Queens song lyrics about turning back the clock and tide fact-checked

The double A-side debuted at number ... Single of the Year in 1992. In 1999, it was included on Queen's compilation album Greatest Hits III. Reminiscing on the past, Roger Taylor penned the song as Freddie Mercury's health was deteriorating....

The title of the Express article based on the book release sums it up: Freddie Mercury reveals the one beautiful thing he wanted but could never have. And so it concludes, “Sadly, Freddie never lived long enough to discover whether he would ...

With his knowing farewell look straight at the camera, Mercury whispers "I still love you" as the song ends, which are his last ever words on camera.[4][7][8] The version of the finished video serviced to the U.S. market also featured some animated ...

He wrote the song while Freddie Mercury's health was deteriorating due to his illness. Roger had known Freddie since the late 1960s, when they worked together at Kensington Market in London before they founded Queen with Brian May in 1970. The opening chorus looks back ("Those were the days of our lives"), while the second chorus looks at the present ("Cos these are the days of our lives".)

Ooh, I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride When life was just a game No use in sitting and thinkin' on what you did When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don't know Better sit back and go, with the flow These are the days of our lives They've flown in the swiftness of time These days are all gone now but some things remain When I look and I find, no change Those were the days of our lives, yeah The bad things in life were so few Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true When I look and I find, I still love you I still love you Writer/s: Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Inevitably, the song took on new meaning when it was announced that Freddie Mercury had AIDS and knew he was going to die soon when he recorded this. Mercury did not tell the public about his disease until shortly before he died. It's highly likely this was also on Taylor's mind when he wrote the lyrics - Mercury told the band and manager Jim Beach about his AIDS diagnosis in 1987, but ordered them to keep it secret.

Technically the song's lyrics were written by Roger Taylor. Not Freddie Mercury.

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