angry

Death on Two Legs - Quee n

You suck my blood like a leech You break the law and you breach Screw my brain till it hurts You've taken all my money - you still want more

With your **pigheaded** rules With your narrow - minded cronies who are **fools** of the first division-
 * Misguided** old mule

Death on two legs - You're tearing me apart, Death on two legs You **never** had a heart of your own -

**Kill joy**, Bad guy, Big talking, Small fry You're just an old barrow - boy Have you found a new toy to replace me, Can you face me -

But now you can kiss my a** goodbye

Feel good, are you satisfied

Do you feel like suicide (I think you should) Is your conscience all right Does it plague you at night, Do you feel good - Feel good!

Talk like a big business tycoon, But you're just a hot - air balloon , So no one gives you a damn , You're just an overgrown school - boy Let me tan your hide.

A dog with disease, King of the 'sleaze' Put your money where your mouth is Mr. Know all, Was the fin on your back part of the deal...(shark!)

Death on two legs You're tearing me apart Death on two legs - You never had a heart of your own , (You never did, right from the start)

Insane you should be put inside , You're a sewer - rat decaying in a cesspool of pride Should be made unemployed Then make yourself null - and - void, Make me feel good I feel good.

EXPLANATION :

When Freddie Mercury was writing this song, he was very disgruntled at his band Queen's manager, Norman Sheffield, for not giving them enough support. The majority of the song "Death on Two Legs" portrays Freddie's passion for expressing his anger towards his dishonest manager. Phrases like "You never had a heart of your own" and "Misguided old mule with your pigheaded rules" show how much hatred is put toward Mr. Sheffield. Other phrases to describe Sheffield are "king of the sleaze", "hot-air balloon", "insane", "should be made unemployed", etc. The heavy discouragement and disgust in Freddie's voice throughout the song drives the sense of anger completely into commission. The music that accompanies the lyrics to this enraged song starts out as a fast paced collection of almost stacatto notes. It proceeds into a mean mini guitar solo with separated stacatto chords in piano to set a beat for the singer. Throughout the song, a heavy guitar is played at a moderate tempo with multiple slides and many strong chord progressions. The consistant upbeat rhythm to this song combined with the hardcore rock sound completes the song, bringing together word and sound to express extreme anger.