This song is about the young man who killed someone a short while ago. The murderer confessed his crime to his mother. One chorus means the merciful society for the criminal, while the other chorus shows the severe society which want the murderer to be excluded from the society. Beelzebub has already prepared to execute this young man for murder, however, this man wants to be free. But after all, in the epilogue, the murderer himself believes that the reality will not change, no matter how this problem is resolved.
Difficult Terms in This Song
silhouetto(Greece?)
About “so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye”
According to the Old Testament, there is a religious precept that the person who is absorbed in love out of morality must be beaten by stones until he or she dies.
Difficult Terms in This Song
silhouetto(Greece?)
=silhouette
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
=a character who is talkative, wily, and small-sized buffoon in Italian comedy
Fandango
Fandango
=Mexican music, classical opera about escape
Figaro
Figaro
=the main character in the opera “The Marriage of Figaro”. He serves for the earl, and is a eccentric genius.
Magnifico
Magnifico
=Wonderful!-the word of praise in Latin
Bismillah
Bismillah
= “I swear by God” the word of a Muslim
Mama mia
Mama mia
= “Oh, my god” in Italian
Beelzebub
Beelzebub
=devil, Satan
About “so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye”
According to the Old Testament, there is a religious precept that the person who is absorbed in love out of morality must be beaten by stones until he or she dies.
The Secret of The Song
Mercury refused to explain his composition other than it was about relationships. The band is still protective about the secret of this song. Brian May said “Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song”. The song contained the veiled references to Mercury’s personal traumas.
Mercury refused to explain his composition other than it was about relationships. The band is still protective about the secret of this song. Brian May said “Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song”. The song contained the veiled references to Mercury’s personal traumas.
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