Misfire

Album: Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
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  • Don't you misfire to fill me up
    With the desire to carry on
    Don't you know honey that love's a game
    It's always hit or miss, so take your aim

    Gotta hold on tight,
    Shoot me out of sight

    Don't you misfire to fill me up
    With the desire to carry on
    Your gun is loaded and pointed my way
    There's only one bullet so don't delay

    Gotta time it right
    Fire me through the night
    Come on, take your shot
    Fire me higher

    Don't you miss this time
    Please don't misfire Writer/s: John Richard Deacon
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

  • Deaky from Planet EarthSo, Tonya, you have repressed homosexual (lesbian) tendencies if that comes to your mind?
  • Bob from UkOne of my favourites by Queen.. Yep song is about Cupid and finding the one... seems everyone wants to think it's about something else.
  • Tonya from AzMisfire is about homosexual sex.
  • Babooshka from NetherlandsWhy does a song always need to have a meaning. When people asked Freddie about Bohemian Rhapsody, he would never say it. Fans need to interpret the songs themselves! This song has nothing to do with sex.
  • Michael from New York CityIs that a bass guitar solo, instead of the usual guitar solo?
  • Baconator from GxThe "Misfire" refers to Cupid (Amor/Eros) and his gold-tipped or lead-tipped arrows. Over a decade later Deacon picks up another line from Vergil's Eclogue: "Omnia vincit Amor: et nos cedamus Amori" - "Love conquers all, and so let us surrender ourselves to Love." in his song "One Year Of Love".
  • Jfv from Philadelphia, PaIn addition to his normal bass playing, John Deacon also played many of the guitar parts on Misfire. Also, the song is not about premature ejaculation.
  • Jacko from London, EnglandThere's no such thing as premature ejaculation.If women can't keep up that's their problem
  • Joe from , MoIs that what this song is really about that? Hmm? Its kinda funny if it is. Great song tho.
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