Life is Real (Song for Lennon)

Album: Hot Space (1982)
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  • Guilt stains on my pillow
    Blood on my terraces
    Torsos in my closet
    Shadows from my past
    Life is real, life is real
    Life is real, so real

    Sleeping is my leisure
    Waking up in a minefield
    Dream in just a pleasure dome
    Love is a roulette wheel
    Life is real, life is real
    Life is real, oh yeah

    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
    Breast feeding myself
    What more can I say?
    I have swallowed the bitter pill
    I can taste it I can taste it
    Life is real, life is real
    Life is real

    Music will be my mistress
    Loving like a whore
    Lennon is a genius
    Living in ev'ry pore
    Life is real, life is real
    Life is real, so real
    Life is cruel, life is a bitch
    Life is real, so real
    Life is real, life is real, yeah
    Life is real. Writer/s: FREDDIE MERCURY
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • AnonymousAmazing song. Never heard it before.
  • Adam Greenwood from FreelingI really loved this song. I really don't know why people hated the Hot Space album because Hot Space was a good a Album as any other album by queen. all the albums were awesome
  • Bridget from CoLove this song. Don't care that Freddie said the b-word at all. I normally don't like songs with bad words, but this is an exception. It probably always will be.
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