Released: May 21, 1982
Songwriter: Freddie Mercury
Producer: Reinhold Mack Queen
[Verse 1]
Guilt stains on my pillow
Blood on my terraces
Torsos in my closet
Shadows from my past
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real, so real
[Verse 2]
Sleeping is my leisure
Waking up in a minefield
Dream is just a pleasure dome
Love is a roulette wheel
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Success is my breathing space
I brought it on myself
I will price it
I will cash it
I can take it or leave it
Loneliness is my hiding place
Breastfeeding myself
What more can I say
I have swallowed the bitter pill
I can taste it, I can taste it
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real
[Verse 3]
Music will be my mistress
Loving like a whore
Lennon is a genius
Living in every pore
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real, so real
[Outro]
Life is cruel
Life is a bitch
Life is real, so real
Life is real, life is real
Yeah, life is real
Guilt stains on my pillow
Blood on my terraces
Torsos in my closet
Shadows from my past
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real, so real
[Verse 2]
Sleeping is my leisure
Waking up in a minefield
Dream is just a pleasure dome
Love is a roulette wheel
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Success is my breathing space
I brought it on myself
I will price it
I will cash it
I can take it or leave it
Loneliness is my hiding place
Breastfeeding myself
What more can I say
I have swallowed the bitter pill
I can taste it, I can taste it
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real
[Verse 3]
Music will be my mistress
Loving like a whore
Lennon is a genius
Living in every pore
[Chorus]
Life is real, life is real
Life is real, so real
[Outro]
Life is cruel
Life is a bitch
Life is real, so real
Life is real, life is real
Yeah, life is real
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- Don’t Stop Me Now
- Love of My Life
- Killer Queen
- Another One Bites the Dust
- We Will Rock You
- Radio Ga Ga
- We Are the Champions
- The Show Must Go On
- Somebody to Love
- I Want to Break Free
- Fat Bottomed Girls
- Bicycle Race
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Hammer to Fall
- You’re My Best Friend
- Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
- Who Wants to Live Forever
- ’39
- I Want It All
- Save Me
- Ay-Oh (Live Aid)
- Innuendo
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