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, in the episodes "The Gathering", "Revenge is Sweet", "The Hunters", 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. 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. 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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Jezza
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
@claude vienne
Brian deserves credit for what he composed and wrote and being part of the Queen music
but I can't agree with you that Brian was more of a writter than Freddie and definitely not that Briian was the reasoon for their success
among other things he wrote Bo Rap which is still their most popular song after all this time and was no 1 twice
if it wasn't for Bo Rap there would be no queen they were in dept and if this album wasnt a success they woud have to give up
Freddies personaity and interaction with the crowd and giviing a performance set them apart froom other bands at the time
greatest hits 1
Brian only has 3 songs on there only one at no 10 flash 1980
apart from the first allbum Freddie had a top ten on each of the Queen albums up to the game
including crazy little thing called love which was their first no 1 in the us
followed by another one bites thhe dust from the same album which was no 1 on even more charts
which Freddie helped him with and insisted was on the album then that it should be a single following michael jackson advice
Brian didn't want A B T Dust and din't help
with it
7 of Freddies songs were featured on the uk top of the pops
which made them known more to the public inc Bo Rap which had to be shown for the 9 weeks as it was no 1
The Game in 1980 was their fiirst no 1 album in the us which happened to have their first us no 1 siingles from freddie then John
Brian deserves respect and praise for what he has contributed but not to be contributed with being a bigger reason for the success of Queen than Freddie
apart from praise they all deserve equally for creating the sound of Queen
and praise for the songs he did create
but it was mainly Freddies singles that pushed the sales of their albums in the 70s and the Game with John in 1980
Scott Andrews
How can you go from cowboy to Christianity?
RebootwithBen
Edit me too I want to live!
RebootwithBen
😉
Me too! Still, not at all costs and for me that is a way to see this song.
✌️
Mr. Puddingsworth
@The Algerian yeah but he had the thorns on his head
The Algerian
There's very little reason for him to assume this was about Christianity, to begin with.
Crucifixion as a means of execution was around long before Jesus was even born.
Karson DeGoey
You saw rick and morty too?
Leo Koutakis
WHY CAN'T I DIE?!?!?!?
Kira pia meh
=(
Eli Leiva
AJSAJSJADJSK
Stephen Lake
I watched other night, the fight scenes are too funny tbh. The first guy and his mad flips