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Question about supermassive black hole by muse.?

so i first heard this song in Twilight and i loved it because well i love the scene it is played in. i was wondering if you could tell me what the words mean.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Anyways, recently I have come to the conclusion that Supermassive Black Hole may very well be a metaphor for oil...

    The whole album is based around the theme of modern issues. War, religious prophesies, and social uprising against a corrupt, world-wide political system which exists in shadows. So, why would it be so strange that even a song as seductive as Supermassive would follow this same flow?

    Out of all the songs on the album, Supermassive is the only one that seems out of place given the albums theme- unless you take into account it could very well be about global warming and oil.

    The justifications for this are in the lyrics. The description in the song is of a twisted love affair- of being addicted to something that is wrong and deceitful. Thus is oil. It serves us well, but does much more harm than it lets on. "You're the queen of the superficial, how long until you tell the truth?"

    Clearly the mention of glaciers melting in the dead of night could be interpreted as a direct reference to global warming. Additionally, the less masked points are found in the chorus "you set my soul alight" and "You're a supermassive black hole."

    Oil is flammable. This is a very... corny way of getting the message across, I know, but it does make the song work, and it IS Muse. Oil is also black, but I don't think that's why its a supermassive black hole. It controls the world, and it sucks everything into it. It is the great bog of the world economies, something which threatens the great powers, or "superstars", with its alluring prospects. Hence it is also the queen of the superficial.

  • 1 decade ago

    If taken in context with the rest of the album, I think the song is about corrupt people in power. The first verse talks about people suffering and wondering if they can hear their cries. They were tricked into bringing them under lies and false pretenses and now that they are in power its all gone to hell. Which is where the chorus comes in about glaciers melting and everything being sucked into a supermassive black hole. So now the people are left wondering how long will they be stuck with the mistake they made, as everything around them is starting to seemingly collapse.

    Ive also seen the song put into the context of a failed relationship (but then again for some reason many people add this meaning to many many many.....many songs) The same principles apply, someone is attracted to someone else, and they thought they were getting into one thing, but then it turns out they were completely wrong and its messing up everything good in their life.

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