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I've payed my dues
time after time
I've done my sentence
but commited no crime
and bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sandkicks in my face
but I've come through
(And we mean to go on, and on, and on, and on)
We are the champions, my friend
and we'll keep on fighting
'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause We are the champions
Of the world
I've taken my bows
and my curtain calls
you brought me fame and fortune
and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
but it's been no bed of roses
no pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
(And we mean to go on, and on, and on, and on)
We are the champions, my friend
and we'll keep on fighting
'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause We are the champions
Of the world
We are the champions, my friend
and we'll keep on fighting
'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause We are the champions
time after time
I've done my sentence
but commited no crime
and bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sandkicks in my face
but I've come through
(And we mean to go on, and on, and on, and on)
We are the champions, my friend
and we'll keep on fighting
'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause We are the champions
Of the world
I've taken my bows
and my curtain calls
you brought me fame and fortune
and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
but it's been no bed of roses
no pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
(And we mean to go on, and on, and on, and on)
We are the champions, my friend
and we'll keep on fighting
'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause We are the champions
Of the world
We are the champions, my friend
and we'll keep on fighting
'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause We are the champions
Lyrics submitted by Lateralus518
We Are The Champions Lyrics as written by Freddie Mercury
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
"There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way"
then that man starts to gradually become more introverted & shows their more possessive/obsessive side to you as the relationship progresses, even while they keep up the appearance of being carefree & outgoing to everyone else,
"Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum"
so you confront them about the way they're acting and of course they deny it,
"I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true"
quite possibly they are an addict of some sort, my guess would be cocaine, &/or showing very obsessive behavior towards you (early on in the video for this song we see the man hanging a picture up, it is a very large portrait of Aimee & it is prominently displayed in his/their apartment for the duration of the song), thus their "love in a vacuum",
"You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum"
but still you are in love with them and don't want to leave them and you know that they are truly in love with you and they don't want you to leave them either, maybe they are convinced you can save them from themself, maybe they are so broken that the possibility of an overdose &/or suicide attempt is very real and you want to get through to them that their behavior not only dangerous but it is also just pissing you off and if they don't wise up they run the risk of loosing you, as in the lines
"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
"Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
you want them to understand that the love they are giving you is not enough when it is filtered through the vacuum of their drug addiction &/or emotional impairment,
"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
'Love In A Vacuum' for me is a hauntingly truthful acute argument on the loneliness of obsession and almost inevitable loss of love that follows people who are broken in some way or another; the obsessives, the coke heads, the drunks, addicts or the just-plain-old emotionally broken; a razor sharp, lyrically driven, deceptively poppy, yet ultimately-depressing-in-the-best-way song.
Quintessential Aimee Mann.
Yay! finally i have the first post!
This is an ausum song and green day cover it well. It is obvious in it's meaning. I saw Green Day do this song live actually last year. The best rendition they ever did was at Live Aid though! Still can believe i got the first post!
Hey greenday stole this tital from queen!
actually a lot of artists do this its just like kids bob doing the songs they do its not stealing.
yeah, they did.
Umm,yes it is the same song they covered the Queen song,We are the Champions, at a reading festival a couple years ago.
Well of cause they have the same title, and the same lyrics.... its a cover if you havent noticed.... I think they're pretty good live.
A good song to stick to the true American Idiot him self, Gorge W. Bush, the 2nd screw up in the Bush clan. Go Green Day, go.
yeah on the part where they say "i consider it a challenge before the whole human race," they don't say "and i ain't gonna lose" on the live version at least. they say "and i'm rick james, bitch" which really annoyed me i love green day but they kind of ruined a classic queen song by saying that.
O god they did such an awesome cover of this song and it helped to let me know green day will never let rock and roll die...
They stole this from Queen!
as much as i love green day, i love queen more. leave the good songs to those who wrote them