Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody Meaning
Song Released: 1975
Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see-
I’m just a poor boy,i need no sympathy-
Because I’m easy come,easy go,
A little high,little...
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anonymous Jan 4th 2007, 00:14 report
Wow. I had no idea there were so many interpretations of this song. For me it's always been clear: the song is about an execution. Please bear with me as I construct a detailed argument for this interpretation.
Here's the set-up (all of this is proven later): The narrator has committed murder. He might have done this out of malice, or self-defense, or anything in between; we don't know. The fact is that he killed someone, was caught and sentenced, and is now on Death Row. The man is not an important person, so to speak. He is not famous, nor rich, nor anything of the kind. He has no high-priced lawyers and no "connections" to help him in his plight. The narrator implies that, if he had higher social status, if he had money or fame or whatever, then he would stand a good chance of escaping death. But alas, he is merely a "poor boy" (aka ordinary person), and has no such power. His family and friends are attending the execution (or have otherwise heard about it), and are very distressed. Conversely, the family and friends of the dead man want revenge and they can't wait to see the narrator executed. The song takes place just prior to the execution, and involves the narrator talking to (or perhaps just thinking about) his mother, just before he dies.
If you're still reading, you have my thanks.
Here's the line-by-line analysis:
*We start with the narrator's thoughts:
"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"
*The narrator is overwhelmed by the idea that he's going to die. He almost wonders whether this is all a nightmare or something.
"Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality"
Again, he feels overwhelmed, but he can't really deny that he's about to be killed.
"Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see,"
Looking up to heaven, wondering about life etc.
"I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go, Little high, little low"
Here he is quoting the common perspective: he's just a poor man ("boy"), and he doesn't deserve sympathy. Much of the song is about how no one seems to care for the narrator, even though he seems mournful and regretful for his actions.
"Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me"
Now that he's going to die, nothing more matters. He has no future, no hopes or dreams or goals. He's going to die within the hour, and there's nothing he can do about it. He feels very hopeless, and from his perspective nothing really matters.
"Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead"
This part is obvious. He committed murder. I don't he's confessing to his mother here, as surely she would already know by the time of the execution. I think that he's really just sadly reflecting on what he's done, and he mentions this to his mother (or perhaps he's just thinking about her)
"Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away"
He was a young man, in his 20s perhaps. He had the chance to live a meaningful life, but instead he killed a man, thus causing his own death via execution. The narrator laments, noting that he could have saved his own life by choosing not to murder. But now the deed is done, and the narrator will face justice.
"Mama, ooh, Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters"
Again he's sorry for his actions, and regrets that his mother now weeps for him, as he will soon be killed. The execution will take place within the hour, so if he's not back again this time tomorrow, it will mean that the execution happened on schedule, that he failed to escape it via pardon or other means. The narrator tells his mother that, even if he dies, she should carry on living, almost as if his death didn't matter to her.
"Too late, my time has come"
The execution is imminent.
"Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time"
These are symptoms of his intense fear.
"Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go"
He says a final farewell to his family and friends.
"Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth"
The truth is that he killed a man, and now he faces strict justice. He will die.
"Mama, ooh, I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all"
This much is obvious. He doesn't want to be killed, and indeed he wonders if it would have been better never to have been born in the first place.
A new voice starts singing; this voice represents his friends and family who are (or have been previously) protesting his execution.
"I see a little silhouetto of a man"
The narrator seems so poor and pitiful, "a shadow of what he once was", so to speak
"Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango"
Honestly, I don't know what this means
"Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me"
Both he and them are afraid that he'll be killed. The "lighting" part might indicate that he's to be killed with the electric chair, or it might just be symbolic.
"(Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo, Galileo figaro"
Galileo was unfairly persecuted by the authorities of his time. Granted, Galileo didn't commit murder, but the narrator's advocates still draw a parallel, insisting that he doesn't deserve the punishment he's receiving.
"Magnifico. I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me"
The narrator repeats the common belief.
"He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity"
His friends and family argue that, because he's a poor boy, he deserves sympathy and compassion, not death.
"Easy come, easy go, will you let me go"
Here the narrator pleads for his life. He basically says "You don't seem to care about me; I'm 'easy come, easy go'. You don't really care if I live or die. So, if you don't really care whether I live or die, can't you just let me live? Can't you grant me a pardon or something?"
