Analysis Of 'Invincible' Video By Muse

This video is set on a ‘theme park ride’ which is designed very much like Disney’s ‘It’s A small World’. The band is on the ride themselves and go through what seems like the story of evolution and how humans have built and shaped the world. There’s a very relaxed sense about the video at first but towards the end speeds up and becomes very chaotic. As the video progresses the lyrics start to come into meaning more clearly as disastrous moments in history are portrayed by the tiny characters. Events such as roman battles, 9/11 etc... Now the lyrics ‘Please, please lets use this chance to turn things around’ are clear and as the chaos mounts everything seems to turn ‘evil’ before eventually being restored to order. It is all done in a comical way yet there is a clear serious side to the meaning of the song and the video itself.