Annotations for Feeling Good

Lyric: Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don’t you know?
 Butterflies all are having fun, you know what I mean
 Sleep in peace, when the day is done
 And this old world is a new world
 And a bold world, for me
Annotation:
At this point in the song, Matt Bellamy switches into singing in to a megaphone, which creates a certain atmosphere of change.

Lyric: It’s a new dawn
 It’s a new day
 It’s a new life, for me
Annotation:
This anaphora of the words “It’s a new” represents a fresh start for the speaker after overcoming his past struggles, reinforcing the theme of personal renewal.

Lyric: [Bridge]
Annotation:
This song was played on Spanish TVE:Radio3 as a live recording, in which, after the second verse, Matt Bellamy started swearing in time with the music for two lines; they were told not to swear which angered Muse as they never swore in their music until then, so they swore extensively. The video for this can be found here:  https://youtu.be/AGnwWtQflY?t=1m35sMuse were banned from Radio 3 after this event (During the performance, he sang “Fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking hell! Fucking, fucking little, fucking, fucking fuckers, yeah!”) Nowadays, though, Muse can be heard on Radio 3. Source:  http://www.musewiki.org/FeelingGood(song)

