I’ve collected some – of the no doubt many – song lyrics that I mis-hear.
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“Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve. In the repeated line “can’t change my ___”, I’ve had no idea what the lyric was supposed to be, because I can only hear:
“I can’t change my mo. Mo, mo. Mo, mo, mo.”
Apparently, the line is supposed to be:
“I can’t change my mold. No, no. No, no, no.” OK, that makes more sense… but it’s not as cute, IMO. Mo, it isn’t. 😉
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“Brass In Pocket” by the Pretenders. The line is
“Been driving
Detroit leaving”
But until I read the lyrics, I’d always thought the second part was:
“Dieter leaving”
(FYI, apparently I’m not the only one, because this is an entry at kissthisguy.com.)
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“I Don’t Want To Wait” by Paula Cole. I didn’t notice this one until I heard only the chorus in some radio station’s commercial. The chorus says:
“I don’t want to wait
for our lives to be over
I want to know right now,
what will it be?”
But she sings the first part of the line quickly, and it sounds very much like
“ah-do-wah-doe-way”
Which is so funny to me, as I picture the singer being all in earnest about the nonsensical lyrics as she is about the real ones. XD
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“I Want You” by Savage Garden
“I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where
Your crystal mind”
sounds to me like:
“I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where
Your breath don’t mind”
which I knew was wrong, but I thought it was really:
“I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where
You’re pressed on mine.”
Whoa – a doubly- misheard lyric! :O
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“Life After You” by Daughtry. The singer pines that the night he left:
“burns like an iron in the back of my mind”
But at some point, I heard it as
“burns like an owl in the back of my mind”
And that’s sort of stuck with me. I really like the song, but usually, as I’m singing with the radio, I sing the song “my” way just to amuse myself. 😀
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