Who Wants to Live Forever
Queen Lyrics
There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams
Yet slips away from us?
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
Sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Who?
Who dares to love forever
Oh, when love must die?
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?
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Written by: Brian May
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"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander. The song is used to frame the heart-wrenching scene in the film where Connor MacLeod must endure his beloved wife Heather growing old and dying while he, as an Immortal, is forever young. (It was later used in the television series of the same name Read Full Bio"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander. The song is used to frame the heart-wrenching scene in the film where Connor MacLeod must endure his beloved wife Heather growing old and dying while he, as an Immortal, is forever young. (It was later used in the television series of the same name, in the episodes "The Gathering", "Revenge is Sweet", "The Hunters", and "Leader of the Pack").
May sings lead on the first verse before Freddie Mercury takes over for most of the remainder of the song. The version which can be heard in the film is unique, in that it features Mercury singing lead vocals on the first verse. Mercury also sang the lead in live performances.
An instrumental version of the song, titled Forever, was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album. This instrumental featured only a piano, with keyboard accompaniment during the chorus sections. The piano track was recorded solely by Brian May.
Interviews With Queen::
Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary.:
"This is a very different era, of course. The song was written – I've documented this very well, I know – but what happened was we went to see the Highlander rushes with Russell Mulcahy, and that was our first experience in any way with Highlander – I hadn't read the script; I don't think any of us had – and it was very moving. [The film is] about a man who becomes conscious that he's immortal, and he's reluctant to accept that fact, but he's told that if he falls in love he's in big trouble, but of course he falls in love anyway. And the girl that he falls in love with eventually grows old and dies in his arms, and that kind of opened up a floodgate in me – I was dealing with a lot of tragedies in my life: the death of my father, the death of my marriage, and so forth. I could immediately hear this 'Who Wants To Live Forever' in my head, and it was almost complete in the car going home – I remember singing it to my manager as he drove me home, and he was pretty surprised. He said, 'Where did that come from?' and I said, 'I don't even know.'"
May sings lead on the first verse before Freddie Mercury takes over for most of the remainder of the song. The version which can be heard in the film is unique, in that it features Mercury singing lead vocals on the first verse. Mercury also sang the lead in live performances.
An instrumental version of the song, titled Forever, was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album. This instrumental featured only a piano, with keyboard accompaniment during the chorus sections. The piano track was recorded solely by Brian May.
Interviews With Queen::
Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary.:
"This is a very different era, of course. The song was written – I've documented this very well, I know – but what happened was we went to see the Highlander rushes with Russell Mulcahy, and that was our first experience in any way with Highlander – I hadn't read the script; I don't think any of us had – and it was very moving. [The film is] about a man who becomes conscious that he's immortal, and he's reluctant to accept that fact, but he's told that if he falls in love he's in big trouble, but of course he falls in love anyway. And the girl that he falls in love with eventually grows old and dies in his arms, and that kind of opened up a floodgate in me – I was dealing with a lot of tragedies in my life: the death of my father, the death of my marriage, and so forth. I could immediately hear this 'Who Wants To Live Forever' in my head, and it was almost complete in the car going home – I remember singing it to my manager as he drove me home, and he was pretty surprised. He said, 'Where did that come from?' and I said, 'I don't even know.'"
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There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Oh ooo oh
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Ooh
Who dares to love forever
Oh oo woh, when love must die
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?
bluebell
@Stephen Craig
I still respect him for doing it though,he was working with new people and trying something new
I'm sure he was dissapointed that it getting higher in the uk charts but atleast it was still in the top ten at no 6
his single born to love you was no 11
his video for living on my own was banned but on it's re release in 93 it was no 1
the actual song wasn't changed I don't think except fot taking out the scatting,personally I prefered the original
I'm glad love me like tomorrow has been used to bring awareness to Aids I think they have done a wonderful job on the animation and mmessage,I think he would be pleased they have used it in this way even though he didn't speak out while he was alive
Bad Guy was used in the series The Boys
Foolin around film Teachers
sure of course he would want it to be more succesful at the time but it's not complete rubbish
and he wasn't promoting it
personally I wish he had gone in a different direction with it but I like a feew of the songs on it
bluebell
@Andrew Black
If I say so?
You cant do a quick search?
Condoms were only used mainly to stop pregnancies
Guess what men cant get pregnant i know shocking!
So no they didnt consider that they should wear a condom! Why would they
End of 81 they realised something was wrong when a lot of young men were getting saracoma skin cancer they finally found out it was linked to hiv sexually transmitted
Which was effecting the immune system
It was a long time until the public were given clear information
Alexei Shredder
My favorite song ever
Agent Smith
You mean FORVER
George Nicholas
@Gidgit VonLaRue my 2 favourite Queen songs!
Luke
1300th like
Daddy_Francisco
I think live version is better for me
Maria Margarita Ferreira
And mine!!!
Abby Boyer
It's crazy how Freddie passed almost 30 years and people are still so obsessed with his music. He was truly a legend and I think he will be for a long time to come too
Tom Dłużewski
Right
best eddy gamer jelly
True he is the best then any other singer
shawn aldrich
one of the greatest showmen ever.