Queen - My Fairy King (Langham Studio Version)

BBC Langham Studio version of My Fairy King recorded on February 5th 1973 at Langham 1 Studio in London. Broadcast on John Peel's show on February 15th 1973 on Radio 1.


Lyrics:
(Ahhhhh)
(Ahhhhh)

In the land where horses born with eagle wings
And honey bees have lost their stings
They're singing forever, ooh yeah
Lions den with fallow dear
And rivers made from wines so clear
Flow on and on forever
Dragons fly like sparrows through the air
And baby lambs where Samson dares
To go on, on, on, on

My fairy king (he rules the air)
And can see the things that are not there for you and me to see (he rules the air and turns the tides, oooh yeah)
My fairy king (he guides the winds)
He can only do right and nothing wrong

Ahhhhh
Then came man to savage in the night
To run like thieves and to kill like knives
To take away the power from the magic hand
To bring about the ruin to the promised land

Ahhh, ah, ahh-ahhhh
Ahh-ahhhh

They turn milk into sour
Like the blue in the blood of my veins
(Why can't you see it)
Fire burning in hell
With the cry of a screaming pain
(Son of heaven set me free and let me go)
Sea turns dry no salt from sand
Seasons fly no helping hand
Teeth don't shine like pearls for poor man's eyes
No more

Someone, someone
Has drained the colour from my wings
Broken my fairy circle ring
And shamed the king in all his pride
Changed the winds and wronged the tides
Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me, yeah
I cannot run
I cannot hide


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"Freddie Mercury" "Roger Taylor" "Brian May" "John Deacon" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Don't Stop Me Now" "I Want It All" "Somebody To Love" "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" "We Will Rock You" "We Are The Champions" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Fat Bottomed Girls" "Bicycle Race" "Play The Game" "A Kind Of Magic" "Innuendo" "Another One Bites The Dust" "Killer Queen" "You're My Best Friend" "Breakthru" "Body Language" "Under Pressure"
"Wembley" "I'm Going Slightly Mad" "Breakthru" "Barcelona" "Scandal" "The Miracle" "Radio Ga Ga" "Heaven For Everyone" "One Vision" "Hammer To Fall" "I Want To Break Free"

Category:

Music

Tags:

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• FreddieMercury

[tucktimosprime]

brilliant,,allways loved that bit where it goes,,o mother mercury , look what they have done to me,,i cannot run i cannot hide.....haunting but you gotta love it....

[buffypython]

is that a high F roger's belting at the beginning?

[terpie51]

Thank you so much for this clip!!! Absolutely amazing piece...gives me goosebumps, as it did when it was originally released!!! From 3.41 those key changes are sooooooo gooood!!!

[sallyjo13]

I. Want. To. Die. AAAHHH. Why cant Ive been born 60 years ago?( I am sitting in front of my laptop, hitting my head on the writingtable -_-)

[nanachatqueentoutout]

0:05 lol

[0Zeruya0]

" Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh""""""

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh"

So genius! 

[marinazi1]

@edmame It's just a zoroastrial religious fairytales - Fraddie's native religion.

[queenmethirteen]

Freddie voice is angelic in song, amazing.

[peesyweesy]

@tucktimosprime I often wonder if there were stories Freddie never told that he alluded to in this song.

[edmame]

nevermind "borrowed" parts from browning's poem- it's subtle shades & layers of conflicting yet associated emotions, the kaleidoscope effect of words and delivery bouncing off sonic details. it's rich and allows room for imagination like classical chinese poetry. i hate strict autobiographical reading cos teen/20-ish angst don't begin to cove all. catapulted into arts on its own, ambitious to push a full bodied world in the music format distilled from so many expressions including his own life.

[bludrugo29]

@rekoonsghjkl never thought it was Roger...