The song lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is about a man facing a prison sentence for killing a man. As the song progresses, we discover that the man is on death row. Throughout the song each verse describes a different feeling and are separate from each other. The differentiation of the verse represents the five stages of grief. The first verse of the song is about Denial/ Isolation. The narrator says, “…goodbye everybody, I’ve got to go.” The second verse is based on the depression because the narrator wishes, “I’d never been born at all.” The third stage of grief is bargaining, which the narrator tries to do with the court. The narrator then sings, “I’m just a poor boy… will you let me go?” After not being freed and being placed on death row, the narrator becomes angry. “…so you think you can stone means spit in my eye…” the narrator is fed up and feels that he should not be punished. Everyone makes mistakes and not everyone gets punished for their mistakes. Acceptance is the final stage and is the last first of the song. “…any way the wind blows… it doesn’t really matter to me.” The narrator has finally accepted his faint and realizing that …show more content…
Is this just fantasy?” Often times, when people are overwhelmed or forced to face with the harshness of reality, we mistake it for a nightmare or dream. Hence the famous saying, “Pinch me, I dreaming” People tend to have a hard time telling the difference between reality and fantasy. Everyone lives in a fantasy land, which they hope will become reality. “Galileo. Galileo. Galileo. Galileo Figaro”, in this section of the song, the narrator is calling upon Galileo potentially for guidance or as an example in court. During his time, Galileo was unfairly persecuted by the authorities. Galileo did not commit murder, but the narrator is comparing his situation to Galileo’s, insisting that he does not deserve the punishment he is receiving from the