Bohemian Rhapsody
Scaramouche Lyrics

Is this the real life
Asking if what is happening is true and not just a dream or a mere imagination

Is this just fantasy
Wondering if everything that is happening are just make-believe or unrealistic scenarios

Caught in a landslide
Suddenly finding himself in a difficult, overwhelming situation

No escape from reality
Unable to get away from his present, troublesome circumstances

Open your eyes
Encouraging others to see things for what they truly are and to face reality head-on

Look up to the skies and see
To look up to a higher power for guidance, help, and inspiration

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Declaring his independence and resilience in spite of his current situation

Because I'm easy come, easy go, a little high, little low
Acknowledging the fleeting nature of life's highs and lows and expressing his nonchalant attitude towards the unpredictability of events

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Being indifferent to whatever direction or outcome his life takes, as he believes it won't have a significant impact on him either way

Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Confessing to his mother that he has committed a murder with a sense of guilt and remorse

Mama, life had just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away
Regretting his actions and realizing that he has ruined his own life by committing the crime

Mama ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
Apologizing to his mother for the trouble and pain he caused her

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Telling his loved ones to move on with their lives without him and not to dwell too much on his death

Too late, my time has come, sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Feeling scared and overwhelmed by his imminent death, and experiencing physical pain due to his deteriorating health

Goodbye everybody I've got to go, gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Bid farewell to his loved ones and accept the inevitable fact of his death

I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche will you do the fandango, thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Describing a surreal, spooky situation involving bizarre characters and events

Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico
Referencing historical figures and royalty in a nonsensical but entertaining manner

But 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
Pleading to spare his life despite his wrongdoing and emphasizing the fact that he has nothing else going for him

Easy come easy go, will you let me go
Asking for his captor or any authority figure to release him from danger, punishment, or distress

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, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
A chaotic, repetitive exchange between the characters, suggesting a tug of war or a power struggle happening in their midst

Mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go, Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
Referring to religious and mythical symbols while still trying to assert his desire for freedom and to escape his dire situation

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
Challenging his opponents to fight back, love him properly and not abandon him, and desperately calling for an escape from danger and suffering

Nothing really matters, anyone can see, nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me, any way the wind blows
Concluding the song by emphasizing his nihilistic view of life and how everything, including his own life and death, is meaningless in the grand scheme of things