Guiding Light

By Muse

On The Resistance

Released on September 14, 2009

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[Verse]

Pure hearts stumble

In my hands, they crumble

Fragile and stripped to the core

I can't hurt you anymore

Loved by numbers

You're losing life's wonder

Touch like strangers; detached

I can't feel you anymore


[Chorus 1]

The sunshine trapped in our hearts

It could rise again

But I'm lost, crushed

Cold and confused

With no guiding light left inside


[Post-Chorus]

You were my guiding light


[Guitar Solo]


[Chorus 2]

When comfort

And warmth can't be found I still reach for you

But I'm lost, crushed

Cold and confused

With no guiding light left inside


[Post-Chorus]

You're my guiding light

You're my guiding light


[Outro]

When there's no guiding light left inside

When there's no guiding light in our lives

“You were my guiding light”
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He is suggesting that once upon a time she was his saviour and his light that supported him through life

“But I’m lost, crushed Cold and confused With no guiding light left inside”
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In 1984 (SPOILERS, AGAIN), Winston is molded into a different person when he is taken to the Ministry of Love. He was constantly confused in his days there, and tortured for his deepest unsaid thoughts.

“Loved by numbers You’re losing life’s wonder”
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The subject of the song is so focused in the economic standpoint of society, that they can’t fully appreciate the joys of a full life

This could also be a meta reference to numbers of people (a.k.a. fans).

“Touch like strangers; detached I can’t feel you anymore”
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In Orwell’s 1984 (SPOILER ALERT), Winston and Julia undergo a “rehabilitation” from the Ministry of Love. Winston and Julia are taken to Room 101 to be shown their greatest fear, until they wish ill will upon the one they love the most. When Winston and Julia meet again, they realize their selfishness, and realize that they don’t see each other the same way anymore. After this, they part ways, they are no longer in love.