Then the opposite group, the friends and family of the dead man (and/or the execution authorities) respond to these pleas.
"Bismillah! No, we will not let you go"
The other group wants the narrator to be executed.
"(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let me go.) Will not let you go
(Let me go.) Will not let you go. (Let me go.) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no."
The two groups have a spirited argument.
"(Oh mama mia, mama mia.) Mama mia, let me go"
Here the chorus of friends and family says "let me go", but I really think they mean "let him go. Don't kill the narrator"
"Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me"
Beelzebub means Satan. The narrator feels (or speculates) that Satan is out to torment him by leading him to such a sad fate. After all, it was probably a devil that tempted him to commit murder in the first place. Likewise, his family feels Satan is tormenting them as well, by killing the narrator to make them feel sad. Perhaps even the dead man's family joins in on this chorus; they feel that it was Satan who told the narrator to commit murder in the first place, and now they insist that execution is the only holy response to such a sin.
Throughout this, the narrator has been lethargic and morose. But right before the end, he has a sudden burst of passion.
"So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here!"
I'm not sure if he's talking to anyone specific here, or if he's just ranting with passion, screaming at everyone and everything involved.
As I imagine it, the narrator throws off his guards and fights to escape from his shackles. In the ensuing musical piece, he struggles with the executioners, knocking the room into disarray. The two families watch closely, but everyone knows it's a useless struggle; there's simply no way for the narrator to escape. And the end of the musical piece, he is beaten down and finally subdued. Once again he become morose and dispirited, and the executioners drag him to his place of death (electric chair, perhaps). In his last few moments before death, the narrator resumes his previous state of mind.
"Nothing really matters, Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me"
Again, because he's about to die, nothing really matters to him. He has no purpose, no hope, nothing.
"Any way the wind blows..."
This is an allusion to the begining of the song, where this image was used along with "nothing really matters"
So...yeah. I think that's a pretty thorough interpretation. Bohemian Rhapsody is about a remorseful murderer as he's about to be executed.
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anonymous Dec 27th 2005, 16:11 report
The song is about of course about murder, and the consequences of your actions. I think Freddie used the five stages of grief for the verses 1. Denial/ Isolation "goodbye everybody-I've got to go" 2. Depression "sometimes wish I'd never been born at all" 3. Bargaining "I'm just a poor boy.. will you let me go?" 4. Anger "so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye.. just gotta get right out of here. and 5. Acceptance "any way the wind blows"
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anonymous Jul 19th 2005, 01:11 report
Sorry, but you're all wrong!
Well Freddie Mercury said in an interview that “it's just a bunch of rhyming nonsense” but I think it is about a poor boy killing a man and confessing it to his mother.
The 4 different styles of the song represent what he is going through after the murder. The 1st deals with him being in shock of the crime he just committed, (Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?). The second is when he confesses to his mother, (Mamma, just killed a man) but his mum doesn’t want anything to do with him so he ends up killing himself. The third part is when heaven and hell are fighting over him trying to decide where he will be sent. In the song it states “Bismillah no! We will not let you go”, Bismillah means in the name of Allah which means God so It means in the name of God, no! We will not let you go. He ends up losing and is going to hell (Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me). The fourth part of the song has a heavy metal sound to which I think he is telling them what he thinks of life, hell and everything, (so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye, love me and leave me to die). He asks for a second chance to go to heaven but god rejects him again. So now he loses hope and faith and it goes back to the slow part of the song at the start. Nothing really matters, anyway the wind blows.
Some of the unusual names in the songs actually have meaning believe it or not! “Scaramouch” according to the dictionary it means “a stock character who appears as a boastful coward”. “Fandango” is a Spanish dance done in triple time. “Beelzebub” is one of the many names given to the devil.
the song has nothing to do with him having AIDS the song was written 11 years before he even got AIDS!!
This is only my opinion of the song, no one really knows the real meaning of it only Freddie Mercury will know.
