Queen – Lily Of The Valley

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  General Comment:The "Rhye" world is the mythical world him and his sister created when they were kids, so it was obviosuly very important to him. This was sort of a final send-off.

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  General Comment:Last few lines, sorry.

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  General Comment:I agree it does signify a passing from the mystical prog of Queen/Queen II (although prog was still in Queen's repetoire in later albums. eg: Bohemian Rhapsody, Prophet's Song, Innuendo.) It could also be about a search for peace. Cerainly, the few lines seem to be about that.

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  General Comment:I totally agree with the previous reviewers. It is the last of the "Rhye" songs. Freddie (and the band) saying goodbye to the fantastical visions of the first 2 albums (and the innocence of his childhood) before moving on to more straight forward pop/rock. Notice how the song goes straight to Now I'm Here, with it's chugging straight-ahead riff.
  
  It's actually one of the most important Queen songs, and one of Freddie's best. Amazing, considering it goes for just 1:44 !!

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  General Comment:I agree with all of the previous meanings. Throughout the first two prog/experimental albums, there was a lot of medieval, Greek mythology ideas in Queen's work, especially in Freddie's stuff. Sheer Heart Attack was a huge change from this. Maybe they made that change to become more commercially successful. (Sure as hell worked!) You can tell this just by looking at the album covers of Queen and Queen II vs. SHA, which contains a basic picture of the band, a modern font, and (on the CD) broken glass. This song is Freddie's goodbye to that more fantasy type of music (maybe that's why it sounds like it belongs there), as he hits 28 and finally has to grow up. After this, he never wrote a pure fantasy song again.
  I think everyone feels this way a few times in their life. It reminds me especially of "Bridge to Terabithia" and its themes.

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  General Comment:Probably not...

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  General Comment:By the way, does anyone else think some parts of the song sound a lot like "Jealousy" from the album "Jazz"?

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  General Comment:Yeah, I agree, it sounds like it should be on Queen II. It's still another really beautiful song from Queen, with amazing lyrics.

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  General Comment:This song sounds more like it should be on Queen II, as opposed to Sheer Heart Attack.
  
  I actually think this song is Freddie telling us that Queen is passed it's experimental phase. (messenger from seven seas has flown to tell the king of rhye he's lost his throne) It's no longer a fantasy world.

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  General Comment:It's about growing up, and being frusterated and confused at having to let go of childhood.

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