Lyric discussion by lt.1138186 

It's obviously a gay anthem, and about struggling as a closeted homosexual, which many gay men of that time did. What else are the lines

"I've paid my dues Time after time I've done my sentence But committed no crime"

about then? Explain. It's about living in a closet, when society hates your guts. Doing a sentence, time after time. Which was the reality for gay people especially in the past. How else you're gonna explain these first 4 lines? What sentences you've been doing, as a straight person? Closeted gay people know all about it. People are really blind if they don't see this :D

Obviously Freddie wouldn't say it aloud, he never admitted being gay either. It was the hidden, true meaning of the song. He probably laughed in his mind about the football explanation. If he told what's it really about, it wouldn't have been as popular, and never adopted as a sports anthem.

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