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anonymous May 5th, 18:08 report
This song is obviously about death and murder. However, there is more than one interpretation. Good Art in any form whether it is a painting, poetry or music should have many interpretations. All art forms should evoke a variety of emotions. Freddie Mercury was an amazing artist and his passion was conveyed through his music.
IMO this song may not necessarily be about Freddie having contracted and unwittingly spread the HIV virus to others himself, but it could be about the overall process of how it initially unfolded during his time in the gay community. The song illustrates this tragedy to those who understand it.
"Momma just killed a man put my gun against his head pulled My trigger now he's dead" could be a metaphor for sex that causes death. It does not have to be literal. Just because the public thinks Freddie wasn't suffering from aids at the time the record was released does not mean he wasn't socially aware. Quite possibly Freddie would have been sympathetic toward those suffering from this disease and willing to dedicate a song to their plight.
The Bohemian Tragedy: HIV. -
anonymous Apr 20th, 04:36 report
I just listened to this a few moments ago for the very first time and I simply do not understand why people have been freaking out over it for decades. It's aimless and the words put together describe a possible murder but that's just about it. I understand the structure and elements of the song are pretty different--complex, even--but that's technically all. Nothing symbolic or life-changing about it.
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anonymous Apr 1st, 22:48 report
You've got it all wrong. Yes, he killed a man, but he's already dead. (Hence the "Is this the real life, is this just fantasy".) "No escape from reality" He's facing the fact that he's dead. "Look up to the skies and see, I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy" He needs no sympathy because he's dead, and you have to look up to see him in heaven.
In the second verse he's confessing to his mom in heaven (she's already dead.) about him murdering the man.
In the third verse he's reflecting on his execution.
The fourth verse is him trying to be retrived by satin (beezlebub) to go to hell, but the angels give him sympathy (even though he doesn't ask for it) and try to keep him there.
Fifth verse is him talking to his living family (though they can't hear him) before going to hell.
Sixth verse he's in hell and saying he doesn't care, because he's pretty much paying for his actions. -
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isoarcars Mar 20th, 08:04 report
Yes, I've been here before, but just to clear up a few things.
I thought Freddie Mercury experts established that "BR" was written in the '70s and Freddie contracted aids in the '80s.
He was not sloppy with his pen so we can assume "Mama just killed a man" means exactly that and NOT "Mama I just killed a man" or any other variation. His mother just killed a him figuratively, probably as she and Freddie confront his sexuality. This is a family with traditional middle east views on male and female sexuality and family life. Newspaper and CNN reportage seems to reveal, it's a domestic situation which can easily become volatile and even lethal.
These are not fashionably laid back, careful to be fashionably cool, campus secularists; drifting with whatever sophomoric views are currently spilling over lecture podiums - these are family people with centuries old roots and ostracism and shunning is a death.
I don't believe artists like FM or Bob Dylan try to be cryptic. It's like overhearing doctors or computer hackers chatting in professional jargon. The language quickly becomes very dense and efficient without regard for listeners. Freddie is revealing personal intimacies and not serving the needs of we eavesdroppers. -
anonymous Mar 19th, 05:23 report
It was about his life and aids . He slept with a guy . And gave him aids .
Its about always trying to be decitful -
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anonymous Feb 23rd, 23:07 report
The Interpretation of the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody
Interpretation 1
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes,
Look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.
The first verse introduces the key character as an easy come easy go type of person, whatever will be will be. Lives his life as a carefree bohemian. Despite being poor he is happy so he needs no sympathy about being poor, thanks. This is how he lived his life in the past but now in the second verse he has made a mistake of murdering someone and has been caught.
Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away.
Mama, ooh,
Didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.
He tells his mother what he has done and regrets his action while being this young and the rest of his life is now thrown away. He is sorry to have disappointed her and if he does not come back to see her again, then just forget about him because he will have been caught for his crime.
Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time.
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows),
I don't wanna die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
But in the third verse it is too late to escape. He is now about to face the courts and is scared about his fate which is most likely the death penalty. In death you finally leave everything of this life behind to face the real truth of our existence in the afterlife. The curse of many a `constantly in trouble young man’ is that he wishes he had never been born at all but yet he doesn’t want to die. This verse oscillates between a bravado in the face of death and the fear of dying.
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.
