These Are The Days of Our Lives. Dalam video klip, tampak Freddie Mercury kurus dan pucat. Video yang dibuat pada 30 Mei 1991 ini adalah penampilan terakhir Mercury bersama Queen. Ia meninggal pada 24 November, tahun yang sama. Mercury seolah ingin menyampaikan salam perpisahan lewat lagu tersebut. Kabar yang mengejutkan, karena Mercury tak pernah mengungkap sakit yang dideritanya kepada publik, hingga jelang kematiannya.
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Meski dalam kondisi sakit, Mercury memastikan band menggarap lagu ini dengan baik. Ia mau menunjukkan komitmennya dalam bermusik, hanya saat fisiknya sudah benar-benar tak mampu, ia baru akan berhenti. Kawan-kawannya tentu saja memahami hal tersebut, bahkan menganggap proses rekaman memberikan andil bagi Mercury mengatasi rasa sakitnya.
These Are The Days of Our Lives tampaknya memang terasosiasikan pada sosok Mercury. Padahal lagu yang ditulis oleh Roger Taylor ini bercerita tentang anak-anak. Dan tentang rasa sentimentil drummer Queen tersebut akan masa kecilnya. Meski ditulis oleh Taylor, seperti yang mereka sepakati sejak 1989, kredit penulisan lagu atas nama Queen, bukan individu.
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Lagu ini dirilis di Inggris sebagai single bersama rilisan ulang Bohemian Rhapsody. Keuntungan dari penjualan single diddedikasikan untuk penelelitian AIDS research as a tribute to Mercury.
George Michael dan Lisa Stansfield membawakan lagu ini dalam Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert di Wembley Arena pada 1992.
These Are The Days of Our Lives
Sometimes I get the feelin'
I was back in the old dayslong ago
When we were kids when we were young
Things seemed so perfect - you know
The days were endless we were crazy we were young
The sun was always shinin'
We just lived for fun
Sometimes it seems like lately
I just don't know
The rest of my life's been just a show
Those were the days of our lives
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing is true
When I look and I find I still love you
You can't turn back the clock you can't turn back the tide
Ain't that a shame
I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride
When life was just a game
No use in sitting and thinkin' on what you did
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids
Sometimes it seems like lately
I just don't know
Better sit back and go with the flow
Cos these are the days of our lives
They've flown in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but some things remain
When I look and I find no change
Those were the days of our lives, yeah
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true
When I look and I find
I still love you
I still love you
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