“Knights of Cydonia” is the final track on the non-Japanese pressings of Black Holes and Revelations, and was once described by bassist Chris Wolstenholme as “40 years of rock history in six minutes.”
This song combines the subjects of Mars and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mentioned in the B...
[Instrumental Intro with Vocalizations]
[Verse]
Come ride with me through the veins of history
I'll show you a god who falls asleep on the job
And how can we win when fools can be kings?
Don't waste your time, or time will waste you
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
No one's gonna take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive
No one's gonna take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
No one's gonna take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive
[Instrumental Outro]
Knights of Cydonia was written by Matt Bellamy.
Knights of Cydonia was produced by Matt Bellamy & Dominic Howard & Chris Wolstenholme & Rich Costey.
Muse released Knights of Cydonia on Tue Jun 06 2006.
Matt Bellamy told Q magazine that most of his songs are personal in some way. He said: “When I’ve created a slightly imaginary dystopian nightmare, I’m putting myself in there: what would I feel in that situation? In Knights Of Cydonia – ‘No one’s going to take me alive,’ – I had that feeling of wan...