Ever misheard a lyric and was disappointed when you heard the real lyrics?

[Mise]

You know, when you hear a song the first few times, and you hear a lyric which is really really great and profound and really touched you, but then you later found out that it actually said something rather less profound?

It happened when I heard a song by Rise Against, "Faint Resemblance":
Misheard lyrics: "Only so much I can handle only so much I can take before my knees start to buckle and my heart starts to break."
Real lyrics: "Only so much I can handle only so much I can take before my knees start to buckle and my heart starts to shake."

I don't know why they said shake instead of break...

There's loads more, especially by NOFX for some reason, but I can't remember them now.

I'm not sure if a thread like this will work since other people can't hear the music, but whatever...

 

[stormbind]

I have definitely misheard lyrics, but do not remember what they were so cannot say if I was disappointed or not. Probably

 

[Rambuchan]

The Sidewinder Sleeps?

Ring the Alarm?

 

[madviking]

I know it hapened once, but my briain is hurting

 

[Quasar1011]

When I was a kid, I asked my mother, "Why does Kay Sarah Sarah have 2 names?" (Que Sera Sera)

Later, I heard the Beatles sing, "She was a gay stripper." I was 6, but I still knew that was kinda racy. A few years later, I learned the lyrics were, "She was a day tripper".

And then there was the time I thought Jimi Hendrix was gay, because he sang, "touch this guy". Of course, he was really singing "touch the sky"...

Then Bruce Springsteen came along singing about a douche... but I later learned he was singing "duchess"...

 

[Rambuchan]

Later, I heard the Beatles sing, "She was a gay stripper." I was 6, but I still knew that was kinda racy. A few years later, I learned the lyrics were, "She was a day tripper".

Hahaha I had problems with Jimi's lyrics but not this one.

And then there was the time I thought Jimi Hendrix was gay, because he sang, "touch this guy". Of course, he was really singing "touch the sky"...

Now here's the song I had problems with. Except I knew about the 'touch the sky'. It was the "excuse me while I kiss this guy / the sky" that got me going all a bit wooah Jimi.

 

[stratego]

Yea, Evan and Jarren's lyrics for "Crazy About This Girl." Disappointed when I found out that the lyric wasn't as funny as I thought it was

The correct lyric is:
Would you look at her
She looks at me
She's got me thinking about her constantly

Mistaken for:
I look at her
She looks at me
She's got she's got a d*** in her mouth constantly

 

[downwithgravity]

I've asked all of my brother's friends (age 12) to listen to the song "Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones. When Jagger sings, "I'll never be your beast of burden" I asked them what they thought he said. Here are some of my favorites...

"I don't need no big suburban"

"I'll never leave your pizza burnin' "

"I'll never read Your Mom's A German "

 

[Bamspeedy]

Well, I wasn't disappointed when I heard the correct lyrics, but the song did make alot more sense.

Correct lyric: "The freaks come out at night"

Misheard lyric: "The flintstone butterfly"

 

[ainwood]

There is an entire website devoted to this!

Eidt: link to the 'misheard' section:
http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/a.shtml

 

[FearlessLeader2]

In elementary school (showing my age now) AC/DC came out with a song I thought was really lame and stupid: Dirty D and the Thunder Cheifs.

It was YEARS before I learned they were advertising for Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.

 

[mrtn]

.... It was the "excuse me while I kiss this guy / the sky" that got me going all a bit wooah Jimi.

Apparently he was very much aware of that and used to joke around with that line in concert.

 

[stormbind]

Later, I heard the Beatles sing, "She was a gay stripper." I was 6, but I still knew that was kinda racy. A few years later, I learned the lyrics were, "She was a day tripper".

And then there was the time I thought Jimi Hendrix was gay, because he sang, "touch this guy". Of course, he was really singing "touch the sky"...

That child needed a shrink

 

[stormbind]

I wonder if Thunderfall realises how much he could make if the top banner sold hearing aids?

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

It happen most of the time to me, but I got use to it.

 

[Ramius75]

When i was very very young i heard a cantonese song where the singer sings "why why tell me why" in english and its sounds like ........ something very very bad in Hokkien (another chinese dialect)

 

[Harbringer]

mishear(and by many others):
You gotta hook up with what you see,
and take it eventually,
and you can have anything you want
but you better not take it from me


correct:
You gotta HUNGER for what you see,
YOUL take it eventually,
and you can have anything you want
but you better not take it from me

I think hook up with what you see sounds way cooler.

 

[Yom]

A few times. Usually, the misheard lyric is actually coherent, but what I hear is nonsensical.

 

[vbraun]

Later, I heard the Beatles sing, "She was a gay stripper." I was 6, but I still knew that was kinda racy. A few years later, I learned the lyrics were, "She was a day tripper".

And then there was the time I thought Jimi Hendrix was gay, because he sang, "touch this guy". Of course, he was really singing "touch the sky"...

Then Bruce Springsteen came along singing about a douche... but I later learned he was singing "duchess"...

Now that's great.

I have misheard lyrics before but the only disapointment I would have got was from guessing them wrong in the first place.

 

[Quasar1011]

That child needed a shrink

Nah, mate, I turned out alright.