Who Wants To Live Forever?

Album: A Kind Of Magic (1986)
Charted: 24
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  • There's no time for us.
    There's no place for us.
    What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us?

    *Who wants to live forever?(x2)

    There's no chance for us.
    It's all decided for us.
    This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.

    *

    Who dares to love forever?
    When love must die.

    But touch my tears with your lips.
    Touch my woe with your fingertips.

    And we can have forever.
    And we can love forever.
    Forever is our today.

    *

    Forever is our today.
    Who waits forever anyway? Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

  • AnonymousHi its been a while since I last was here. I really hope you're all well. Just got made redundant today but hey ho there are a lot of people who are worse off than me.
    Hence freddiies last songs.
    They keep me going.
    I've had a lot of love from ex serviceman from over the pond.
    Thank you. Keep smiling.
  • AnonymousGreat video..beautiful
  • Johan Grimm from SwedenThen the “exactness” of the alleged story with Brian May “coming up with the line in a cab” is not so reliable. Me personally believe this text line had been lurking around May since at least the movie and prince Vultans line. Now, every time one reads out “Who wants to live forever”, it’s hard not to hear the melody of the song. But the words almost gives the melody for free, try singing the line along any other song, it’s not that easy.
  • Capwnd from The InternetIn Flash Gordon (1980), the other Queen soundtrack movie, Prince Vultan says "Ah, well; who wants to live forever?" before he dives.
  • Reyos from Windsor, OnWe wish you had lived forever Freddie!
  • Vince from Despatch, South AfricaGreat song and brilliant harmonization...I have seen tribute bands & orchestras performing this piece and if you close your eyes all you see is Scottish Highlands, sun braking through the clouds...and realizes...THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
  • William from Leicester, United KingdomIn the 1980 film "Flash Gordon" scored by Queen, the Brian Blessed character asks "who wants to live forever?" Presumably this was an influence on Brian May in the writing of the song.
  • Blaze from Hendersonville, TnActually Brian and Freddie both sang a good bit of the whole song. Bri sung the lines "touch my tears, with your lips," and Brian and Freddie harmonized on some choruses. Bri also did the last line "Who waits forever, anyway?"
  • Michael from Perth, AustraliaA moving song - I visualise darkness breaking into a beautiful sunrise at the end of this song.
    Highlander - one of the greatest movies of its time.
  • Alan from Singapore, SingaporeThis song was also covered by Sarah Brightman
  • Paul from Rothesay, Nb, CanadaSeal also did quite a nice job on this song during the Freddie Mercury tribute in 1992.
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