Misheard Lyrics
Any lines of a song that you always mishear?
I always hear "I see a window and I want it painted black ... I don't know, baby, it just happens every day" instead of "I see my red door and I want it painted black ... Like a newborn baby it just happens every day" in Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones.
Also in Red Team by Front 242, I hear "The victory of all players" instead of "A victory that won't last." Kinda changes the song's meaning, doesn't it?
I always hear "I see a window and I want it painted black ... I don't know, baby, it just happens every day" instead of "I see my red door and I want it painted black ... Like a newborn baby it just happens every day" in Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones.
Also in Red Team by Front 242, I hear "The victory of all players" instead of "A victory that won't last." Kinda changes the song's meaning, doesn't it?
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In A Song To Stifle Imperial Progression (A Work In Progress) by The Used there is this 'screaming' part just before the second chorus. I don't know what they really say there, but I've always heard they scream "Eläköööööön!". (Eläköön is Finnish word which means hurrah in English, and I really doubt the band is singing anything in Finnish. 
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I also used to hear the "this is what you'll get when you mess with the head" instead of "this is what you'll get when you mess with us" in song Karma Police by Radiohead before I read the lyrics.
And "face to face we breed" instead of "face to face we breathe" in the song Oceania by The Smashing Pumpkins.
And "these people are ferakin' me out (tuesday) instead of "these people are freakin' me out (these days)" in song I Just Wanna Live by Good Charlotte. I lived in a lie almost 10 years of my life. 
I'm sure there's many, many more misheard lyrics, I just don't remember them at the moment.
)I also used to hear the "this is what you'll get when you mess with the head" instead of "this is what you'll get when you mess with us" in song Karma Police by Radiohead before I read the lyrics.
And "face to face we breed" instead of "face to face we breathe" in the song Oceania by The Smashing Pumpkins.
I'm sure there's many, many more misheard lyrics, I just don't remember them at the moment.
"What's he psyched pickled brain pussy pepper ...WHY?!
Meaning John hell something chop your pointer finger ...WHY?!
Firmer god motherfucker gimme that motherfucker why
Fighting crime pointer finger lowest ain't Jimmy Carter WHOO HOO HOO HOO HOO
IEAIAIO –WHY?!
And we light up the sky..."
IEAIAIO by System of a Down, ladies and mentlegen.
Meaning John hell something chop your pointer finger ...WHY?!
Firmer god motherfucker gimme that motherfucker why
Fighting crime pointer finger lowest ain't Jimmy Carter WHOO HOO HOO HOO HOO
IEAIAIO –WHY?!
And we light up the sky..."
IEAIAIO by System of a Down, ladies and mentlegen.
Epica - Never enough.
Real:
Because you are consumed and incontent
With everlasting greed
Don't you see me on my hands and knees?
Begging and bleeding
You're smiling as you bite the hand that feeds
But will you never see?
I hear:
Because your are consumed and -incompetent-
With everlasting grief
Don't you see me on my hands in knees (?)
Begging and pleading (for some reason this makes more sense / correct line!?)
You are smiling as you bite the axe that feels (!)
But winner forsees!
Real:
Because you are consumed and incontent
With everlasting greed
Don't you see me on my hands and knees?
Begging and bleeding
You're smiling as you bite the hand that feeds
But will you never see?
I hear:
Because your are consumed and -incompetent-
With everlasting grief
Don't you see me on my hands in knees (?)
Begging and pleading (for some reason this makes more sense / correct line!?)
You are smiling as you bite the axe that feels (!)
But winner forsees!
"Because your are consumed and incompetent / With everlasting grief" and "Begging and pleading" both make more or as much sense as the actual lyrics.
There are a couple of songs I know where some people mishear the lyrics:
>"Bad Moon Rising" by Credence Clearwater Revival
(Misheard lyrics: "There's a bathroom on the right."...Actual lyrics: "There's a bad moon on the rise.")
>"Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix
(Misheard lyrics: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."...Actual lyrics: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky.")
Of course if you've ever heard any Stevie Nicks songs, you'd have trouble understanding any lyrics at all.
