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She Makes Me
Queen Lyrics

I love...she makes me
She is my heart
She is my love
She is my love

I know you're jealous of her
She makes me need
She is my love
She is my love

Who knows who she'll make me
As I lie in her cocoon
But the world will surely heal my ills
I'm warm and terrified
She makes me so...

I know the day I leave her
I'd love her still
She is my love
She is my love

Who knows where my dreams will end?
I'll follow as they grow
But the world will know
How long I'll take
And if I'm very slow
She makes me so...
She is my love
She is my love

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BRIAN HAROLD MAY

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"She Makes Me" was written and sung by Brian May with John Deacon playing acoustic guitars. It was written while May was in the hospital, after collapsing with acute hepatitis while Queen was in New York, supporting Mott The Hoople. May performs both lead and backing vocals on the track.

The song's finale features what May referred to as "New York nightmare sounds", which include NYC police vehicle sirens and deep-breathing sounds which accompany the closing bars.

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ana júlia

3y↑710

brian is so underrated as a singer and especially as a songwriter. tbh i think queen is still underrated overall but at least freddie is really appreciated. people should pay more attention to brian, roger and john.

Madeline Watts

25w↑1

100% agree

Emiliano Monti

40w↑1

@Carbon_based_life_form an Who Wants to Live Forever too Is very sad

Mattias Meimre

1y↑2

@Tony Stark Exactly, they are all great.

hypermonkey games

1y↑1

All of them are in the songwriters Hall of fame and are well recognised over in England and everyone knows who Brian May is

Nicolas

2y↑2

Freddie is such a show man that anyone around him seems pale . That's the problem with a star: every one else around look small.

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Little Miss Black Dress

3y↑259

Brian May, a wonderful guitarist, sublime songwriter, dreamy voice and ethereal good looks. He's like a dream come true.

Melissa Montiel

37w

@I'm wearing striped socks he is such a lover boy

I'm wearing striped socks

1y↑5

And he's literally the sweetest person

PhebusdesTours

2y↑14

He also campaigns for animal welfare. How good is this man?

Megan Largent

2y↑4

You couldn't be more correct.

James Mathai

2y↑22

PhD in Astrophysics and he was invited to Stephen Hawking's funeral.

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art decade poet

3y↑409

you can hear that his favourite band were The Beatles

John Laurens

20w

I agree!!

daniele gobbo

26w↑2

If i remember correctly 3 out of four have the beatles as favourite band

Lil

26w

@Hombre ruso de 40 años oh not you again

Hombre ruso de 40 años

26w

@Lil both are racist

¿ ?

33w↑3

I think brian freddie and roger basically worshipped the beatles lol

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MSB 1791

6y↑422

This song features Brian May on vocals. They were such a great band with four very talented individuals.

Emiliano Monti

40w↑4

@Green Hot Chili Queen well no... It's Queen+,Brian and Roger said that is more like a tribute band,but Queen end when Freddie died and John retired

Green Hot Chili Queen

3y↑9

They are! Because they are still active.

gwyar1953

4y↑5

his song---

Lou Cardenuto

3y↑429

i just realized the drum beat sounds like someone walking in stilettos

The Black Queen

24w↑1

I'm interested to know if they used a Gated Reverb effect on the drums, making it the first use of the effect which, 6 years before Phil Collins used it on Peter Gabriel's Intruder. The Gated Reverb became the signature drum sound of the 1980s and Queen may have done it 6 years before which is pretty interesting to me.

ShreadTheWeapon

Good one!

Alexia McCulloch

2y↑2

I'm so glad you pointed that out. That's awesome.

Clara Mercury

2y↑1

BGFSSS 😂😂

Tara Walsh

2y↑24

ProgHeadLou Yea, probably Freddie 😂

Gurll come to Shiratorizawuh

2y↑50

Why is Brian so underrated ugh. People should really pay more attention to Brian, Roger, and John and not just Freddie.

