Letra de
Time is running out

La canción fue inspirada por la percepción del vocalista, guitarrista y pianista de Muse, Matthew Bellamy, sobre el estado de la sociedad inglesa y su miedo de que las libertades individuales se estén erosionando gradualmente bajo el pretexto de la seguridad.

I think I'm drowning
asphyxiated
I wanna break this spell
that you've created
you're something beautiful
a contradiction
I wanna play the game
I want the friction
you will be the death of me
you will be the death of me

bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

our time is running out
our time is running out
you can't push it underground
you can't stop it screaming out

I wanted freedom
bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
but I'm addicted
now that you know I'm trapped
sense of elation
you'd never dream of
breaking this fixation
you will squeeze the life out of me

bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

our time is running out
our time is running out
you can't push it underground
you can't stop it screaming out
how did it come to this?
oo-oo-ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
oo-oo-ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
oo-oo-ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

you will suck the life out of me

bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it

our time is running out
our time is running out
you can't push it underground
you can't stop it screaming out
how did it come to this?
oo-oo-ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
oo-oo-ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
oo-oo-ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!