Your favourite Queen song lyric and why - only one please

Drowse - especially the last verse, I feel he's lying in his bed on a Sunday morning, thinking about life, and what to do that day.

Never wanted to be the boy next door
Always thought I'd be something more
But it ain't easy for a smalltown boy
It ain't easy at all
Thinkin' it right, doin' it wrong
It's easier from an armchair
Waves of alternatives wash at my sleepiness
Have my eggs poached for breakfast I guess...?

Over the years I have noticed these lyrics used by some members as their signature which I find very amusing, and one highlighted by a member as very poetic which I agree:

Waiting for the hammer to fall

It is better to burn out than to fade away

When you're feeling down and your resistance is low, light another cigarette and let yourself go

A thin moon me in the smoke screen sky
Where the beams of your love light chase
Don't move don't speak don't feel no pain
With the rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye

The Show Must Go ON

I can't imagine more fitting/poignat lyrics for that music and concept.They create a very powerfull yet contradictory atmosphere that climates in a cathartic-electrifying way.

The use of the "Anothers"- hero/mindless crime..." fits great with the repetitive sequense of the song as it starts to set the mood.
The arise of various questions "Does anybody...? " works great as a strong/up-front connection with the listener.
Then comes the CHORUS.The high audacity of it equals Force Of Nature ( =no meaning, just how life itself works) providing the only possible answer to the unanswerable question "To Be-or Not To Be?" that is more or less the theme of the verses.
The "My make-up may be flaking-But my smile, still, stays on" line is so "Freddie in a nutshell" . It has a camp and heroic value combined.

Personal favourite line " Outside the dawn is breaking- But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free". For me it stands for a death wish for the man that actually craves for some peace, free for his torment.

Radio Ka Ka, Radio Blah Blah ... very apt at the time.

But "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies" has a special meaning for me.

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]



But "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies" has a special meaning for me.[/QUOTE]

The line that Holly quoted. And the following one. Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die. . . .

But since Holly got there first I'm going with

Let the fires take our bodies this night.
Let the waters take our guilt in the tide. . .

Just a great ending to BMs epic

I'm not sure if I have one favorite, but a stand out for me is "My soul Is Painted like the wings of butterfly's, fairytales of yesterday, will grow and never die, I could fly my friends."

[QUOTE] [b]ITSM wrote:[/b]

Drowse - especially the last verse, I feel he's lying in his bed on a Sunday morning, thinking about life, and what to do that day.

Never wanted to be the boy next door
Always thought I'd be something more
But it ain't easy for a smalltown boy
It ain't easy at all
Thinkin' it right, doin' it wrong
It's easier from an armchair
Waves of alternatives wash at my sleepiness
Have my eggs poached for breakfast I guess...?[/QUOTE]

This.

Hi! Ev´ry time I hear this part, I remember how hard was to reach the top and it was not easy at all but finally you get it.

"I’ve taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it’s been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole human race
And I ain’t gonna lose"

The rest all you know it perfectly.

"I never thought that this could happen to me
In only seven days
It would take a hundred or more
For memories to fade"

Very beautifull lyrics here.

Sing if you will, but the air you breathe I live to give you

From Innuendo:

"You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be"


I don't know, really. The lyrics and the music combined sound great, and I think it's a positive message that says you can achieve anything you want if you try hard enough.

Forget your singalongs and your lullabies,
Surrender to the city of the fireflies,
Dance with the devil in beat with the band,
To hell with all of you hand in hand,
But now it's time to be gone - forever....forever.

Enchanting yet haunting.

''If you're feeling kinda nothing -
Don't try so hard

When your problems seem like mountains
You feel the need to find some answers
You can leave them for another day
Don't try so hard

Oh what a beautiful world
It's the simple life for me ''

So many things they sing really speak to me, it is hard to find just one but I do love this song and the first time I ever heard it, I was in tears. So sweet and true.