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| Queen – Sail Away Sweet Sister Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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I think this song is written to Mary Austin, whom he almost married and loved deeply. But, since he was gay. and they talked about it, she ended up becoming like a sister to him. She did go on to have a boyfriend and a baby but she loved Freddie steadily until his death. Freddie called her his common law wife in an interview. Freddie does have an actual sister. Kashmera, but Mary became like a sister. He did see her "sail off" when he went into the gay life but he always loved her anyway. And it is Freddie, not Brian singing. Someone said it was Brian. |
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| Queen – Long Away Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Brian was struggling hard with depression when he wrote Long Away. He said in an interview that he didn't seek therapy until after the song came out on Queen II. I believe these are his thoughts on depression, the questions he was asking himself, and his thoughts about what to do. Evidently therapy was his answer when he found try as he might, he could not leave his troubles behind. So after trying by himself, he sought out a therapist a couple years later (in the 70s). After Freddie Mercury died in 1991 his depression was so bad that (he said) he considered suicide ... so he entered a clinic and participated in group therapy and had sessions with his own family - all of which helped him truly feel that there were people who loved him even though he felt so alone. In an interview after the clinic he described himself as a "depressive" indicating it was a lifelong condition he had to grapple with. He said the clinic was in Arizona and that no one knew who he was. I love that Brian is open and shares his insights with others in hopes of helping them too. He says his songs are based on his personal experiences, with the understanding that others who are going through similar things may find some help or hope from realizing they are not alone with the type of feelings they have. |
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