Bohemian Rhapsody
Guns N' Roses & Elton John Lyrics

Mama just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
The singer's mother killed a man and the singer was the one who pulled the trigger on the gun. The man is now dead.

Mama, life had just begun, But now I've gone and thrown it all away.
The singer had just begun his life, but now he feels he has ruined everything.

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.
The singer apologizes for making his mother cry and tells her to keep living regardless if he does not come back.

Too late, my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time.
The artist knows it is too late for him and he feels scared and uncertain, experiencing physical pain.

Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go, Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
The artist has to leave everyone behind and confront the truth.

Mama, ooh, I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
The singer does not want to die and sometimes wishes he never existed.

I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango. Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me. (Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo, Galileo figaro Magnifico. 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.
The singer describes a man and says he is scared. They mention Galileo and how they are just a poor boy who is not loved by anyone. They ask for mercy to spare the man's life from a terrible event.

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. (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 artist pleads to be let go, but is met with refusal. They continue to ask to be let go and mention Beelzebub has a devil saved for them.

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.
The artist is questioning the actions of another person who hurt them emotionally (spitting in their eye and leaving them to die). They stress that they need to get out of there as soon as possible.

Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters, Nothing really matters to me. Any way the wind blows.
The artist declares that nothing really matters and reiterates it over and over again. The song ends with the line 'Any way the wind blows,' suggesting that the outcome is out of the artist's control.