Queen – I Want To Break Free

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  General Comment:Personally I've always thought of this about getting over or recovering from a addiction. Breaking free that the thing that controlling your life.

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  General Comment:After reading the comments I looked up the song on youtube... BEST VIDEO EVER!!!!!!!!

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  General Comment:Love the video- so funny! Roger Taylor actually looks really pretty as a girl! :)

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  My Interpretation:I think this is one of those songs that can be interpreted in lots of different ways. I love songs like this that can identify with so many people that need to identify with a song. For me the way I interpreted "I want to break free" is partly explored in the way it is used in the we will rock you musical. Wanting to break free from a a world that is just so false and corrupt and untrustworthy and evil, etc. And also I can identify with I want to break free, in terms of wanting to break free from my life the way and break free and change it and myself. This is one of my favoruite songs, based on the fact that it a brilliantly written song but also because the lyrics are so powerful. Songs like bohemian rhapsody are such amazing songs and so creative and imaginative. But I find that I connect more personally to the lyrics in songs like "I want to break free".

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  My Interpretation:I think this is one of those songs that can be interpreted in lots of different ways. I love songs like this that can identify with so many people that need to identify with a song. For me the way I interpreted "I want to break free" is partly explored in the way it is used in the we will rock you musical. Wanting to break free from a a world that is just so false and corrupt and untrustworthy and evil, etc. And also I can identify with I want to break free, in terms of wanting to break free from my life the way and break free and change it and myself. This is one of my favoruite songs, based on the fact that it a brilliantly written song but also because the lyrics are so powerful. Songs like bohemian rhapsody are such amazing songs and so creative and imaginative. But I find that I connect more personally to the lyrics in songs like "I want to break free".

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  General Comment:I think this song is about someone in a relationship who's fallen in love with a different person. The first verse is about his current relationship:
  
  "I want to break free from your lies
  You're so self satisfied I don't need you"
  
  He does not love this person. In fact, he does not even like this person.
  
  The second verse reveals he's fallen in love with someone else. "But I have to be sure
  When I walk out that door"... but he is unsure if this person he loves returns his feelings. He wants a guarantee that if he leaves his current relationship, the one he loves will be available, so he's not left all alone.
  
  "I don't want to live alone, hey
  God knows, got to make it on my own"
  
  He knows he should just leave, and that being in a relationship with someone he doesn't love is worse than being on his own. But he's torn, because he fears being alone.
  
  "So baby can't you see
  I've got to break free"
  
  This verse is addressing the one he loves. It's within his/her power to simply say he/she returns the feelings and won't allow him to be left all alone. Then he will have the courage to finally break free.
  

  Flag nobodynowherenohowon April 17, 2011   Link

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    I totally agree with nobodynowherenohow. This song most perfectly describes the situation I am in. I am in a relationship that is over 30 years old. I got here because I felt obligated and I have stayed here because I feel a promise made should be kept. But... I want to break free. I feel I have finally met the REAL love of my life. BUT, I have to KNOW this person loves ME the same way I love her before I can do anything to break free. As nobodynowherenohow says, I am unsure if she love me the same in return. I need to know if I leave my current, long term relationship, will I have someone who will love me. This person feels that because I am already in a relationship, I should remain true to it and will not tell me what she really feels. While all in all, I just want to break free, as the song says.
    
    I feel I can make this reply because I am in the situation that the song describes, it FITS. You know when you hear something that describes what you are going through.

    Flag Skykingon November 28, 2011  

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    That's excatly what I think about this song

    Flag Alienoon October 02, 2012  
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  General Comment:I once dated a guy who after a huge fight said this was our song...thats when I knew the relationship was over, it just took me some time to actually accept it hahaha...I absolutely love the song tho, even after that :)

  Flag natituon October 30, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:For me this song symbolizes my own experiences, in a way that I broke free and found myself again. Again in a world, that tells us what is nice and what not, what to do and what not.
  
  I have always loved myself, but I had to break free to dis- and recover this love again.
  
  Because we are what we make out of ourselves and our lives are as pleased as we let them be.
  
  Fortunately I have learned my lesson, and thanks to Queen for sharing this great music

  Flag Amartuson August 30, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:i watched the video and i think this songs is just being youself and not being the way socity wants you to be break free from the image and the way people exspect you to be .i think if you havent scen the video you should the meaning of the song my change after you watched it >U<

  Flag animerocks1994on January 17, 2010   Link

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    One of those rare cases where the videoclip represents something about the song

    Flag Alienoon October 02, 2012  
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  My Interpretation:Just another interpretation that nobody seemed to touch on (pun intended..) Deacon is writing about an addiction to self-lovin, aka masturbation. He wants to break free from the addiction; that masturbation is purely "self-satisfying"; "living without you by my side" aka his hand; he has actually fallen in love for the first time with someone else, and he's now trying to break free from the "love" he expresses with himself - because at this point of his life, it's only holding him back from living his own life free from the addiction; "God knows, got to make it on my own".
  
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  Flag mikeymmon May 07, 2009   Link

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