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I rarely get too political, but luckily Muse do it for me! I don’t want to make too many observations about this one, other than to say I think it works better as a “call and response” song, where one part is sung by those who are abusing their charge of a place, regime, party, or organisation, and the other is sung by the general population or organisational member who are subject to the whim of those in leadership. For sake of ease, we’ll use the initials “CP” to indicate the lines that would be sung by, say, a government, and the initials “HB” to indicate the sensible, feeling Human Beings presenting their response. Lastly I would like to suggest that in my opinion, and to make my illustration work, that Muse have left out a crucial word. For those with sensitivities, I will be using asterisks in the amended lyrics and parts below. “WILL OF THE PEOPLE”: CP: F*** The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of X 4 HB: Let’s push the emperors into the ocean, The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of the Don’t need a goon to flood with devotion, The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of the With every hour our number increases The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of the CP: We’ll smash your institutions to pieces F*** The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of the HB: We need a transformation One we all can see We need a revolution So long as we stay free The will of the will of the CP: Welcome to the desecration baby We’ll build you right up then we’ll tear you down Welcome to the celebration baby The judges are jailed and the future is ours Free your sons and unlock your daughters We’ll throw the baby out with the bath water HB: With every second our anger increases CP: We’re gonna smash this nation to pieces F*** The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of the HB: We need a transmutation One we all conceive We need a revolution So long as we stay free The will of the will of the CP: Welcome to the desecration baby We’ll build you right up then we’ll tear you down Welcome to the celebration baby The judges are jailed and the future is ours F*** The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of X 5 The will of the people, the will of the sheeple, the will of the will of The will of the people, the will of the people, the will of the will of X 2 The will of the will of the Welcome to the desecration baby We’ll build you right up then we’ll tear you down Welcome to the celebration baby The judges are jailed and the future is ours
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