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There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever . . .?
Oh ooo oh
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Ooh
Who dares to love forever
Oh oo woh, when love must die
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever . . .?
Oh ooo oh
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Ooh
Who dares to love forever
Oh oo woh, when love must die
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?
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at the start the song acknowledges the brevity of our lives and ultimately death takes it away - how unfair - there's no chance, and who doesn't want to live forever. but then...
you CAN 'live forever' - but only when there is no future or past, living in the present (touching lips and fingertips).
the lesson in the lyrics: don't dwell on the past, don't worry about the future, be here in the the now 'forever is our today'
change the focus of your mind and you can live forever...
One the one hand, from the perspective of Highlander it's telling us that forever is a very long time, and serves to show us the guy's loneliness.
It's a rhetorical question; no one wants to live forever. Not really.
From a human perspective I think it starts off telling us is that life is fleeting, and it isn't always perfect.
It seems to be asking if it's all worth it.
Then later it grows more optimistic, saying to hold tight to what's beautiful and good in life, because it won't always be there, but that it's enough.
"But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your finger tips
And we can have forever"
Put briefly, I think it's about the fragility of the human condition, and the wonder of it.
I love the lines:
"But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips."
I miss Queen and especially Freddie...