Time Is Running Out
by Muse

Album: Absolution (2003)
Charted: 8
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  • I think I'm drowning
    Asphyxiated
    I wanna break the 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

    And our time is running out
    And 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
    And our time is running out
    You can't push it underground
    You can't stop it screaming out

    How did it come to this?
    Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Ooh, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah

    Yeah, 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
    And our time is running out
    You can't push it underground
    You can't stop it screaming out

    How did it come to this?
    Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Ooh, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah Writer/s: Matthew James Bellamy
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

  • Just A Muse In Use from Who KnowsI think that, besides the interpretation of the toxic girl there is another interpretation, of how you give yourself to your country.
    They talk about how the country is basically brainwashing people to give themselves to the cause and fight their wars, and how time is running out, and you’re about to give yourself to the country and even die for the country.
  • Stratos from Lol, GreeceGreat band , Great song!
  • Punkgal from Leeds, United Kingdomabout armageddon which is coming up by the way./
  • Pierce from Wimberley, Txi love muse excpessially how they change real life stories into like fiction
  • Nady from Adelaide, Australiai couldnt love this song more. loooove it
  • Shanice from Sugar Land, TxJust started listening Muse and can't get this song off repeat. They're amazing.
  • Jeanette from Grong, NorwayI think it can be about a special girl, not like everyone else. But she isn't good for him. Still he can't forget about her, even though he know it isn't right. "Hiw did it come to this?" maybe she wasn't the one he thought.
  • Francia from Caracas, --One of my favorite Muse songs. Great band
  • Mercedies from Soldotna, AkI completly agree. I love this band.
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