Muse - Starlight

This song is so gripping! The tune is minimalistic yet rocky, but the piano tune is what holds the song together as it is the most memorable part. As for the lyrics, they are very cryptic yet so powerful! It is one of those songs which you interpret as you please. My interptetation of this song is of someone chasing after a dream, which is the 'ship' of the song, be it a relationship with someone or a lifelong ambition. This hope is what is taking them away from what they have in front of them, such as a family who love them and 'care if they live or die' i.e care about them. The 'Starlight' is the representation of this dream that they will always chase even though the know it may not happen to them or be worth it. They just want to be able to hold on to the dream for once (I just wanted to hold
you in my arms). Another key line in this song, 'Our hopes and expectations, Black holes and revelations' suggests that not everything will pan out to be what you expect it to be, and you will stumble across obstacles and unexpected situations, which are the 'revelations'. The songs lyrics can be a bit cryptic and confusing, but if you really listen to them, you will see a meaning in them that you can relate to and/or understand.