no feelings at all Open minded I´m sure I used to be so free
Wash me away Clean your body of me Erase all the memories They´ll only bring us pain And I´ve seen, all I´ll ever need
Extra information
Meaning
Matt: It´s an expression of what it feels like to be questioned. I spend more time than most people being asked about purpose and it´s a strange feeling. I don´t really have the answers and i have to respond on the knowledge I have obtained so far, but the problem is that it gets printed and something else has come along thats made you completely disagree with what you said.
It can also be a refer to Orwell´s ´1984´ in which citizens are erased and lies control society.
Production
Produced by John Leckie and Muse Engineered by John Leckie and Rick Peet with additional engineering and programming by Chris Brown Mixed By John Cornfield and Muse, Sawmills Studio Recorded at the Real World Studio, Wiltshire
Authors/copyright
Matthew Bellamy
People's comments
domlover: this is one of the best if not the best song on origin of symettry great played live to and the lyrics are meaning full 2 Shine!: And it may be the best in whole illusions everywere: I agree Beckeh: As soon as i heard it i loved it, it fits in nicely after Plug In Baby on OOS, too. The guitar riff always gets stuck in my head.. Pauly: I think the lyrics refer to Orwell´s ´1984,´ in which citizens are erased and lies control society. That´s my take on the song, even tho i am probably wrong, it makes some sense to me. MicroCutter: what a song! the fact that its more than 7min. long makes it an epic rock song!I love long songs!;-) ayla: Yeah long songs are the best!And this is my favorite Muse song ever :) Dark_Star: i love this song, it has to be one of my favourites. this song is brilliant live and the lyrics are also great. i love how they put in a stong chrous and then at the end its becomes very quiet and delicate. lovely :) [BliSS]: yeah there is everything in this song, heavy riffs, more delicate sounds, high&low notes..a song to fall in love with the very first time u hear it =) MicroCutter: finally! i can play the whole song on guitar now!had problems with the chorus;-)when youre a guitarist you know how good matt isthis song is a good example the harmonics in the beginning arent the easiesta guitar masterpieceby the way i think matt plays it with a 7string guitar ¡Aspirex!: it´s definitely an epic: the way I see it, an epic needs to be long and have several disinct sections, and citizen erased has four of them. The riff is one of the best I´ve ever heard, and i´m pretty sure this is my fave Muse track. The insane guitar solo bit in section #3 is mind-blowing. And, yeah, it looks like a 7stringer on the hullabaloo dvd. jess: This is one of my faves. I think its about how sumone might feel about an ex boyf/girlf, and feeling that there is no point holding on to the memories cos it will only hurt more. cross: one of my favourites, it has a brilliant intro, lyrics and some trademark matthew bellamy singing that i oh so adore. and a long song doesnt make it an epic, rember ´hes stupid hes dumb hes the pilot´ 9 minutes long and just basicly repeating itself Si: This song is so great! I love it when he sings ´wash me away, clean your body of me´ and the part before that. I like listening to that part with headphones, that sounds just great cause the sound ´surrounds´, I don´t know how to caal it... CanYouFindMySoks: The tune is great but i usually get bored halfway though its slightly too long, mind you my attention span isn´t very big =P David: That is a good Song Bisto: Fantastic!! Whenever I tap my fingers it´s always to the beat of this. Great to see live this song, too. diego: incredible.It rocksIt´s reflessiveIt´ sweety ben Ja: class song, bellamys bitch (lucy): this is my all time favourite muse song, its just so god damn kool. as soon as i heard it i fell in luv with it. keep up the good work guys. ooh and id just like 2 say that i am totally inluv with matt. well byeeee xxxx sisse, denmark : the first time i heard Citizen erased i ´fell in love´ I LOVE THAT TRACK!!! keep doing the good work guys - you have a fantastic voice Matt! see ya at your next koncert:) me: its a great example of how good muse are and i just love the song Blääääääääääää...: I love this song!!!! Thorpey: I went to the gig in paris where they filmed the DVD album Hullabaloo, and it the BEST SONG EVER!!!! it is sooooo good live, Matt is such an unbelivable guitarist! the whole band are amazing!!!!! Adrian the erazed: best song ever it has had comparisons to bohemian rhapsody because of all of the raw emotion that is in it, easily the coolest muse song.wwwwwwwwwww
People's comments
domlover: this is one of the best if not the best song on origin of symettry great played live to and the lyrics are meaning full 2Shine!: And it may be the best in whole
illusions everywere: I agree
Beckeh: As soon as i heard it i loved it, it fits in nicely after Plug In Baby on OOS, too. The guitar riff always gets stuck in my head..