>"Bad Moon Rising" by Credence Clearwater Revival
(Misheard lyrics: "There's a bathroom on the right."...Actual lyrics: "There's a bad moon on the rise.")
>"Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix
(Misheard lyrics: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."...Actual lyrics: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky.")
Of course if you've ever heard any Stevie Nicks songs, you'd have trouble understanding any lyrics at all.
"There's a bathroom on the right"! Thank GOD I'm not the only one who hears that! XD
Classic ones.
I grin every time I hear "There's a bathroom on the right." Never gets old for someone with my (lack of) maturity.
With regard to Stevie Nicks, yeah.
Though in all of music, Nivek Ogre may be THE least-understandable vocalist. Seriously
I grin every time I hear "There's a bathroom on the right." Never gets old for someone with my (lack of) maturity.
With regard to Stevie Nicks, yeah.
Though in all of music, Nivek Ogre may be THE least-understandable vocalist. Seriously
Yeah, you're right...I've just listened to the song, and it sounds like he's either drunk or singing through a bath tissue tube.
Funny, both those theories are right in a way... Skinny Puppy did a shit-ton of heroin and use a lot of distortion effects on their music.
Number of the Beast- Iron Maiden
The original line:
"Just what I saw in my old dreams were the
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me"
What I thought I heard:
"Just what I saw in my own dream were the
reflections of my woman staring back at me"
The misheard lyrics gave the song a different meaning to me. Originally, I thought that the Devil was attempting to tempt the song's protagonist by taking the form of his wife/girlfriend, but that wasn't the case.
The original line:
"Just what I saw in my old dreams were the
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me"
What I thought I heard:
"Just what I saw in my own dream were the
reflections of my woman staring back at me"
The misheard lyrics gave the song a different meaning to me. Originally, I thought that the Devil was attempting to tempt the song's protagonist by taking the form of his wife/girlfriend, but that wasn't the case.
That really does change the meaning.
From Gates Of Misery by Thy Art Is Murder
Real: 'Run, if you think it will save you!'
I heard: 'Run, and the bacon will save you!'
Real: 'Run, if you think it will save you!'
I heard: 'Run, and the bacon will save you!'
All hail our savior bacon!
I hear lots of misheard lyrics.
hmm. Let me think.
i can't think. I've got music on the television the now =_= oh well
hmm. Let me think.
i can't think. I've got music on the television the now =_= oh well
Paramore, "Playing God"<www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDy2wC…
"You say that I've been changin'/That I'm not just simply Asian"
It's "aging" not "Asian". Hahahaha.
Also I wanna say that my mom hated this song so much.
"You say that I've been changin'/That I'm not just simply Asian"
It's "aging" not "Asian". Hahahaha.
Also I wanna say that my mom hated this song so much.
I heard that, and "Or make any with precision" as "Or make any whispers precision."
Her voice is kinda hard to understand.
What did she hate about it?
Her voice is kinda hard to understand.
What did she hate about it?
My mom hated the "next time you point a finger, I might have to bend it back or break it, break it off."
Because, you know, violence.
My mom hates Paramore except for this year's radio hits like Ain't It Fun.
Because, you know, violence.
My mom hates Paramore except for this year's radio hits like Ain't It Fun.
Oh... I thought it would be something more like "the vocalist sounds annoying."
Parents disapproving of their kids' music is how it's been for generations.
Parents disapproving of their kids' music is how it's been for generations.
There's that too. Mom used to say the lead singer was too whiny.
That's a complaint I hear most about Coldplay.
I honestly dislike Coldplay for that very reason.
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For a long time I thought Len's "You steal my sunshine" song was "youre still my sunshine"
Minor thing, I know
Minor thing, I know
Not minor... it significantly changes the meaning of the title.
Livin la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Actual Lyrics: 'She's into superstitions, Black cats and voodoo dolls'
My Lyrics: 'She's into superstitions, Black cats and poodle dogs'
Until very recently, I thought this was the actual lyrics, until someone pointed it out to me.
Actual Lyrics: 'She's into superstitions, Black cats and voodoo dolls'
My Lyrics: 'She's into superstitions, Black cats and poodle dogs'
Until very recently, I thought this was the actual lyrics, until someone pointed it out to me.