Rogerina

17w↑1

@GladiatorKnightGhost well I’m one of them and I’m I think you’re totally right. Im 10x more attached to Bri and Rog than Freddie (sorry Fred), maybe because I firstly fell in love with Ben Hardy representing Roger, so it might have consequences of my love for him, and by extension Brian, because like you said they’re the two still around and I always considered them closer to each other rather than with Freddie and Deacy

Kurt D

2y↑1

Freddie died young and beautiful. For all their talent, Brian, Roger, and John can never top that brilliant career move!

Gurll come to Shiratorizawuh

@GladiatorKnightGhost Well said

GladiatorKnightGhost

2y↑6

For all that people complain about the "new fans" and the "new fandom" of Queen, I actually think this has been a big positive - lots of the newer fans have attached themselves to Roger, Brian and John rather than just Freddie, likely because Roger and Brian are still around and active, and so there's a better spread of love.

Tommy Turner

3y↑261

This has always been a very haunting song. The meaning has never been clear, i've read everything from it being an ode to one's mother to an ode to a dominatrix in a star wars uniform (the album predates Star Wars by 2 or 3 years). What i always envisioned was a mortally wounded soldier lying in a battlefield(stormtroopers-WW2, stiletto knife, not the heels) expressing his undying love for his girl back home as he lay dying. Help is on the way, as he hears an ambulance in the distance, but it's too late. The echo you hear at the end of the song was his last breath. Maybe my analysis is way off, but that's what i've always thought. Regardless it's just as chilling hearing it now as it was way back then.

Tommy Turner

30w↑2

@only a man Very interesting points you bring up. Brian May is so active on social media these days that i'm tempted to ask him what the song really means and see if he answers. I'm afraid i'd get the standard "whatever it means to you" or "open to interpretation" line, but then again maybe that's for the best (if he actually answered).Any way great song and I like your take on it.

only a man

30w↑1

This is really enlightening, especially with the context that stormtroopers are specifically German, and stiletto knives were exclusively used by the US/British forces. The idea of a stormtrooper "in" stilettos, instead of a stiletto in a stormtrooper, doesn't negate this analysis either... it very well seems to be a commentary on how physical violence like war and murder is embodied by evil, even in the case of destroying an agent for evil. The song could be the last recounts and emotions of a helper of evil, a stormtrooper, but now defining himself by his love he poignantly receives and feels instead. An extra layer to this maternal idea is that Germany is often referred to in masculine terms, with the "Fatherland" label becoming popularized as an approbative specifically in Nazi Germany... who this theoretical soldier fought for. To spend the last moments of life in stark contrast to how its predicate was spent, drowning in mercy, finally enacting the elevation of the motherhood this soldier dogmatically opposed is... nothing short of incredible beauty. May very subtly presents to us a question on the paradoxical dichotomy of good and evil but does so with the violent and superficial gloom of death, ultimately being pierced by optimism that even in moments of destruction and pain, the broad transgressions of one's life can be undone and goodness can be embraced... or even implies that this correction and reception is inevitable.

Jennifer Valentina Gómez Vargas

46w

Sounds reasonable and now I´m about to cry

Doug Burrell

47w

@Galaxy Lolita i

Doug Burrell

47w

@Patricia A h7

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1960deek

3y↑64

The first time I heard that "last breath" at the end of this song I nearly lost my breath.

David Copson

48w↑5

Or as Freddie might say, 'You take my breath away'.

Record Grooves

3y↑157

I love the breathing at the end...

Hombre ruso de 40 años

26w

Connects with it's si easy but i can't do it

Aubree heehee

28w↑1

Very erotic... 😳

Dutch Linde

1y↑8

It simulates his breathing and sounds while in the hospital.

Debi Taylor

3y↑83

I wish Brian would put out a record of all the songs he wrote and sang for Queen.

Michalis V

1y↑1

That will not be one record.. that would be many records my friend

Daniel S.

1y↑4

They should do that for all four

Diana Mc

Good idea!

Bananaka Reznik

3y↑88

I really love brian may voice :")

four on drugs

25w

ssssaaaammmmmmeeeee

Dandymite

3y↑109

If someone else than Brian May had written this I’d think it was about drugs to be honest. It’s the perfect metaphor. Plus the song has an energy in it that makes me think about The Velvet Underground. Or maybe Pink Floyd. Love this song.

