the great pretender

freddie mercury nin solo albümü the freddie mercury album de seslendirdiği muhteşem ötesi şarkı..

freddie'yi ilahlaştıran şarkı.

the platters'ın 3 kasım 1955'de yayınlanan single'ında duyulmuş melodi. sözleri ve müziği buck ram'e aittir.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Pretender

1987 yılında freddie mercury tarafından yeniden düzenlenerek seslendirilmiş hâli, yine single olarak yayınlanmıştır.

sözlerini de yazayım ki tam olsun memleket.

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh)
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh)
I play the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone

Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not (you see)
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around

Yeah ooh hoo
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're
Pretending that you're still around

Freddie mercury'nin müzik tarihinin en iyi vokalisti olduğunu bir kez daha kanıtladığı enfes şarkı.

Slash ve Myles Kennedy'nin eargasm yaratırken içi cız eden şarkısıdır aynı zamanda.

Sözleri anlamayan ve bilmeyen üşengeçler için şöyledir;

Easy come for some that's easy go
But it's never easy on your own
Times will change for those who, who'd never know
Till it's too late to get back home

Great pretender, there will come a day
When the last song fades and you've grown old
Great pretender, you cannot replace
All the love you lost long ago
Won't you take your final bow, you're on your own

Lights for now they are still shining bright
But you can't escape this truth in time
Mask you wear is only your disguise
To hide the tears that fall inside

Great pretender, there will come a day
When the last song fades and you've grown old
Great pretender, you cannot replace
All the love you lost long ago
Won't you take your final bow, you're on your own

Do you remember when you promised her
That you would be there till the end
A distant dream led to the, to the deepest hurt
And though you've tried, you can't forget

Great pretender, there will come a day
When the last song fades and you've grown old
Great pretender, you cannot replace
All the love you lost long ago
Won't you take your final bow, you're on your own