Bohemian Rhapsody
Bad News Lyrics

Is this the real life?
Asking whether the reality they are in is actually real or just a fantasy

Is this just fantasy?
Questioning whether the situation they are in is a product of their imagination or not

Caught in a landslide
Being stuck in a difficult or dangerous situation that's hard to escape from

No escape from reality
Having to face the harsh truth of the situation they're in

Open your eyes
Encouraging the listener to pay close attention and be aware of what's going on

Look up to the skies and see
Looking for guidance or help from a higher power

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Stating that they don't want or need pity from others, despite their impoverished status

Because I'm easy come, easy go
Not being fazed by the ups and downs of life because they've become accustomed to them

A little high, little low
Referring to the alternating highs and lows of life that they've experienced

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Declaring that they'll go wherever life takes them and that it doesn't matter which direction they go in

Mama, just killed a man
Confessing to a crime - murder

Put a gun against his head
Describing the method used to commit the crime

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Detailing the result of the crime

Mama, life had just begun
Reconciling with the fact that the victim was still young and had his whole life ahead of him

But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Expressing regret for committing the crime and ruining their own life in the process

Didn't mean to make you cry
Apologizing for causing emotional distress to their loved one

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Leaving the possibility of death or arrest open, hence not being able to return home by tomorrow

Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Asking their loved ones to continue with their lives even if they don't make it back

Too late, my time has come
Realizing that it's too late to escape the consequences of their actions

Sends shivers down my spine
Feeling scared and apprehensive about the future

Body's aching all the time
Feeling the physical and emotional toll of the crime they committed

Goodbye everybody I've got to go
Saying farewell to everyone they know, as they're not coming back

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Acknowledging that they have to face the consequences of their actions alone

I don't want to die
Expressing fear of death

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Regretting their own existence and wishing they'd never been brought into the world

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Seeing something that's not really there, possibly as a result of their guilt or fear

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Asking someone to perform a dance, possibly as a way to distract themselves from reality

Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Being scared by natural phenomena that they can't control

Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo Figaro - magnifico
Referencing various historical figures and enjoying the sound of their names

He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Describing themselves as someone from a poor background

Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Begging for mercy or clemency from whomever they're addressing

Easy come easy go will you let me go
Requesting to be set free (from prison or guilt)

Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go
Responding to the request by denying it, possibly indicating that they're talking to someone who is not willing to forgive them

Never let you go let me go
Still pleading for forgiveness or freedom

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
Referring to the biblical character of Beelzebub, implying that there will be dire consequences for their actions

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
Challenging their detractors and saying that they are resilient despite the obstacles they face

So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Suggesting that someone they were close to betrayed them or failed to help them in their time of need

Oh baby can't do this to me baby
Pleading with their loved one to stay loyal and not leave them alone

Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here
Feeling the need to escape from their current reality and start anew

Nothing really matters
Realizing that all the problems they faced and caused are actually insignificant in the grand scheme of things

Anyone can see
Realizing that everyone can see the futility of the situation

Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me
Stating that, in their current state of mind, nothing seems to have any real value or meaning

Anyway the wind blows
Repeating the refrain from earlier in the song, indicating that they're still open to whatever the future holds