Snowblind

Acoustic Pink Floyd

Dandymite

3y↑3

Kwinquark1 yeah valid point, I think it’s the rythm though, makes me think of like Venus in furs or something

Kwinquark1

Floyd I can accept. but anything as essentially vapid as VU - nah

Diane Sciacca

5y↑137

Very Beatlesque.

Scooter The Pog

12w

Not going to lie I can imagine ELO playing this.

Megan Largent

3y↑8

Reminds me a little of Harrison.

Knumbugs

3y↑1

I was thinking that when I heard the closing guitar on "The Loser In The End"

Dandymite

3y↑9

Yeah but also strong The Velvet Underground vibes. It’s like the slow lovechild of Candy says and Heroin

CircunferenciaPunga

Diane Sciacca right

Lavaboyz

5y↑129

Imagine actually seeing a Storm Trooper on Stilettos..

I was hoping Captain Phasma might be the ONLY STORM TROOPER on Stilettos. Unfortunately, she only has a Silver Armour on her. No high heels on her.

Funny isnt it ? Its as if Queen knew what was about to happen to Star Wars years ahead of its time..

Dutch Linde

@Joe Thornhill WW1!

Joe Thornhill

2y↑2

He's actually talking about WW2 Stormtroopers. Even I myself had to look it up after hearing this song for the first time last year to make sense of it.

Jemppu

4y↑5

Lavaboyz um... there actually are few people who go around doing gigs in fetishy Storm Trooper costumes, stilettos and all.

Marlyn DeQueen

5y↑4

Lavaboyz OMG! lol 😂😂😂 This made my day!

MaxArt

3y↑56

Roger wrote the lyrics.
It's about his car.

four on drugs

25w

no not he caaarr

Lil

50w↑3

Rogerina's Bra Ok that makes sense lol. He’s trying to hide it, but we all know the truth don’t we Rog

rodger

Stop dude , the joke's getting stale :/

Brignall Wood

1y↑2

lol. name a queen song that isn't about roger's car!

Tracy Edgar

2y↑6

@Rogerina's Bra 🤣🤣
Now you're just being silly.
I like your name there.
Rogerina's Bra.
🤣🤣🤣
Fantastic!

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Rod Roe

4y↑87

Magical? Mystical? Fantasy? Or bollocks? Early Queen were probably all of these, but most of all they were brilliant!!

Abby B

4y↑56

This song makes me cry every time I listen to it. It's so underrated.

Steven S

I know it's shit isn't it

Clara Mercury

2y↑8

This song makes me so calm ☺️

Clara Mercury

13w

@Griwhoolda yes, it’s very dreamy!

Griwhoolda

14w↑1

Yes! It's almost trance-inducing.

ahard-daysnight

1y↑15

Theory:
Brian is about to try to commit suicide and he’s thinking of a girl that she dearly loved
And after the song is over, he jumps off the building and hits some stairs while falling, and barely survives, despite having several very major injuries
The ambulance comes and puts him in the hospital
His last breaths are at the end of the song, and he dies at the last inhale
When he dies, he is in the lap of the gods, which leads to the next song

ahard-daysnight

33w

i think

ahard-daysnight

33w

@blueberry dreams. yes i do have a mind

blueberry dreams.

33w

YOUR MIND

Mini Sized Cat

50w↑1

ahard-daysnight I didn’t expect a reply that fast. Also it might be about a German Stormtrooper (because it’s the name of the song) who is waiting to return home then get shot and needs to go to the hospital with the last sounds of the song was his last breathing. And yes this was based off of yours to much.
Edit: a part of the song says “I’m warm and terrified” maybe referring to the horror of the trenches. Another part says “I know the day I leave her” again maybe referring to the fact he had to leave her to go to war.

ahard-daysnight

50w

nickelodeon dog maybe.. idk im just guessing lol

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Alana Dill

5y↑40

I can hear her walking in those boots. And those angel harmonies, and the sense of sweat and smoke. That one twang of guitar, almost like bagpipes. So gorgeous.

