Bohemian Rhapsody
The Flaming Lips Lyrics

Is this the real life?
Asks if the experience he is currently having is actually happening or if it is a dream.

Is this just fantasy?
Questions if what he is experiencing is reality or simply an imagination.

Caught in a landslide
Feels trapped or overwhelmed by a situation he is in.

No escape from reality
Cannot find a way out of the situation he is in and has to face it.

Open your eyes
Urges to see the situation clearly.

Look up to the skies and see
Gives a suggestion to look for guidance or help from a higher power or authority.

I'm just a poor boy
Describes himself as a man of modest means or lacking power and influence.

I need no sympathy
Asks not to be pitied or looked down upon by others.

Because I'm easy come, easy go
Does not get attached to things or people easily and finds it easy to let them go.

Little high, little low
Describes emotional or mental instability, where he can be both happy or sad.

Anyway the wind blows
Is not bothered to plan ahead and ready to take whatever comes his way.

Doesn't really matter to me, to me
Does not give too much importance to his current state of life.

Mama, just killed a man
Admits that he committed a murder and addresses his mother.

Put a gun against his head
Details the method of murder he used.

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Explains that he is responsible for the killing.

Mama, life had just begun
Feels that he had just started his life and there was a lot ahead of him.

And now I've gone and thrown it all away
Regrets his actions which led to the end of his potential future.

Mama, ooh
Addressing his mother, about to ask a question.

Didn't mean to make you cry
Apologizes for causing emotional pain to his mother.

If I'm not back again this time, tomorrow
Gives a hint that he might not return from his current situation.

Carry on, carry on
Tells his mother to keep going with her life and not be affected by his absence.

As if nothing really matters
Emphasizes the fact that problems will eventually fade away.

Too late, my time has come
Feels that he has reached the end of his life.

Sends shivers down my spine
Experiences a physical reaction to the fear that has set in.

Body's aching all the time
Feels pain throughout his body.

Goodbye everybody, I've got to go
Says farewell to everyone he knows.

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Needs to confront the reality of his situation and leave the people he knows behind.

Mama, ooh
Calls out to his mother once again.

I don't want to die
Expresses fear of death.

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Wonders whether his life is worth living.

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Describes seeing a figure of a man.

Scaramouch, scaramouch
Names the figure he is seeing.

Will you do the fandango?
Asks the silhouette if he would like to dance.

Thunderbolt and lightning
Describes the environment around him.

Very, very frightening me
Expresses fear of the situation.

Gallileo, Gallileo
Calls out the name to someone.

Gallileo, Gallileo
Repeats the call.

Gallileo Figaro
Addresses someone with the name of Figaro.

Magnifico
Addresses the person with a term of endearment.

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Feels unloved by people.

He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Describes again his financial and social status.

Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Pleads on behalf of himself to be spared from his current circumstances.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Expresses the desperation of his plea.

Easy come, easy go
Repeats the earlier phrase.

Will you let me go?
Asks to be set free.

Bismillah! No, we will not let you go, let him go
Responds to his request to be free by refusing and asking his captors instead to let him go.

Bismillah! We will not let you go, let him go
Repeats the refusal.

Bismillah! We will not let you go, let me go
Changes the tone and asks to be set free himself.

Will not let you go, let me go
Asserts his need to be released.

(Never, never, never, never, never let me go)
Repeats the request once again with more emphasis.

No, no, no, no, no, no
Repeats the negative response once more.

Oh mama mia, mama mia
Calls out to his mother again with more urgency.

Mama mia, let me go
Urges his mother to set him free.

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
Refers to the devil, Beelzebub, keeping a task specifically for him, as if he were already dead.

For me, for me
Repeats the haunting statement again.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
Addressing someone and questioning if they thought they could treat him so badly.

So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Suspects someone who pretended to love him in their intention to let him die.

Oh baby, can't do this to me, baby
Calling out to someone not to treat him this way.

Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here
Expresses his desire to escape from his current situation.

Nothing really matters
Believes that nothing in life has lasting importance.

Anyone can see
Feels that this truth is evident and transparent.

Nothing really matters
Repeats the nihilistic philosophy once again.

Nothing really matters to me
Emphasizes that his apathy is a matter of personal belief.

Anyway the wind blows
Repeats the earlier phrase to convey that life will continue whether he cares or not.