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Freddie Mercury wrote "Life Is Real" as a tribute to John Lennon, whose murder in 1980 had also previously prompted the band to perform his song "Imagine" on tour. Like Lennon's songs, "Life Is Real" features a sparse piano-based arrangement and a melancholy tone. It is also one of the few Queen songs whose lyrics were written before the music ("Killer Queen" being another).
The title may be a reference to the lyric "love is real", from Lennon's 1970 song "Love". It contains the slightly offensive line "…Loving like a whore." It begins with three bell-like piano notes, meant to recall the opening bells in Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over," and "Beautiful Boy." Also, the first two words, "Guilt stains…" are virtually identical interval-wise (though in a different key) to Lennon's first two notes in his song, "Mother."
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