Muse: Thoughts of a Dying Atheist Meaning

Thoughts of a Dying Atheist Lyrics

Eerie whispers
trapped beneath my pillow
won't let me sleep
your memories

I know you're in this room
I'm sure I heard you sigh
floating in-between
where our worlds collide

It scares the hell out of me
when the end is all I can...

1. anonymous

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   Jun 25th 2008 !⃝

   The dying atheist is thinking about what will happen to him when he dies. maybe there is a heaven or a hell and he has no idea where he will end up
2. anonymous

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   May 27th 2008 !⃝

   Exactly what it says on the tin. Thoughts of a dying atheist. This athesit is dying but as they do they're scared because they now have to accept the view that them not believing in an afterlife of any kind means this really is the end!
   
   Or it could be the exact opposite and they're not scared at all because they says 'scares the hell out of me' but them being an atheist don't believe in Hell. So really which ever you agree with.
   
   May I add isn't an atheist who believes in no gods or religions and no afterlife not just heaven or hell?
3. riotgrrl007

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   May 26th 2008 !⃝

   The song is obviously about, a dying atheist. And yes, you would think "well a true atheist wouldn't care" but even a true atheist (which I don't believe even exist...) will be thinking before he dies "hmmm, I could have just done the "god" thing just encase." Just like many real Christians may think for the faintest moment "hmmm, I hope I'm right..."
   
   If you're an atheist who claims that you would never think such things well, tell me that when your on your death bed.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
4. anonymous

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   Apr 25th 2008 !⃝

   "I feel that its ironic that an atheist would say 'scares the hell out of me' the fact is that a true atheist would not believe or even bother to think this."
   
   I am an Atheist, and I completely agree with this statement. A true atheist would their life to the fullest, and die happy, with not a care in his mind about god or heaven.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
5. anonymous

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   Sep 29th 2007 !⃝

   I believe it's the cancer patient.
   having no choice but to pull the plug or wait for it a few weeks and then go.
   but it scares him,cause he'l soon find out if he's right.
   and if he's wrong.. Then his life wasn't the halo kind ^_^

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
6. anonymous

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   Jul 18th 2007 !⃝

   Wow if you want to know the truth go to musewiki.org. Its ran by the band itself
7. anonymous

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   Jul 16th 2007 !⃝

   Before submitting this I read all the entries.
   
   I believe this is umm about a dying atheist. I think he's reconsidering his atheist belief because he remembers someone he loves that died or something like that. And now he thinks there maybe something out there "scares the hell out of" him. Cuz he sinned. This is what I think, I could be wrong...
8. anonymous

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   Jun 5th 2007 !⃝

   This song came out when I was breaking up with my girlfriend. The previous month we were still making love on my bed. I don't think Matt would write something so literal. I don't think it has anything to do with a god. It has to do with death. Death of a relationship. The writer is sh*t scared of what's gonna happen with life after the death of the relationship. Atheist/lost of faith etc. means he lost faith in their relationship, but it still scares the hell out of him. Like a previous person wrote, uncertainty is scary.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
9. anonymous

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   Jun 2nd 2007 !⃝

   When you die, everything stops. nothing means anything no more, why be scared when there will be no fear, no emotion at all, no thoughts? That's my opinion. the song feels more like "dying with nowhere to go". It feels as if the person who is dying doesn't really know what to think, and that's scary.
10. anonymous

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    Mar 5th 2007 !⃝

    I'm Atheist and when I was little I'd think of nothingness and darkness, and I know a lot of children who do beleive in god would still be scared of death, but seriously, I'm surprised my parents didn't give me sedatives. :P. Now I'm not so worried about death and I figure: If there's an afterlife, not that I'm saying there isn't- I have a very open mind on this matter- I'll deal with it then, if not, well I won't have to worry about it will I? As for not even thinking 'Scares the hell out of me!', for me it's just a figure of speech. Isn't it the same for any other person, Atheist or otherwise?
11. anonymous

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    Feb 12th 2007 !⃝

    guys... matt's an atheist. There is no way he would ever try to turn anyone to religion.
12. anonymous

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    Nov 11th 2006 !⃝

    Well I think its just prob his own thoughts on how he feels when he thinks of death??
13. anonymous

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    Sep 12th 2006 !⃝

    Right. Some athiests may be scared, but on balance, I believe most true athiests are just like, eh, well, I'm dying, but the end is something to look foward if you're dying, because your pain will go away. That is all.
    Nobody wants to die, but I don't think an athiest would be that scared, no more than a regular person would be.
14. anonymous

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    Sep 11th 2006 !⃝

    It's exactly what it says on the tin
15. haze

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    Aug 28th 2006 !⃝

    Death is in the room that's what the first part is about. It scares the hell out of him because everything is about to end for him.

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