Lyrics to
Death On Two Legs

This version of Death On Two Legs was released by Queen in 1975.

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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,

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

Death on two legs –
You’re tearing me apart,
Death on two legs
You never had a heard 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 ass 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.

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About Lyrics and Death On Two Legs by Queen

The lyrics to Death On Two Legs are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Queen in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Death On Two Legs are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Queen and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Death On Two Legs back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Death On Two Legs by Queen in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Death On Two Legs" means the words set to the music of Death On Two Legs, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Queen. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Death On Two Legs and the lyrics to Death On Two Legs are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Queen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Death On Two Legs, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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