Pauly: I think the lyrics refer to Orwell´s ´1984,´ in which citizens are erased and lies control society. That´s my take on the song, even tho i am probably wrong, it makes some sense to me.
MicroCutter: what a song! the fact that its more than 7min. long makes it an epic rock song!I love long songs!;-)
ayla: Yeah long songs are the best!And this is my favorite Muse song ever :)
Dark_Star: i love this song, it has to be one of my favourites. this song is brilliant live and the lyrics are also great. i love how they put in a stong chrous and then at the end its becomes very quiet and delicate. lovely :)
[BliSS]: yeah there is everything in this song, heavy riffs, more delicate sounds, high&low notes..a song to fall in love with the very first time u hear it =)
MicroCutter: finally! i can play the whole song on guitar now!had problems with the chorus;-)when youre a guitarist you know how good matt isthis song is a good example the harmonics in the beginning arent the easiesta guitar masterpieceby the way i think matt plays it with a 7string guitar
¡Aspirex!: it´s definitely an epic: the way I see it, an epic needs to be long and have several disinct sections, and citizen erased has four of them. The riff is one of the best I´ve ever heard, and i´m pretty sure this is my fave Muse track. The insane guitar solo bit in section #3 is mind-blowing. And, yeah, it looks like a 7stringer on the hullabaloo dvd.
jess: This is one of my faves. I think its about how sumone might feel about an ex boyf/girlf, and feeling that there is no point holding on to the memories cos it will only hurt more.
cross: one of my favourites, it has a brilliant intro, lyrics and some trademark matthew bellamy singing that i oh so adore. and a long song doesnt make it an epic, rember ´hes stupid hes dumb hes the pilot´ 9 minutes long and just basicly repeating itself
Si: This song is so great! I love it when he sings ´wash me away, clean your body of me´ and the part before that. I like listening to that part with headphones, that sounds just great cause the sound ´surrounds´, I don´t know how to caal it...
CanYouFindMySoks: The tune is great but i usually get bored halfway though its slightly too long, mind you my attention span isn´t very big =P
David: That is a good Song
Bisto: Fantastic!! Whenever I tap my fingers it´s always to the beat of this. Great to see live this song, too.
diego: incredible.It rocksIt´s reflessiveIt´ sweety
ben Ja: class song,
bellamys bitch (lucy): this is my all time favourite muse song, its just so god damn kool. as soon as i heard it i fell in luv with it. keep up the good work guys. ooh and id just like 2 say that i am totally inluv with matt. well byeeee xxxx
sisse, denmark : the first time i heard Citizen erased i ´fell in love´ I LOVE THAT TRACK!!! keep doing the good work guys - you have a fantastic voice Matt! see ya at your next koncert:)
me: its a great example of how good muse are and i just love the song
Blääääääääääää...: I love this song!!!!
Thorpey: I went to the gig in paris where they filmed the DVD album Hullabaloo, and it the BEST SONG EVER!!!! it is sooooo good live, Matt is such an unbelivable guitarist! the whole band are amazing!!!!!
Adrian the erazed: best song ever it has had comparisons to bohemian rhapsody because of all of the raw emotion that is in it, easily the coolest muse song.wwwwwwwwwww