Lavaboyz

5y↑1

And then with those White Armour and Laser blasters rite ? Yeah soo awesome... Those Storm Troopers !

Danny Mccomiskie

6y↑71

GOOSEBUMPS even after 35 years and a million listens still the GOOSEBUMPS.

Dawn Thompson

Danny Mccomiskie - me too.

Alana Dill

5y↑1

+Danny Mccomiskie yeah.

Marina Souza

2y↑6

The last bit of that song.... Brian really didn't care about the effect he caused in this poor fangirl's heart.

Weird kid

2y↑16

The breathing at the end. I THINK I JUST EXPLODED

Jay Jay ́s guitarcorner

3y↑35

1974-1980 The wonder years for me Thnx Queen

Tara Walsh

2y↑6

This really sounds like their favorite band was The Beatles. ✨✨✨

aunsomni dedistancia

2y↑5

I suffer from anxiety and when I am in a crisis , unable to breathe, this song makes wonders for me. It sooths my soul and helps me to deal with the panic. Best medication I could ever find

Rievaulx

3y↑20

More people should know about this song. Queen have so many underappreciated gems.

Suvechssa Asikina Rashid

3y↑15

I cried the whole night after listening to Brian's voice. I'm eternally.. Unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him ❤️🔥 and I'll take this love with me when I'm gone.

Salvatore Cervillera

2y↑4

349.472 wievs??? THIS ALBUM IS SOOOOOO UNDERRATED !

BoopBoo

3y↑15

I dunno why but if I didn't read in this song Brian May's on vocals I would always think that Freddie Mercury sings it!

Natrum Dear

2y↑1

Tbh if I didn't know Brian was singing this, I would've thought it was Paul McCartney.

The SNES Man

3y↑4

Ashgardore The sound at the start sounds kinda like Freddie

Frah Torcasio

3y↑6

God this song is so beautiful i don't even know how this is not considered one of the best songs from them

csmith286

2y↑6

The harmonies from 1:02 to 1:17 are stunningly beautiful.

Sol Baumgartner

5y↑49

If only we understood more of what Queen were telling us! the ancient philosophy: the eternal longing, as I lie in her cocooon, warm and terrified, in a world ever more cold, I'll follow as they grow, and if I'm very slow she makes me so! Oh mother Mercury in light-full devotion, with gratitude!

D³

3y↑1

Andy Petrovich If you'd make a song about your mother in stilettos, then sure

Paul Kuntze

3y↑2

I always visualized this as a love song to his dominatrix

Andy Petrovich

Sol Baumgartner
I believe this song is about a caring and patient mother. From birth through adulthood.

Hasamid Schwartz

seriously tho what does this mean

Zorian

3y↑17

The first time I heard this back in the 70's on the Sheer Heart Attack album; which is a GREAT song also, I was hooked! The Beat, Bri's vocal ease, the whole Acoustic aspect....AWESOME SAUCE! Some of their BEST songs are the ones they didn't play on the radio. That's how you know you're a TRUE Queen fan. When you know their stuff but NOT from the radio.

KillerQueen

3y↑7

The melody of this song is so beautiful. Brian May really was underrated as a songwriter.

tymime

2y↑14

I honestly get a big "Crimson and Clover" vibe from this.

1960deek

4y↑319

Dr. Brian May. He has a PHD in Astrophysics.

four on drugs

25w

good to know

David Copson

48w

Does that mean he's a star?

Japji Kular

2y↑1

we been knew sis

Arkadiusz Starski

I am black belt in karaoke

William Horton

@1960deek Like I said: A degree in science-fiction.

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Lisa Griffiths

6y↑34

Strange and magical and surreal - the beautiful switch from a simple love homage to sirens and laboured breathing - have always deeply loved this track and then it drops straight into the reprise of Lap of the Gods - otherworldly and transporting !!

GAMING LEGEND

1y↑5

I'm imagining a Star Wars Stormtrooper walking in stilettos now...