Verse four sounds like a lot of mumbo jumbo but in fact is quite clear when taken in context of the music and how it is sung in an operatic style. This is the trial faced by the young bohemian and is played out in a style reminiscent of Gilbert and Sullivan’s `Trial By Jury’.
I see a little silhouetto of a man, (says the defence lawyer to the jury)
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Jury replies: Are you trying to dance your way out of this situation already? Just like a Sacaramouche (Read Houdini)?)
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me.(You are scaring me says the accused)
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.
(That is because we are the highest and greatest authority, they respond)
The next verse is a plea for leniency based on being from a poor background (a ploy still used in today’s courts). Based on this defence the jury is being asked to spare him from the monstrosity of execution
I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me.
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go.
The bohemian believes he has their sympathy and asks them straight out – will you now let me go? And their response is adamant despite his repetitive pleading…
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let me go) Will not let you go.
(Let me go) Will not let you go.
(Let me go) Ah.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
(Oh, mama mia, mama mia) Mama mia, let me go.
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.
The bohemian’s anger now erupts. It looks like he will not be shown mercy and will be executed. He decides that he will be going to hell where Beelzebub already has a demon ready for him.
But before he goes he is taking out his anger on those around him for deserting him.
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye.
So you think you can love me and leave me to die.
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.
Desperation hits and he thinks he can find a way to escape
But eventually he relents and accepts his fate....
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.
Any way the wind blows
Interpretation 2
Freudians may argue that this song represents Freddy’s inner battle and eventual realisation of his true sexuality as gay. He killed the male aspect inside of him, devastated his mother, condemned by those around him and abandoned by those he thought loved him.
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VaporTrail Feb 1st, 14:46 report
Like Ghattas & Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury died ‘young’. Life comes with Death. We’re not going to ‘get’ to get to where we’re going until the day we die. For these lives, as soon as a Life is accomplished then it is Death. These artists brought happiness to countless proles.
Is this the real life?
After some spiritual (not the right word) exploration & discover, this world appears to be more & more a fake world or at least a non-unique world amongst what, within this world, can only be described as parallel worlds.
Is this just fantasy?
Again, if our universe is not the only universe then there must exist a level of fantasy.
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Recognising this other reality is an extremely difficult task that risks a premature death (as described by Carlos Casteneda & Aldous Huxley, returning through these doors is not always possible)
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
The only empirical logic is, therefore, to accept our reality romantically as opposed to classically understanding its infrastructure, meaning & purpose.
I'm just a poor boy (Poor boy)
I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me, to me
We are all alone to seek alone, life appears as random as it is fated. We brush off statistically implausible destiny as sub-consciously engineered. Yet, our universe is only ever defined by our point in time (& whatever that defines: flat/round earth, gravity/no-gravity etc.). Yet, further, our individuality is defined by something other than our constituent atoms & molecules, because these, it is understood, changed during the course of our lives whilst ‘we’ journey & ‘grow’.
Mama just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life has just begun
In this prime reality, terrible things can happen that we ourselves choose which can either mess up our lives or complete our lives or create a trough from which to attain a peak?
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
We are individuals. Our lives may even be unique to us alone. One must continue with diligence to determine our own meaning.
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody
I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
We all die, whatever out culture & defrauded religions promise. Take responsibility for your life with all that that entails & We’re not going to ‘get’ to get to where we’re going until the day we die.
Mama, oooooooh (Anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Being deprived of the point of life can potentially destroy its meaning. Cleary, not everyone finds their meaning. Some people die so old without ever finding their meaning. Others die so young, because they haven’t even got a chance to get going.
[Guitar Solo]
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro
Magnifico-o-o-o-o
I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
Let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go
Let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go
Let me go (Will not let you go)
Let me go (Will not let you go) (Never, never, never, never)
Let me go, o, o, o, o
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama Mia, let me go
Beelzebub has the devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
This part describes the choices & fates we have in life & how those appear to be affected by those around us or, more correctly, by our universe.
Galileo made huge changes to our universe affecting religious claims and all that was claimed by the establishment (or the manipulators of the institutions)- by the ‘Figaro’.
