There's a friend I owed it to, to listen to more Muse, and it's been kind of a discovery process! Like, when I think of this band, the stereotypical style in my head bounces between a few other examples I can point to on The 2nd Law, a bit of Explorers and a bit of Liquid State. But there are a few songs on here where it really feels like, "damn dude you wanna be Freddie Mercury so bad, I had no idea. Can't complain, you wear it well." But it's very Queen. Panic Station is one of those songs.
Truth be told, the whole album is about uncertainty about the future, and particularly the drive to see it pessimistically, maybe even misanthropically. Which is not unfair, but not a good way to look at the world with love, feeling why it's worth protecting.