Bohemian Rhapsody
Showtime Orchestra And Singers Lyrics

Is this the real life?
Asks whether the current experience is actually happening or is just a dream

Is this just fantasy?
Asks whether the current experience is an imaginary scenario

Caught in a landslide
Feeling stuck in an impossible situation

No escape from reality
Unable to avoid or ignore the current situation

Open your eyes
Encouragement to face the reality of the situation

Look up to the skies and see
To recognize the surrounding environment

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Personal statement of modesty and independence

Because I'm easy come, easy go
Life is transient and unpredictable

A little high, little low
Life has its ups and downs but remains relative overall

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Willingness to accept what comes and go with the flow

Mama, just killed a man
Confession of a violent act

Put a gun against his head
Details of the violent act

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Confirmation of the fatal outcome

Mama, life had just begun
Contrasts the act of violence with the potential of life

But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Acknowledgment of a catastrophic mistake

Didn't mean to make you cry
Apology to a loved one

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Uncertainty about the future

Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Encouragement to continue on despite challenges and lack of purpose

Too late, my time has come
Realization that the end is near

Sends shivers down my spine
Physical reaction to fear or excitement

Body's aching all the time
Physical discomfort or emotional exhaustion

Goodbye everybody I've got to go
Farewell to loved ones

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Acceptance of the final outcome

I don't want to die
Fear of death

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Regret for existence and desire for escape

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Visual observation of a recognizable figure

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Rhetorical question and challenge directed towards a specific individual

Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Fearful reaction to the environment

Gallileo, Gallileo,
Direct reference and appeal to real individual

Gallileo, Gallileo,
Repetition of direct reference and appeal

Gallileo Figaro - magnifico
Admiring remark and exclamation

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
Reiteration of personal status and lack of affection

He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Acknowledgment of commonality and struggle

Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Plea for mercy and compassion

Easy come easy go will you let me go
Willingness to leave without resistance

Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go
Religious invocation followed by refusal and demand

Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Repetition of religious invocation and refusal

Bismillah! We will not let you go let me go
Reiteration of religious invocation and personal plea

Will not let you go let me go (never)
Firm assertion and denial of request

Never let you go let me go
Reiteration of personal desire

Never let me go ooo
Endearing plea

No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Rejection and refusal

Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Plea to a parental figure for assistance

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
Personal belief or acknowledgment of misfortune

For me
Personal emphasis on fate or outcome

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
Challenging response to oppression and confrontation

So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Criticism of false affection and abandonment

Oh baby can't do this to me baby
Personal affront and appeal

Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here
Desire for escape and liberation

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Expression of satisfaction or agreement

Nothing really matters
Final realization of the insignificance of everything

Anyone can see
Acknowledgment of obvious fact

Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me
Confirmation of the final realization and personal relevance

Anyway the wind blows
Conclusion and summary of the song's message