Queen's Song "I Want it All"
Hello guys. My question today is about a phrase that I saw in the song "I Want it All" of Queen Band. Here goes the passage:
Adventure seeker on an empty street,
Just an alley creeper, light on his feet (...)
What does "alley creeper" mean? Thanks!!! 
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Mercury has assumed the persona of an anomic city youth. "Alley creeper" seems to be a reference to a stray cat, sometimes called an alley cat in the city. "Creeper" has negative connotations of skulking and secretiveness—snakes and rats also creep.
- Mercury has assumed the persona of an anomic city youth.
- "Alley creeper" seems to be a reference to a stray cat, sometimes called an alley cat in the city.
- "Creeper" has negative connotations of skulking and secretiveness—snakes and rats also creep.
- A disgusting person is a creep.
- He is like a dirty cat that lives on the street, at least in his imagination.
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Mercury has assumed the persona of an anomic city youth. "Alley creeper" seems to be a reference to a stray cat, sometimes called an alley cat in the city. "Creeper" has negative connotations of skulking and secretiveness—snakes and rats also creep. A disgusting person is a creep. He is like a dirty cat that lives on the street, at least in his imagination. He sneaks about, and he is "light on
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