What is the meaning behind “Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead Mama, life had just begun But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away”? Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
- by imrk
- March 25, 2023
Queen never revealed the meaning of this song, but Freddie Mercury’s biographer, Lesley-Ann Jones, believes these lines represent Freddie killing his old self and revealing his new bisexual self. A 2015 article by the New Zealand Herald quotes lyricist, Sir Tim Rice , who says: It’s fairly obvious to me this was Freddie’s coming-out song. […] I’ve spoken to Roger Taylor , the band’s drummer about it. There is a very clear message in it. This is Freddie admitting that he is gay.