Queen: Seven Seas Of Rhye Meaning

Song Released: 1974

Seven Seas Of Rhye Lyrics

Fear me you lords and lady preachers
I descend upon your Earth from the skies
I command your very souls you unbelievers
Bring before me what is mine, the seven seas of rhye

Can you hear me you peers and privy counsellors
I stand...

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   anonymous

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   May 10th 2010 !⃝

   Well, this can either be one of the queen songs with no meaning at all or what Brian or Freddie said it was about apparently Freddie had an imaginary world called Rhye when he was a kid and he pretended to be the king of Rhye so the song could be talking about Freddie rethinking about it and he wrote a song about his "return to Rhye" where the Lords and other officials have become corrupt and they stole his land and power so he immediatly demands it back and says to them he will destroy all who refuse to return his land and reenstate thier loyalty to him and how now he has Brian, John, and Roger to help keep them in check. Maby
2. anonymous

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   Nov 5th 2022 !⃝

   01 Seven Seas Of Rhye… (instrumental)
   Every opera starts with an overture. This is where the instrumental version of Seven Seas Of Rhye plays a role. The piano motif repeats itself later again in the full version of the song.
   04 Seven Seas Of Rhye
   The evil creature finally reveals himself and his power. He threatens the magical members of Rhye and swears that eventually all seven seas will be under his control.
3. anonymous

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   May 12th 2020 !⃝

   It's about the land of rhye. The land where the wine is so clear. Where horses are born with eagle wings. Its a Place Freddie and his sister made as kids and Freddie made songs about it. It has nothing to do with god damn acid not every rock star had to take acid to make a song like this.
4. anonymous

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   Apr 3rd 2020 !⃝

   You know talents can fool average people they're easily believed.
   
   But whatever interprets mentioned here are not of utmost truth.
5. anonymous

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   Nov 1st 2019 !⃝

   My daughter thinks they did a nice little acid drop.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
6. anonymous

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   Aug 17th 2019 !⃝

   And you didn’t think that this song could be related to his religion, Zoroastrianism. I think it is. I generally associate a lot of songs with his culture and his religion, which is why the songs are so unusual. all good. Hello from Baku!
7. Anneza

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   Mar 27th 2019 !⃝

   Seven Seas of Rhye
   
   Fear me you lords and lady preachers False religion/politics, ie not the speaker's own
   I descend upon your earth from the skies
   I command your very souls you unbelievers
   Bring before me what is mine
   The seven seas of Rhye No indication how seven seas could be brought before anyone! Not asking for tribute: he already owns the seven seas.
   
   Can you hear me you peers and privy counsellors Rhetorical question, presumably! Order to pay attention, therefore.
   I stand before you naked to the eyes Literal and figurative: nothing hidden, nothing to hide
   I will destroy any man who dares abuse my trust Not a very trusting remark – extremely threatening
   I swear that you'll be mine
   The seven seas of Rhye The purpose of the visitation is to take/regain possession of the seven seas of Rhye, still unexplained.
   
   Sister I live and lie for you Lying to help women to survive? Lying with women = having sex?
   Mister do and I'll die Warning to men: they can prevent his actions by 'doing' the wrong thing? Implies that this would be bad for the Earth/everyone on it.
   You are mine I possess you Both men and women, presumably
   I belong to you forever Possession <-> ownership: reciprocal
   
   Storm the master marathon I'll fly through Storm, long-lasting and controlling – but he can fly through it: at home in the sky, powerful
   By flash and thunder fire I'll survive He is a sky god/controls the weather
   Then I'll defy the laws of nature and come out alive His nature is not like Earth nature.
   Then I'll get you Clearly a threat!
   
   Be gone with you, you shod and shady senators He is naked to the eyes, so the fact that the governing class is shod indicates distance from nature/reality and dishonesty/dark dealings (shady)
   Give out the good, leave out the bad evil cries Bad evil cries = what they tell the public in order to control them, instead of giving out the good (things people deserve)?
   I challenge the mighty titan and his troubadours Titans were mighty but they didn't last – were defeated by the new divine order from Mount Olympus/the skies; their troubadours would be spin doctors/publicists.
   And with a smile
   I'll take you to the seven seas of Rhye Is this a promise, or a threat? To the corrupt rulers, it would be a threat. To the suffering people, perhaps a good thing?
8. anonymous

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   May 25th 2014 !⃝

   It's very striking that the man who named himself Mercury speaks here in the persona of a divine being - "I descend upon your earth from the skies" seems particularly apt to his namesake's role as winged messenger of the gods - bringing to mind the famous internet saying, "I hate it when people compare Freddie Mercury to God. He's good, but for fuck's sake he's not Freddie Mercury."
9. anonymous

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   Jun 23rd 2012 !⃝

   His imaginary world as a young child. Apparently he musta ruled it there!
10. anonymous

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    Jul 9th 2011 !⃝

    I agree with the first post it is definitely about corruption and people stealing from freddie because at the time this was written queen were signed to an extremely corrupt label who were taking all their money (this is also in their song Death on Two Legs)
11. anonymous

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    Apr 17th 2011 !⃝

    It is a song from the singers fantasy world were they take the Bohemians.
12. anonymous

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    Apr 14th 2011 !⃝

    Well these comments don't explain the whole "I challenge the mighty titan and his troubadours" part.
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    Mar 31st 2011 !⃝

    My Fairy King from the first album also deals with Rhye. It's genius. Check it out.
14. anonymous

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    Mar 8th 2011 !⃝

    I agree with much of the first post. Indeed Rhye is the imaginary land that Freddie and his sister, Kashmira shared in their youth, but I don't think the other band members are involved with this at all. I think this is Freddie having an inner realization that he is and always has been in control of his soul and that even though the corruption and sin of the outside world can afflict his innermost purity (as reflected in Rhye) Freddie is still in control of his own identity.
    
    This song is in Queen's first album and probably there for a reason; to show the world that he has conquered himself and is ready to take on anything.

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