Song's lyric meaning

I Want to Break Free - Queen

I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free

I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows I've fallen in love

It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free

I've got to break free
I want to break free yeah

I want, I want, I want, I want to break free




I think this song is about someone in a relationship who's fallen in love with a different person. The first verse is about his current relationship: 

"I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you"

He does not love this person. In fact, he does not even like this person.

The second verse reveals he's fallen in love with someone else. "But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door"... but he is unsure if this person he loves returns his feelings. He wants a guarantee that if he leaves his current relationship, the one he loves will be available, so he's not left all alone. 

"I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own"

He knows he should just leave, and that being in a relationship with someone he doesn't love is worse than being on his own. But he's torn, because he fears being alone. 

"So baby can't you see
I've got to break free"

This verse is addressing the one he loves. It's within his/her power to simply say he/she returns the feelings and won't allow him to be left all alone. Then he will have the courage to finally break free.