It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, who also plays the piano and provides all the vocals on the track.
On the latter release the first measure is present but the cross-fade is absent, making this version a true stand-alone mix.
In a 1999 interview, Brian May told the British music magazine Mojo, "Freddie's stuff was so heavily cloaked, lyrically...
"[2] "Lily of the Valley" was covered by 1980s band Game Theory, whose frontman Scott Miller performed a version that appears as a bonus track on the 2015 Omnivore reissue of Game Theory's 1985 album Real Nighttime, produced by Mitch Easter.
[3] The song was also covered, together with "Tenement Funster" and "Flick of the Wrist", by Dream Theater on the bonus disc of their album Black Clouds & Silver Linings.