Bohemian Rhapsody

 KK, this ones complicated- so it'll be long. Freddie's the only one who truly knows exactly what he had in mind while writing this song, so all we can do is guess what he had in mind from all we know about Freddie and his life in 1975. First of all, to get it out there- Freddie has said in an interview I've seen on Youtube, that the song was indeed originally 3 different songs. He said at the last minute, he ran out of time or whatever, and he just said "what the hell, I'll just throw them all together". (One of the smartest decisions made in rock n' roll history) Anyway- ya, so this song, even to Freddie- might not make sense. Each portion might make sense- but not when its put all together- because they really don't have to do with eachother. Unless all 3 songs were written with the same topic in mind.
 Anyway- in order to infer what it's about- you have to know where Freddie was at this point in his life. He was 29 years old when he wrote the song in 1975. (He may have begun writing it in 1974 because it is very complicated)During that time he was very confused. He had been dating his girlfriend of 6 years- Mary Austin, and he was living with her. But Freddie always still looked at guys. He started staying out later- and Mary actually thought he was cheating on her with another woman. What she didn't know was that he was cheating- but with a man.Freddie loved Mary, but was very confused and always still thought about being gay, or bisexual. So he admitted to mary about seeing the other man and he said "I think i'm bisexual". Mary replied with, "No I think your gay. And I understand, and I hope we can stay friends". And with that, they did until 16 years later when Freddie passed away.
 Saying that- I'm assuming the song was written, or he at least he begun to write it- before the breakup with Mary. That's when he was the most scared and confused. After the breakup he was relieved and free- they were still friends, and he got to have gay sex. So I dont think he would write so dramatically and sadly and confusing if everyhting had already been resolved.
 K- now that you know how he felt, I don't think it's too hard. The very beginning- "Is this the real life.." just shows how confused he was. How did this happen? "No escape". "I need no sympathy" (probably for cheating)Then he goes onto the "mama" section. I think of "Mama" as Mary. And I think of the "man" as Freddie's old happy straight self. Think about it- "Mary, I just killed my nice, loving, never cheats, straight, self."(By cheating on the other man) "Mary, my life had just begun (he was only in his 20's- he was with girls for less than a decade)But now I've gone and thrown it all away". Then he goes onto say that its "too late", his old self is already gone. He has to just "face the truth". ANd that he doesnt want his old self to be gone- he wants to be straight and he wants to be with Mary. ("I dont want to die") And that sometimes he wishes that he was never even born in the first place.
 Next is the opera section- which I think is meant to just show how confused he was. It literally makes no sense- besides the "let me go". Obviously, let me go from this situation, let me go back to who I was.
 After this comes the Hard rock section. This is where he gets the anger out. He may have wrote this song (remember they were all seperate) after the breakup. I dont know why he'd be angry with Mary, he always loved her. Maybe e is acting as Mary speaking to himself. That is what mary would say right? "You think you can love me and leave me to die?" "Can't do this to me!" "Just gotta get outta here!"
 Finally, the mock opera ballad descends to where it started. "Anyway the wind blows" Meaning I dont care, it doesnt matter to me.
 K- so this was just my opinion- i think it makes sense, right? Like it! :):)