He Minimized Everything
Freddy tended to minimize the meaning of his song lyrics. Brian May and the other band members knew, however, that he did actually put meaning into his lyrics. The band said that if he were alive today to see the fame of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, he would probably just shrug it off and say thanks.
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Brian May agrees with the popular opinion that the song refers to Mercury’s struggles in his personal life. He said, “Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song.”