I wouldn't say carefree. 'No escape from reality,' remember?

[He's not going to have a lot of solid answers, but he's game.]

Bismillah - in the name of God. The thing with Scaramouche is a kind of interlude, I guess. Maybe it's about having to put on a show for the people around you. Mostly you're supposed to figure out a meaning for yourself, because whatever it meant to good old Freddie Mercury, he never shared it with the class.