Misheard Song Lyrics

[Turner]

So what song lyrics have you misheard, only to be surprised that it wasn't what you thought?

I've got a bunch, but the one that really sticks out right now is form Breathe Your Name, by Sixpense None the Richer.

Misheard: I need some brains.

What it really is: I need some grace.

This one really gets to me, becuase even though I know what it is I still hear "I need some brains."


So. . ..what's yours?

 

[CurtSibling]

Iron Maiden: Can I play with madness?...

I thought it was "Can I play with matches?"

 

[kmad]

Rage against the Machine's "Bulls On Parade"

it's "The microphone explodes, shattering the modes!"

but I got it to be, "The microphone below, shangalangamo!!"

 

[Suppersalmon]

Paul gasgoine's song

Its Fog of the tyne's all mine all mine
ME Bog of the tyne's all mine all mine

 

[col]

(when the) going gets tough

= go and get stuffed

 

[gael]

'Welcome to the Jungle'

= Zippy and Bungle...

 

[Peri]

and the trucks don't work from Bittersweet Syphony by the Verve

 

[Pangur Bán]

Kate Bush, Wuthering Heioghts, I still can't hear what she's saying, so I've invented my own lyrics.

 

[Eklektikos]

Breathe by the Prodigy

Real lyrics: "You're my victim!"
I heard: "Donner, Blitzen!"

 

[thestonesfan]

You guys forgot the most famous:

"Scuze me, while I kiss this guy" in Hendrix's Purple Haze. It's "Scuze me, while I kiss the sky".

At least I think so...

 

[Renata]

Oh no the most famous (at least in my family) is from CC&R's 'Bad Moon Rising'.

'There's a bathroom (bad moon) on the right' ....

The most embarrassing instance of misheard lyrics for me was back in 7th grade on a team bus heading for a cross-country race, with everybody singing along to Def Leppard. Everyone else was singing 'Rock rock til you drop', and I was singing 'bop bop doodle bop'.

Owwwwwwww.



Renata

 

[funxus]

It's the Swedish thing

For a while I wondered why Bono would sing about Sweden until I, to my shame, realized:
It's the sweetest thing

 

[gr8ful wes]

Help me Rhonda by the beach boys " Well since she put me out there've been owls sleeping in my head"

 

[thestonesfan]

In the Stones' classic rocker "Start Me Up," my cousin thought they said "Estaffio".

 

[mrtn]

Another classic "miss-hearing" is "Lucy in disguise" by the Beatles.

 

[Dralix]

Originally posted by thestonesfan
You guys forgot the most famous:

"Scuze me, while I kiss this guy" in Hendrix's Purple Haze. It's "Scuze me, while I kiss the sky".

At least I think so...

The correct lyrics are "kiss the sky." This is often cited as the most (in)famous misheard lyric, but I always heard it properly myself. There is even a "Kiss This Guy" website but it seems to be down or at least very slow right now.

 

[Mikoyan]

Song: Skeletons of Society, Slayer

What i heard: The rich became the bigots.

Real lyric: The rich became the beggars.

Mine was better.

 

[Wolfe Tone]

Anything from the song We Want Fun - Andrew WK

 

[polymath]

There's a well-known one in the UK:

"So lonely" by The Police, became constantly misheard as "Sue Lawley" (a famous tv person).

I always hear "deck the halls with boughs of holly" as "bells and holly" - it still makes sense. To me, anyway.

 

[meldor]

The most famous one is.....

"In the garden of eden"

Now name the song and group.......