Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics

I think this is about Freddie Mercury's battle with his homosexuality. This song was written shortly after he left his wife, Mary Austin, for a man. "Mama" could be Mary, and a lot of the lyrics would fit.

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
This could refer to his initial astonishment at the fact that it was actually happening - that he was actually with another man.

Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
This is pretty much self-evident. He got caught up in his affair, and couldn't escape from his feelings.

Any way the wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me
Again, pretty obvious. I guess he was technically bisexual (?) since he was married to a woman, so he didn't have a preference.

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger now he's dead
The man he's killing could be interpreted to mean many different things. I like to think that the man is Freddie's denial and refusal to accept his homosexuality, the unspoken barrier that always existed for him. When he entered his first gay relationship, though, that barrier was destroyed.

Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
If "Mama" is Mary, this could be talking about their life together as a happy, straight, "normal" couple.

Mama
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on
I think this is Freddie saying that he never meant to hurt Mary, and if he sticks with gay relationships, not to be upset and continue living happily.

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
I think this is referring to the feelings Freddie was having for other men, and the physical urges that led him to admitting his homosexuality.

Goodbye, everybody
I've got to go
This is him addressing the straight community, or the community of those who expect him to be straight.

Got to leave you all behind and face the truth
Obvious.

Mama
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Not exactly sure here. I think it's just him feeling ashamed of his homosexuality, while also playing on the theme of death linked with homosexuality.

As for the next part, I think it's all just a big theatrical production of it all.

No, we will not let you go
(Let him/me go!)
The first line are deep, masculine sounding voices, which I think represent society pressuring him to be straight. The second line, a higher, softer voice, is him trying to be who he really is.

The "Bismallah" part and all the devil references are I think the implications that it's a bad thing to be homosexual. Many religions believe that homosexuals will go to Hell or whatever version of Hell that religion has. But on an even smaller scale, homosexuality has a negative connotation in society. There's an underlying understanding that homosexuals are looked down upon, and even though most people know this is ridiculous, there are still a ton of homophobics out there and a lot of homosexuals still feel ashamed for it.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
I think this is Freddie responding to that notion. Him saying "you can't make me feel like I'm wrong for being who I am."

Just got to get out
Just got to get right out of here
Freddie feeling exasperated with feeling like everyone around him is telling him he's bad for being gay, and wanting to get away.

Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
I think this is just him reflecting on life. Thinking about how it doesn't ultimately matter if you're gay or straight or bi, and it doesn't matter to him what anyone thinks.

Any way the wind blows
Here, I think this is referring not only to Freddie's confusion over his sexuality, but meaning that whatever you are - gay, lesbian, straight, bi - it's okay. Especially coming after all the "nothing really matters" it's reinforces the idea that sexual orientation doesn't matter, and doesn't make you a good or bad person.

I wasn't actually planning to go line-by-line like that, but it's such an amazing song, and it completely deserves it. But anyway, that's just my take.

I love Queen and their music is really and the coolest thing about Freddie Mercury that he had the same birthday as my mom which is September 5th which really cool and I some their CD's like A Night At The Oprea, A Day At The Races, The Game, Jazz and many others and the songs are really good and two others that I like that they are really and their are These Are The Days Of Our Lives and No One But You.

What a master piece of Queen.. song is giving us a idea what happened to the family under chaos existence... This is what will happen... and im one of that family... Song makes me cry...

when i pictured Freddie Mercury, i pictured a guy like Chip Skylark off of The Fairly Odd Parents. ya... I"M a freak. but i don't care. b cause i did think of Chip Skylark! that was before i saw Freddie Mercury. ok, im 11 got that... every time i make an error in my typing starting at the word "THE" i'll leave it so u can see... ready? "The bunny ate my undies so i hit the buunny very hard. it mady him bleed aso i sneezed. ya... a piece of pue poretey." see... that's how bad i am! wanna see it again?
"Jeez, how i love to snneeze out pickle juice ono moy sistars buttocks it is funny sepecially when i cut my hcheese and make a funny noise... hehe...

very good and head boppin song. ya... its on Wayne's World and they bop their heads. its awesome! yet so sad that the lead singer died. if they would have continued making songs, they probably would have been a big hit!