Museum of Us

BEHIND THE WORDS

About the song

Civilisations always believe they're permanent. Empires, technology, borders, wealth and status eventually become artefacts. What may survive us isn't what we owned, but evidence that we loved, lived and mattered to one another.

Its place on the album

The album opens by looking back at us from an imagined future. That distance makes today’s towers, wealth, borders and status feel temporary, and prepares the record’s question about what deserves to survive.