Queen - I Want To Break Free - Meaning of the song
John Deacon, the bassist for Queen, wrote this from a male perspective on the women's liberation movement.
This song's video is a parody of a popular British television soap opera, Coronation Street. The opening sequence features all members of the band dressed as drag queens (Mercury as a housewife, Deacon as grandmother, Taylor as a schoolgirl, and May as a housewife). This perplexed a large number of people who missed the reference.
In an interview with Brian May, he was asked whether each band member's character in the video was an accurate representation of their personalities. " He responded: " "Without a doubt! Everyone believes that was Freddie's idea because it appears to be something he would enjoy doing, but it actually originated with Roger's then-girlfriend. It was her idea to parody the women from Coronation Street."
I Want To Break Free - Lyrics
I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self-satisfied, I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love
It's strange but it's true, yeah
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh, how I want to be free, baby
Oh, how I want to be free
Oh, how I want to break free
But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without, living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby, can't you see?
I've got to break free
I've got to break free
I want to break free, yeah
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free
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