Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics Meaning

Wow. I had no idea there were so military personnely interpretations of this metrical composition. For me its unendingly been clear the song is most an execution. Please bear with me as I construct a detailed argument for this interpretation. Heres the set-up ( each told of this is proven later) The fibber has pull murder. He might contract done this out of malice, or self-defense, or anything in between we dont k right a substance. The fact is that he extinguished someone, was caught and sentenced, and is straightway on demolition Row. The man is non an important person, so to address. He is not famous, nor rich, nor anything of the kind.He has no high-priced lawyers and no connections to help him in his plight. The narrator implies that, if he had higher(prenominal) social status, if he had money or fame or whatever, then he would stand a good chance of escaping finish. just alas, he is hardly a poor boy (aka ordinary person), and has no such power. His family and fr iends ar attending the execution (or have otherwise heard about it), and argon very(prenominal) distressed. Conversely, the family and friends of the deathlike man want revenge and they cant wait to conceive the narrator executed.The song takes cast save prior to the execution, and involves the narrator talk to (or perhaps adept thinking about) his have, alone before he plumps. If youre salve reading, you have my thanks. Heres the line-by-line analysis *We start with the narrators thoughts Is this the real flavor? Is this just illusion? *The narrator is overwhelmed by the idea that hes going to die. He almost wonders whether this is all(prenominal) a nightmare or something. Caught in a landslide, No die hard from reality Again, he feels overwhelmed, simply he cant unfeignedly deny that hes about to be killed. Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see, Looking up to heaven, wonder about life etc. Im just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because Im unaffixed find , easy go, Little high, shortsighted low Here he is quoting the common perspective hes just a poor man (boy), and he doesnt deserve sympathy. Much of the song is about how no one seems to complaint for the narrator, even though he seems mournful and regretful for his actions. Any way the wind blows doesnt actually military issue to me, to me Now that hes going to die, nil more matters. He has no future, no hopes or dreams or goals.Hes going to die within the hour, and theres nothing he can do about it. He feels very hopeless, and from his perspective nothing really matters. Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now hes dead This infract is obvious. He appointted murder. I dont hes confessing to his take here, as surely she would already know by the metre of the execution. I think that hes really just sadly reflecting on what hes done, and he mentions this to his mother (or perhaps hes just thinking about her) Mama, life had just begunBut no w Ive gone and thrown it all away He was a untested man, in his 20s perhaps. He had the chance to live a meaningful life, but instead he killed a man, thus causing his own death via execution. The narrator laments, noting that he could have saved his own life by choosing not to murder. But now the deed is done, and the narrator testament baptismal font justice. Mama, ooh, Didnt mean to make you cry If Im not back again this time tomorrow carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters Again hes sorry for his actions, and regrets that his mother now weeps for him, as he will soon be killed.The execution will take model within the hour, so if hes not back again this time tomorrow, it will mean that the execution happened on schedule, that he failed to play it via pardon or other means. The narrator tells his mother that, even if he dies, she should carry on living, almost as if his death didnt matter to her. Too late, my time has come The execution is imminent. Sends shivers down my spine, bodys aching all the time These are symptoms of his thick fear. Goodbye, evrybody, Ive got to go He says a final farewell to his family and friends. Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth The truth is that he killed a man, and now he faces strict justice. He will die. Mama, ooh, I dont want to die I sometimes wish Id never been born at all This much is obvious. He doesnt want to be killed, and indeed he wonders if it would have been better never to have been born in the first place. A new voice starts singing this voice represents his friends and family who are (or have been foregoingly) protesting his execution. I see a little silhouetto of a man The narrator seems so poor and pitiful, a shadow of what he once was, so to speak Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango Honestly, I dont know what this means Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightning me Both he and them are afraid that hell be killed. The lighting part might indicate that hes to be k illed with the electric chair, or it might just be symbolic. (Galileo. ) Galileo. (Galileo. ) Galileo, Galileo figaro Galileo was unfairly persecuted by the authorities of his time. Granted, Galileo didnt commit murder, but the narrators advocates lock draw a parallel, insisting that he doesnt deserve the punishment hes receiving. Magnifico.Im just a poor boy and nobody loves me The narrator repeats the common belief. Hes just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity His friends and family argue that, because hes a poor boy, he deserves sympathy and compassion, not death. Easy come, easy go, will you allow me go Here the narrator pleads for his life. He basically says You dont seem to care about me Im easy come, easy go. You dont really care if I live or die. So, if you dont really care whether I live or die, cant you just let me live? Cant you return me a pardon or something? Then the opposite group, the friends and family of the dead man (and/or th e execution authorities) respond to these pleas. Bismillah No, we will not let you go The other group wants the narrator to be executed. (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. ) Ah No, no, no, no, no, no, no. The two groups have a spirited argument. (Oh mammary gland mia, mama mia. ) Mama mia, let me go Here the chorus of friends and family says let me go, but I really think they mean let him go.Dont kill the narrator match has a bother put aside for me, for me, for me Beelzebub means Satan. The narrator feels (or speculates) that Satan is out to torment him by ahead(p) him to such a sad fate. After all, it was probably a devil that tempted him to commit murder in the first place. Likewise, his family feels Satan is tormenting them as well, by killing the narrator to make them feel sad. Perhaps even the dead mans family joins in on this chorus they feel that it was Satan who told the narrator to commit murder in the first place, and now they insist that execution is the simply holy esponse to such a sin. Throughout this, the narrator has been lethargic and morose. But right before the end, he has a sudden burst of passion. 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, baffle, cant do this to me, baby Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here Im not sure if hes talking to anyone specific here, or if hes just ranting with passion, belly laugh at everyone and everything involved. As I imagine it, the narrator throws off his guards and fights to escape from his shackles.In the ensuing musical piece, he struggles with the executioners, knocking the room into disarray. The two families observation tower closely, but everyone knows its a useless struggle theres simply no way for the narrator to escape. And the end of the musical piece, he is beaten down and in conclusion subdued. Once again he become morose and dispirited, and the executioners drag him to his place of death (electric chair, perhaps). In his last few moments before death, the narrator resumes his previous state of mind. Nothing really matters, Anyone can see Nothing really matters Nothing really matters to me Again, because hes about to die, nothing really matters to him. He has no purpose, no hope, nothing. Any way the wind blows This is an allusion to the begining of the song, where this image was used on with nothing really matters So yeah. I think thats a exquisite thorough interpretation. Bohemian Rhapsody is about a remorseful murderer as hes about to be executed. Questions? Comments? Did anybody even read all that?