Han som fick för mycket av det goda

Jag mer eller mindre avgudar Freddie Mercury för mycket av den musik han har gjort. En av mina personliga favoriter är "Too much love will kill you". Det är förmodligen en av de bittraste låttitlarna någonsin, och den övriga texten gör heller ingen bitter man besviken. Men sen hade han ju inte det så lätt heller, den gode Freddan. Ett tragiskt öde till mötes gick han också. När jag har det riktigt jävligt brukar jag trösta mig med att jag åtminstone har det bättre än Freddie. Å andra sidan är jag inte i närheten av att besitta hans låttext och röstförmåga. Alltså: Hur dåligt man än har det kan man alltid ha det sämre. Och bättre. Kafka hade faktiskt inte heller så roligt.


I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
too many bitter tears are raining down on me.
I'm far away from home
and I've been facing this alone
for much too long.
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
about growing up and what a struggle it would be.
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find
where I went wrong.

Too much love will kill you
if you can't make up your mind.
Torn between the lover and the love you leave behind.
You're headed for disaster
'cause you never read the signs.
Too much love will kill you every time.

I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
and it seems like there's no way out of this for me.
I used to bring you sunshine
but now all I ever do is bring you down.
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
can't you see that it's impossible to choose.
No there's no making sense of it
every way I go I'm bound to lose.

Too much love will kill you.
Just assure it's none at all.
It will drain the power that's in you
make you bleed and scream and crawl.
And the pain will make you crazy
you're the victim of your crime.
Too much love will kill you every time.

Too much love will kill you.
It will make your life a lie.
Yes too much love will kill you
and you won't understand why.
It's in your life you'd sell your soul
but here it comes again.
Too much love will kill you in the end.