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My Interpretation of "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" (Updated)

I've been reading comments on Discord and Twitter which contend the new song "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" is about domestic violence during the pandemic. There are even some on the latter site which have reportedly "dropped Muse" due to the upbeat nature of the song coinciding with said alleged theme of it. However, the only comment I can find potentially confirming that the song's inspiration was in fact domestic violence during the pandemic was courtesy of Mark Beaumont in an NME article he wrote about the band/album. 
 
Reading over the lyrics, while I can see why Mr. Beaumont interpreted them to be about domestic violence, I'm getting the feeling it's not as clear cut as that. Oddly enough, while I initially thought it may have been a satire on right-winger's paranoia of governmental control during the pandemic, I changed my mind after watching a recent interview Chris had with Rock Antenne (I say "oddly enough," because I believe it was the first time I'd ever heard him utter more than 3 or 4 words at a time lol).
 
At one point he said, and I'm paraphrasing here, "I think it was the first time most of us got stuck with ourselves at home for a significant period of time, and we learned a lot about ourselves as a result," and something clicked. At this, I thought, "Oh, wow, there it is - the theme of 'You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween!'" 
 
I now believe the song is toying with this notion that, due to us finally having to deal with personal flaws or problems we'd long denied, or at least delayed, we've become fearful of what we may soon come to discover, if we haven't already. The potential monster in the song is ourselves. Unknowing what's truly inside of us, we cower upon reflecting in a mirror, and are spooked throughout the night, as we remain ignorant of who lies in our bed and who we'll wake up as. Until we finally come to terms with who we are, we'll make every day feel like Halloween for ourselves.

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