[Guitar Solo]
(Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah)
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
We all die and as such, in some ways, cannot claim to any more important than the diligent dung beetle what works, focussed, entranced, in fusion with nature, every moment of its life. How is our typically mis-guided lives any better than that of Mr Beetle? Who is going to heaven?
Any way the wind blows...
It all appears to be out of our control. Yet, there is flow: sometimes it is possible to almost see our future unfold and flow positively.
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anonymous Jan 14th, 01:19 report
One of the best songs ever! While there doesn't seem to be any type of covert meaning and is simply a story, my favorite part is when he says, "sometimes wish I had never been born at all." To be a grown ass adult and feel this way is odd but maybe he continuously found himself in the most bizarre and inane of circumstances most of his life.
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anonymous Jan 12th, 13:18 report
This murder is about his own identity done by a mother from a backward culture who especially in those years would look at a gay person as a dirty thing. When he sings mama just killed a man, he really means that. His mom really killed his spirit, perhaps by a fight after finding out he was not the same as the culture she and her husband were from. Familiarity of Farokh Bolsara (Freddie Mercury) with the word Bismilah which is Arabic for "in the name of God" says that he is confronting the culture of the east and culture of Islam (even his parents were not muslim, but Zoroastrian) who are very much against homosexuals. That culture is going to keep and kill him for being gay and the murder of the soul. It is not about Aids, as in those years there was no such concept. It definitely becomes clear when he says towards the end that he cannot stay and he has to leave here (meaning his family).
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anonymous Jan 9th, 17:39 report
I agree with the person on the top listing. Great Song... Don't forget to play the drums and play pokemon
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anonymous Jan 9th, 09:23 report
Using terms from the Quran points to his family life and anyone who reads newspapers suspects that being gay in an Iranian family ain't easy. Somehow the meaning of the lyrics is couched in family conflict about confronting the gay issue and the woman who gave him life. "Momma just killed a man" means just that. I think his mother at some time confronted him about his lifestyle in a way that excludes him from family consideration. It might be best if someone from his culture commented on being a gay son in an immigrant Iranian family in Great Briton during the 1950s and 60s.
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anonymous Dec 29th 2012, 13:09 report
Thank you for these interpretations... I was at a party last night and someone told me this song was about AIDS. Though the person is a great person and the idea of it being about AIDS was really, really cool, I couldn't help but think about how the song was written in the 70s, before doctors had officially recognize AIDS. I was doubting the interpretation but didn't want to seem like a jerk in a party of good people... but I can get into the interpretation of the song being about murder.
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D1987 Dec 25th 2012, 09:16 report
Ok I'm not trying to have the reason in the interpretation of this song; however, if you want to do it, try acid and listen to it. Summarizing, IT TALKS ABOUT THE LOST OF THE EGO.
The meaning of the song is really deep in terms of the understanding of reality, particularly about the duality of the mind of the human being (the way we see ourselves against the way people see us). It has definitely something to do with the first moments of discovery of Mercury's gay or bisexuality.
Also, it is a complain of his life to someone in especial. Would u people believe if I say that he is talking to the "top of the pyramid"? if you know what I mean ;) -
anonymous Dec 2nd 2012, 15:59 report
I think it is about murder. A man has committed murder and is confessing to his mother, she then abandons him. I think the songs reflects how he feels after his mother has abandoned him. But a lot of people have said Beelzebub is Satan; he is not. Actually Satan is in charge of hell (Hell's number 1) And Beelzebub San is his second in command (Hell's number 2).
Nobody except Freddie really knows what the song means, we can only guess, and everybody will think something different when they hear it. There's not really a right or wrong answer. But there's no denying the song is awesome and we should just enjoy it and not stress out trying to find what it means. -
isoarcars Oct 30th 2012, 09:54 report
The key to understanding the song is when he employs a word BISMILLAH a probably often heard his mother use. In our culture we might say "God help me". I think it is used to mean "Allah please intervene."
Freddie was a homosexual; not an easy thing to be if you live in a traditional Muslim family. He probably heard his mother use this phrase when she considered how family and friends would deal with his sexual orientation. He probably suffered a sort of death under his mother's condemnation when the whole thing went down. Momma just killed a man.
I like to think of the song unfolding from this point of view. -
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