Bohemian Rhapsody
The Braids Lyrics

Is this the real life?
The singer is questioning whether what she is experiencing is actually real life or just fantasy.

Is this just fantasy?
She considers the possibility that her current situation is only happening in her imagination.

Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
She feels trapped in a difficult situation that she cannot escape from.

Open your eyes. Look up to the sky and see.
The singer encourages herself (and possibly others) to take a different perspective on the situation and look for hope or possibility.

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy.
The singer tries to assert her independence and self-reliance.

Because I'm easy come, easy go. A little high, little low.
The singer sometimes experiences changes in her mood or behavior without warning.

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me (to me).
The singer suggests that she doesn't really care what happens as long as she is being true to herself.

Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
The singer shares a confession of killing someone, most likely emphasis that it is not to be taken literally.

Mama, life had just begun, But now I've gone and thrown it all away.
The singer regrets her actions and the consequences that she now faces.

Mama, ooh, Didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.
The singer apologizes for the harm that she has caused and suggests that if she never comes back, life should go on without her.

Too late, my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time.
The singer feels that it is too late for her and that she is experiencing pain in her body as a result of the situation.

Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go, Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
The singer accepts that she must face the consequences of her actions alone and leave others behind.

Mama, ooh, (anyway the wind blows) I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
The singer expresses her fear and sadness about dying and suggests that she wishes she had never even been born.

(guitar solo)
No lyric meaning, it is a guitar solo with no vocal element to it.

I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the Fandango- Thunderbolts and lightning-very very frightening me- Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo figaro-Magnifico-
The singer engages in a surreal phrase that comprises of litany of words describing a range of persons including Scaramouche and Galileo, but with no coherent meaning.

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me- He's just a poor boy from a poor family- Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
The singer hopes she can evoke compassion from others by emphasizing the vulnerability of her situation and the hardship she faces.

Easy come easy go-,will you let me go- 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- Oh, Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go- Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me-
The singer is engaged in a conversation about possible ways out of her conundrum with others, but also shows involvement with evil forces.

So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye. So you think you can love me and leave me to die. Ooooooooh, baby, can't do this to me, baby, just gotta get right outta here. (Pause) ooooooooh, baby, can't do this to me, baby, just gotta get right outta here.
The singer is expressing frustration with others who she feels are attempting to stop her or betray her. She must get away from the situation regardless of the efforts against her.

Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
The singer concludes that life should go on regardless of what has happened to her and repeats her previous wish that she had never been born at all.

Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters, Nothing really matters to me. Any way the wind blows.(softly)
The singer concludes that, in the end, nothing truly matters in life and that everyone can see the insignificance of events unfolding. She welcomes whatever fate she may face.