Murat Duman

2y↑4

Let's get this song over 1M+

unòrsominòre.

3y↑7

This song is SO underrated

J D

3y↑6

Those harmonies from 1.00 to 1.20 are gorgeous. They give me goosebumps

Gary Jonathan

3y↑4

Brian May is a great musician in his own right.

English Canadian Girl 🇬🇧👩🏽🇨🇦

2y↑5

Sadly, 4 decades later, I just discovered this song for the first time today. All I can say is.... when Brian May gives you a piece of his mind, what a piece and what a mind. 🙌🏽👑💕

francho292006

7y↑10

It blows my mind away...

mark hales

5y↑15

Probably my favorite song after Loser in the End....what Harmonies!!!

Edward Van Halen

3y↑4

Excellence. Music Royalty.

stoll

33w↑4

A great song for those trying to play and sing at the same time

Gips Nadel

2y↑5

How can Sheer Heart Attack be so perfect? My favourite albums are still Queen II and Innuendo, but sheer heart attack has a very special place in my heart...especially this song, in the lap of the gods and the medley

Abbey Dykstra

17w↑2

I just love Brian’s voice.

Neil Loughran

3y↑5

Simply a beautiful song. I think it's clever and simple at the same time... the way the shifts occur is magical... the repeating chordal pattern simply does not get boring to me. I struggle to pick my favourite Queen album... between this and Day at the Races maybe... the music world changed in the 80s and Queen went with it and produced some nice music but the early/mid period is beyond pop music. It's artistic exploration of the human spirit. Thankfully we can now look back on the diversity and sheer beauty of the Queen back catalogue...

cometdust

3y↑2

I'm warm and terrified, she makes me so

viaductdreams

3y↑2

Sounds like something Stone Roses could have covered.

Ada Martin

4y↑12

What a nice song. Really enjoyed it. Love you Queen 👑❤

Laura Mercury

2y↑1

I was so in love with Brian in 2009 and this song reminds me of that. ♥️

notswagbruh

1y↑2

I STILL CANT WITH THE BREATHING AT THE END LIKE IS THAT BRIAN BREATHING IM IN LOVE 🥺🥴😳

mel saiki

1y↑2

This song is so criminally underrated.

jackjetjoe

1y↑3

I think the song is about a man's love to his mother, from the beginning of mother pregnancy, his birth.. grown up and chasing his dreams which is faded one by one and ended to his death.. please correct me if im wrong. Sorry for my imperfect english..

Marcel Girard

1y↑2

Brian May, like many others, were behind Freddie´s shadow, as well as Deacon and Taylor. But who thinks that Queen was Freddie is probably too young, or someone with quick music consumption taste, that means the 85% of world music listeners.

Brian L. Balbuena

2y↑3

Darth Mercury vs the Master Farrouk Bulsar
Darth Deacy vs John Deacy
Darth Taylor vs Rogers
Darth May vs Moff Brian

Disco Deaky is the cheese to my toast

Words can’t describe how much I love this

Loren Sims

6y↑4

My (second) favorite song from my very favorite Queen album. Right now I simply can't get this one out of my head...

J D

3y↑1

Queen do some outstanding vocal harmonies

Vincentia Intan Andini Ayuningati

3y↑2

i wish if i get married my husband will sing itu to me

R E

3y↑2

Props to Brian. For a moment I thought it was Freddie singing.

A Chaps

3y↑4

beautiful song, haunting, but the line "I know // the day I leave her // I 'll love her still" is, I dunno - out of place and kind of kills it for me. Also, I wish there would have been another verse to extend the lyrics out another minute. Oh Well.

sophie

interesting, i think it fits... i feel that he was afraid of death at that time. i dont know if thats what he was singing about but thats my perception anyway. definitely wish it was longer though lol

Silver Salmon15

1y↑1

I love this song so much. I can’t believe how underrated it is.

ilde 6063

2y↑4

it's like a Beatle song...

