On another occasion, Mercury said “Bohemian Rhapsody” was one of those songs that have a “fantasy feel about” them. Even when asked by English DJ Kenny Everett who was a close friend of his, Mercury just said the song’s lyrics were nothing special and that they were just “random rhyming nonsense”. While he was alive, Mercury was (on a number of occasions) asked the meaning of the song, but he never disclosed it. Mercury took the real meaning of “Bohemian Rhapsody” to his grave

According to him, he and the rest of his colleagues all vowed to never ever reveal its real meaning to the world mainly out of respect to their late friend and bandmate Mercury. In an interview, May alluded to the meaning of the song being very personal. His bandmates Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon have also never disclosed to the general public the song’s real meaning. According to them, the lyrics of the song aren’t about Mercury coming out.īut are the interpretations above really what the song is about? The song’s writer Mercury went to his grave never saying exactly what the lyrics of “Bohemian Rhapsody” means. It is worth noting that the other members of Queen have denied the speculations above. According to him, the lines : “Mama, I just killed a man”, “Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead”, and “I see a little silhouette of a man” were the Mercury’s own way of saying that he’s neutralized his straight self and is being disturbed by his actions. Tim Rice believes “Bohemian Rhapsody” is Freddie Mercury saying he’s Gayįollowing Mercury’s death in 1991, English author and lyricist Tim Rice said he also believes some of the song’s lyrics were about Mercury confessing to his fans he was gay. According to Jones, after the death of Mercury from complications brought on by AIDS, she interviewed his lover hairdresser Jim Hutton on multiple occasions and he told her that the lyrics of “Bohemian Rhapsody” was basically Mercury stating that he was gay. Jones said the only thing Mercury told her with regard to the meaning of the song was that its lyrics were “about relationships”. On top of that she said he never gave her a clear meaning of the song. Why is Jones saying so? According to her, during a 1986 interview she had with Mercury, she asked him if the song was his way of coming out as gay but he never answered straightly. You can view the lyrics, alternate interprations and sheet music for Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at .Īccording to English author and journalist Lesley-Ann Jones, who authored the 1997 biography about Mercury titled Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography, she strongly believes Mercury was trying to use the song to tell the world that he was gay.

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