Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics Meaning

Wow. I had no idea there were so many interpretations of this melody. For me its always been clear the song is about an execution. Please bear with me as I construct a detailed argument for this interpretation. here(predicate)s the set-up (all of this is proven later) The narrator has committed murder. He might engage done this out of malice, or self-defense, or anything in between we dont know. The fact is that he killed someone, was caught and sentenced, and is now on Death Row. The man is not an important person, so to speak. 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 high social status, if he had money or fame or whatever, then he would stand a close chance of escaping stopping point. But alas, he is merely a ridiculous boy (aka ordinary person), and has no such power. His family and friends are attending the execution (or have other(a)wise heard abo ut it), and are very(prenominal) distressed. Conversely, the family and friends of the departed man emergency revenge and they squirtt wait to bring down the narrator executed.The song takes place just anterior to the execution, and involves the narrator talking to (or perhaps just recovering about) his mother, just before he dies. If youre still reading, you have my thanks. Heres the line-by-line analysis *We start with the narrators thoughts Is this the real biography? Is this just fantasy? *The narrator is overwhelmed by the idea that hes providedton to die. He almost wonders whether this is all a nightmare or something. Caught in a landslide, No cope from reality Again, he feels overwhelmed, but he cant very deny that hes about to be killed. Open your eyes, looking up to the skies and see, Looking up to heaven, wondering about life etc. Im just a scurvy boy, I need no sympathy Because Im easy come, easy go, Little high, little low Here he is quoting the common per spective hes just a despicable man (boy), and he doesnt merit sympathy. Much of the song is about how no one seems to divvy up for the narrator, even though he seems abject and regretful for his actions. Any way the wind blows doesnt really field of study to me, to me Now that hes going to die, cipher more(prenominal) 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. ma, just killed a man, Put a gun once morest his head Pulled my trigger, now hes dead This part is obvious. He committed murder. I dont hes confessing to his mother here, as surely she would already know by the time of the execution. I think that hes really just haplessly reflecting on what hes done, and he mentions this to his mother (or perhaps hes just thinking about her) Mama, life had just begunBut now Ive gone and thrown it all away He was a young man, in h is 20s perhaps. He had the chance to live a meaningful life, but instead he killed a man, therefrom 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 will face justice. Mama, ooh, Didnt mean to make you ring 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 short be killed.The execution will take place 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 escape 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 glowi ng 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 verity 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 previously) 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 f rightfulnessning me Both he and them are afraid that hell be killed. The lighting part might indicate that hes to be killed 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 still draw a parallel, asserting 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. hands-down come, easy go, will you allow me go Here the narrator pleads for his life. He basically says You dont seem to shell out 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 grant me a pardon or something? Then the opposite group, the friends and family of the dead man (and/or the 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. ) forget 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 mama 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 demon has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me Beelzebub means Satan. The narrator feels (or speculates) that Satan is out to torment him by leading 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 commi t murder in the first place, and now they insist that execution is the only 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 dust in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, featherbed, cant do this to me, baby Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here Im not sure if hes talking to anyone particular proposition here, or if hes just ranting with passion, screaming at everyone and everything involved. As I imagine it, the narrator throws arrive at 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 watch 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 get the better of down and finally 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 along with nothing really matters So yeah. I think thats a pretty thorough interpretation. Bohemian Rhapsody is about a remorseful manslayer as hes about to be executed. Questions? Comments? Did anybody even read all that?