What do you think Thoughts of a Dying Atheist means?

Muse: Thoughts of a Dying Atheist Meaning

Tagged: Death | Atheism [suggest]
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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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    Jul 16th 2006 !⃝

    I don't think anyone wouldnt be afraid to die, and if he's saying that he's not afraid he's lying... not including very few special exceptions.
    Even if you believe in god

  2. anonymous
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    Jul 11th 2006 !⃝

    I think it is more along the lines of the biggest fear among people is the unknown..
    an atheist doesn't know what is going to happen to them...
    and it scares the hell out of anyone

  3. anonymous
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    Jun 26th 2006 !⃝

    I feel that its ironic that an athiest would say "scares the hell out of me" the fact is that a true athiest would not believe or even bother to think this.

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  4. mightymuffin5042
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    Jun 13th 2006 !⃝

    Seriously, the second poster could not be any more wrong. The song is about a person who is dying, possibly cancer or something like it that basically gives him a countdown to his death, and now that he has to think about his life ending he realizes how his Atheist lifestyle may not give him an afterlife. It scares the hell out of him, the things he is forced to consider now that he will soon be dead. He's afraid of what may be to come. No, the band is not telling its listeners to find God or religion. They are merely giving the listener a glimpse of the inside of a person's mind. Many people that become soldiers soon find God. Coincidence? You can be the judge of that.

  5. anonymous
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    Dec 21st 2005 !⃝

    Sick song. I just feel this song gives the listener the the idea that and Atheist (someone who doesn't believe in religion/god) will undergo many weird transitions from dying to after life. I think this MATT B Wants the audience to know that we should believe in god. "Scares the hell out of me," speaks for itself saying that it is probably a scary experience passing on to the afterlife without a god by your side.

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  6. JCMorrisX
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    Sep 12th 2005 !⃝

    This song is about, well, the thoughts of a dying atheist. This Atheist (not beleiving in a God) is dying and because they do not believe in a God there is no afterlife that they know of. Therefore, when they pass away, their life is over and everything for them will stop there. That is my guess for this song...

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