Consequence From Murder

The song "Bohemian Rhapsody", is a song of expression. The writer of this piece is, who is also the lead vocal of Queen, is Freddie Mercury. A hit in the album, A Night at The Opera, the song describes the killing of a man,  the singer realizes the depth of his action with its consequences and needs to confront the death that he has committed. There are stages to this song, each a focal point of emotions that the song's persona expresses. 

The intro has a trans like state as if it is a stream of consciousness. He becomes aware. Freddie Mercury sings:

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality.

 His action has been committed but not said until the next stage of his song. His questions provoked the reality of life. Asking if he actually did what he did or if its just a dream or an illusion. The last line express the reality he now has to face. The next stage of the song consist of Freddie talking to his mother and now he has to face his fate. He sings:

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.

The tone is deep with remorse building off from each line. These lines reveals deep guilt of his action. Freddie puts the audience in the thoughts of his mind to convey the reality of actions have consequences. The support of the music's tone with the diction such as "killed", "gun", "trigger", "gone", gives the experience of darkness surrounding the literal meaning of the lines. The next stage of the song consist of the consequence of his action. The lyrics:

Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)

This lines is Freddie calling god in Arabic to set him free and save him from the devil. He repents for his actions to call god for his forgiveness but the devil will not let go. The musics harsh tone and abruptness of the lines gives the impression of his fate being decided. Later the song continues:

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

The term Beelzebub refers to the devil. Freddie now realizes his consequences is being with the devil, meaning death. He pleads for god to set him free from it. The repetition of "for me" gives the sense of awareness of his consequence. This song reveals death intertwine with the reality of the consequences through its tone of music and use of diction. Bohemian is not just an amazing song its a work of poetry.