This song was written by Muse’s bassist Chris Wolstenholme. The lyrics were mainly driven by his alcohol abuse in the past and how it affected him on a consistent basis. The song’s about the person you turn into when intoxicated and the internal struggle to stave it off. The song has a very downhill feel to it, which would hold very true to spiraling down alcoholics.

The song’s name was unknown until the 13th July 2012, the day that Muse tweeted the same picture with Dom and the leaked names, but with the working titles replaced by the new album tracking list. It’s unknown if this song is linked with one of the others in the board, in the old picture, or if it’s another one.
The song was also featured in one of the trailers for a video game, Crysis 3, released on February 7th, 2013

According to some of the latest interviews, this song (Liquid State) is the heaviest song on the entire album, and has been compared to Queens of the Stone Age.