Editing Muse (band) (section)

===Lyrics===
Most earlier Muse songs lyrically dealt with introspective themes, including relationships, social alienation, and difficulties they had encountered while trying to establish themselves in their hometown. However, with the band's progress, their song concepts have become more ambitious, addressing issues such as the fear of the evolution of technology in their ''Origin of Symmetry'' (2001) album. They deal mainly with the [[apocalypse]] in ''Absolution'' (2003) and with catastrophic war in ''Black Holes and Revelations'' (2006). ''The Resistance'' (2009) focused on themes of government oppression, uprising, love, and [[panspermia]]. The album wasnspired by ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell]]. Their sixth studio album, ''The 2nd Law'' (2012), relates to economics, thermodynamics, and apocalyptic themes. Their 2015 album, ''Drones'', is a concept album that uses autonomous killing drones as a metaphor for brainwashing and loss of empathy.{{Cn|date=November 2024}}  The ''Guardian'' wrote that Muse incorporate "calls for revolution just vague enough that both the left and right could rally behind them".<ref name="Mills-2023" />

Books that have influenced Muse's lyrics include ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/10000720/new-muse-album-inspired-by-1984 |title=New Muse album 'inspired' by 1984 |last=Cochrane |first=Greg |date=8 April 2009 |website=BBC News |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> ''[[Confessions of an Economic Hitman]]'' by [[John Perkins (author)|John Perkins]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_78ucyED8E | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218023144/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_78ucyED8E| archive-date=2013-02-18|title=Interview with Matthew Bellamy |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> ''[[Hyperspace (book)|Hyperspace]]'' by [[Michio Kaku]],<ref>The Making of Origin of Symmetry. [[Xfm]]. 8 November 2011</ref> ''[[The 12th Planet]]'' by [[Zecharia Sitchin]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/muse-the-band-who-fell-to-earth-6167112.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206031454/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/muse-the-band-who-fell-to-earth-6167112.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 February 2012 |title=Muse: The band who fell to earth |work=The Independent |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> ''Rule by Secrecy'' by [[Jim Marrs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Muse-ruled-by-secrecy-lyrics|title=Muse – Ruled by Secrecy|website=Genius.com}}</ref> and ''Trance Formation of America'' by [[Cathy O'Brien (conspiracy theorist)|Cathy O'Brien]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://genius.com/6775035 |title=Behold my trance formation |website=Genius |access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>