Muse — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 107 songs across 10 albums by Muse. They use 1,859 unique words out of 7,460 (lexical richness MATTR 0.64), with an average of 70 content words per song. Emotional tone: 27% of songs positive, 29% neutral, 44% negative.
Most used words by Muse
- feel (70)
- know (65)
- free (64)
- away (61)
- make (59)
- one (58)
- want (58)
- break (57)
- let (57)
- world (57)
- need (56)
- love (54)
- hush (50)
- wrong (50)
- give (49)
- come (45)
- life (43)
- un (42)
- see (42)
- people (40)
Signature phrases
- “un un unravelling” (17)
- “give euphoria” (14)
- “kill killed” (12)
- “un unravelling un” (11)
- “unravelling un un” (11)
- “show mercy” (11)
- “find way” (10)
- “nightshift nightshift superstar” (9)
- “know feel” (9)
- “feel halloween halloween” (8)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (16)
- blue (4)
- amber (3)
- red (3)
- green (2)
- silver (1)
- yellow (1)
- gold (1)
Albums analyzed
- Showbiz (1999)
- Origin of Symmetry (2001)
- Absolution (2003)
- Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
- The Resistance (2009)
- The 2nd Law (2012)
- Drones (2015)
- Simulation Theory (2018)
- Will of the People (2022)
- The Wow! Signal (2026)