Bohemian Rhapsody
California Guitar Trio Lyrics

Is this the real life?
Asking if the situation they are experiencing is real.

Is this just fantasy?
Asking if their imagination is manifesting the situation they are experiencing.

Caught in a landslide
Being swept away by the situation that they are in.

No escape from reality
There is no way out of the situation they are in.

Open your eyes
Telling themselves to wake up and face the situation.

Look up to the skies and see
Seeking some kind of help or hope from a higher power.

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Not wanting pity or help from others, despite being in a difficult situation.

Because I'm easy come, easy go
Acknowledging that things have come and gone easily for them.

A little high, little low
Describing the ups and downs of life.

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Accepting the randomness of life and the lack of control over their own destiny.

Mama, just killed a man
Confessing to a crime they committed.

Put a gun against his head
Describing the murder they have committed.

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Completing the description of the murder.

Mama, life had just begun
Realizing that life was just beginning for them, but they have thrown it all away.

But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Regretting the bad decision they made.

Mama, ooo
Calling out to their mother for comfort.

Didn't mean to make you cry
Apologizing to their mother for hurting her.

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Leaving an uncertain fate for themselves.

Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Telling their loved ones to keep going even if they are no longer there.

Too late, my time has come
Realizing that they have run out of time.

Sends shivers down my spine
Feeling an intensification of fear or anxiety.

Body's aching all the time
Feeling physical pain along with the emotional torment.

Goodbye everybody I've got to go
Saying goodbye to the world and everyone they know.

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Realizing that they must face the reality of their actions alone.

I don't want to die
Expressing the fear of death.

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Regretting their very existence.

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Seeing a vague and elusive figure.

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Asking the figure to perform an elaborate dance.

Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Expressing terror at the elements around them.

Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo Figaro - magnifico
Naming a series of iconic figures, possibly questioning their own worth.

He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Describing themselves as being part of a humble background.

Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Asking for mercy from the authorities or from anyone powerful enough to save them.

Easy come easy go will you let me go
Offering a plea at their captors to manage their own destiny.

Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go
Denying the plea and withholding the freedom of the accused.

Will not let you go let me go (never)
Persisting in the plea to be given autonomy over their own fate.

Never let you go let me go
Still insisting on being given freedom.

Never let me go ooo
Expressing a deep desire to be given a chance for life.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Despairing at their utter helplessness and frustration.

Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Making a last desperate plea for mercy and freedom.

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
Feeling a sense of hopelessness, as if they are doomed to an impossible fate.

Nothing really matters to me
Finally coming to accept the transience and worthlessness of life.

Anyway the wind blows
Conceding to the unpredictable nature of the world.