Age Groot

2y↑3

Good song by Queen sung by Brian May. Many people wouldn't believe it's Queen when they hear it. Sheer heart attack is a good album but some songs are weak and don't fit the album. Brighton rock is a great start of the record.

talastra

1y↑2

This is another of those Brian songs that somehow seems to sneak by on the album, but then is the one that brings you back to the album over and over. The relentlessness of the guitar in the opening keeps the whole thing in suspense, and then suddenly the key change to the "chorus" is so delicious.

Interesting Things

3y↑2

I believe there exists version with Freddie

weirdo with a strong dream

2y↑2

What is this song about? my thoughts were that he wrote aboute a nurse the 'stormtrooper in stilettos' who cares for him during his hepatitis infection (because it was around summer 1974 and there are sirens in the background like in a hospital)

TheaterPup

15w

"Who knows who she'll make me
As I lie in her cocoon
But the world will surely heal my ills
I'm warm and terrified
She makes me so"

Sam Anello

13w

This was also the first Queen album I ever bought. Got me hooked. A classic! Probably my favorite Queen album.

Brenda Lynn

2y↑2

That almost ringing on the left side towards the ends keeps getting me. Almost sounds like when one of my ears ring, just deeper and not obnoxious.

Commander Wodz

3y↑2

Somewhere along the line ive deeply associated this song with someone i care very deeply for, every line fits really, my jealousy, the fact that ill never get over her, my false hopes... she makes me so

DolphCas

3y↑3

Love this song!

Joshua Rodriguez

2y↑3

"Does she make you miss her all the time?"

SylviaJM

1y↑1

I go very different directions when I listen to songs sang by Brian May on Queen albums....either I stop listening or I cannot stop listening.

This one is stunning♡♡

Strelok

3y↑1

Wow I love Brian

AX LE

14w

I love the Brian's voice.

Edward Lazell

36w↑1

Best song ending in pop. Hard to name a better one.

Wolf Lover

2y↑6

Oh my Brisus....... I love it so much ❤😘

Laura Bell

1y↑2

I think Brian is moaning during the final

T Bear

51w↑1

🥰😍🥰 my Bri!...this beautiful, reminds of the Beatles’ ‘When the Rain Comes’

Elem Mayo

2y↑1

Him and Freddie sound so similar.

Parco Malmeiro

4y↑12

The least talked about music ever from queen

Lena Holmes

2y↑1

My favourite song forever! ♥️♥️♥️

Big Mark

3y↑2

Rick Astley released a new song with the same name...I love them both

Harrison Parpillon

The Meme King stormtrooper in stilettos? That's the best part of the title. If it's simply entitled"She makes me" I will pass

Sabrina Xie

2y↑1

simple but clear, straight but romantic, shy but sweet. A young boy's true love should be like this, but time has changed, why can't people be pure just like before? That is the love I imagined, 是想触碰却又缩回的手, just like in White Queen.

Василий Мяусин

Best song from SHA. Absolutely cosmic sound. I feel the universe vibrations.

suede *

20w

Yes !! Another Beautiful Queen song !

murcia62

3y↑3

without synthesizer unbelievable

Karl Johnson

1y↑1

Simply beautiful.

k sturmer

Erm, this is fucking AWESOME!!! :) Shabba! It's 2019, lets drum on and rip off said very cool tunes!! :) xxx

Mrs Fahrenheit

3y↑81

„.. and I don’t like star wars⚡️🎸🤟🏻“ 😂😂😂😂

ThinWhiteAxe

1y↑11

This song predates Star Wars, it's definitely not about that

Freddie's Cat

2y↑2

I love brian songs

BAKUGO MCEXPLOSION MURDER KING

4y↑1

This is so..... rock

BRONTO MUSIC 2020

46w↑1

If jessica was dying in the sound random spoken breathing at the end

The Real Exist

1y↑1

sometimes i cant tell if this song is real or not.

The Black Queen

14w

I'm interested to know if they used a Gated Reverb effect on the drums, making it the first use of the effect, 6 years before Phil Collins used it on Peter Gabriel's Intruder. The Gated Reverb became the signature drum sound of the 1980s and Queen may have done it 6 years before which is pretty interesting to me.

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