| Queen – '39 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I always thought this song was about sailors on ships in the Age of Exploration (like when all of those Europeans were discovering new continents and stuff). Perhaps the singer is back home but his fiancé was on the boat or something, and they miss each other. (The reason I wrote "fiancé" is because he says "for the day I take your hand" as in marriage.) He admires how brave she and the others are on the ships and he's excited to learn that there is "a world so newly born", like a new discovery of a different place. However she is changed from her experiences ("their hearts so heavily weighed"), and they get married soon after anyway, remembering that they missed each other more than anything, and she decides she does want to marry him. | |
| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I heard somewhere that, when asked what this song was about, Freddy Mercury said he didn't know what it was about, which I think means that they were kind of fantastical lyrics that represent a surreal kind of life. It doesn't necessarily mean it's about how he had AIDS. It could be just me, but FM should be remembered by being in one of the best bands ever (in my opinion), instead of dying of AIDS. No matter what it means though I like the melody and the singing. Good song! |
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| Uriah Heep – Lady in Black Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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When I listened to the song I thought in some way that this was the Virgin Mary, because I am a Christian, how this guy is shattered from his war experiences but she comes to encourage him again. Another explanation is, I was talking with my boyfriend awhile ago about how I liked this song (which I do!) and he said he never heard it, so I recited some lyrics and commented on how I always wondered who she really is. He told me he thought she was Death, and if you listen the Lady in Black could be death: "Oh Lady lend your hand outright/Oh let me rest here at your side"/"Have faith and trust in me" she said/And filled my heart with life."/"There is no strength in numbers/Have no such misconception/But when you need me be assured I won't be far away." That's kind of like how he feels like he cannot go on and begs her to take his life (notice how he says "REST HERE AT YOUR SIDE"), but she tells him that he has the chance to live and stop the war. Then she tells him that he needs to die sometime, though, and his death is both needed--and not far away. Then, at the end - "And if one day she comes to you/Drink deeply from her words so wise/Take courage from her as your prize/And say hello for me." That might be saying, if Death ever comes to YOU, accept that it is your time and die with courage rather than fear. And it implies that the singer died, too, because when the random person dies he will see the singer in the next life--and say hello to Death as well. It's very creepy I thought but very fascinating as well. |
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