Lyrical Misconceptions: How can we all have been so wrong....

[Daveman]

No discussion of misheard lyrics is complete without the Potato Wave.

I love Pearl Jam but I still have no idea what this song is about.

"blinded by the light, ripped up like a douche in the middle of the night"

I have sung this... but he quite clearly does say "douche", I don't care what he thinks he said.

 

[likalaruku]

Am I the only one who thinks System of a Down's "Vicinity Of Obscenity" is about having sex with hookers?

It's actually about getting STDs from hookers. So close!

I guess next time he'll think twice about sticking his banana in a strange woman's tericotta pie.

 

[likalaruku]

I f**king love that one, & the "may he poop" & "nipple song" & "my ebay" Buffalaxed videos.

 

[Eleuthera]

In Liquido's "Narcotic" there's the line "And I call your name, my cocaine" Which quite easily turns to "And I call your name, Micheal Caine" it's asking for it really

 

[WINDOWCLEAN2]

Real - Im the leading man, and the lies i weave are oh so intracate.

Misheard - Im a little man, and im also evil, also into cats.

 

[Steven McDriverson]

Beck- Loser
People have trouble with the chorus but it's just "Soy un perdedor, I'mma loser, baby"
Soy un perdedor= I'm a loser

 

[GrinningManiac]

Fallout Boy

"Loaded God Complex
Cock it and pull it"

I heard it as

"MumbleMumbleMurr
Get'yo Cock out and Pull it"

So I thought it was advocating spontaneous and furious masturbation

Awful band, though

 

[Trivun]

This is called a Mondegreen. It's when the lyrics to a song are misheard and misinterpreted. "Mondegreen" came from this old scottish ballad:

Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl O' Moray,
And Lady Mondegreen.

the last verse was supposed to be "And laid him on the Green"

Personally, I prefer misinterpreting the lyrics of non-english songs and twisting them into strange but understandable lyrics.

Damn ninjas, beat me to it. I was going to post that...

Anyway, first I thought of was Fall Out Boy's Sugar, We're Going Down. There's a lyric in the chorus that goes:

A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it...

That often gets mistaken as:

A loaded God complex, cock-eating bullet...

 

[Steven McDriverson]

Honestly who are there first time listening to Dance Dance KNEW he was saying "Dance! Dance!"?

 

[Booze Zombie]

Am I the only one who thinks System of a Down's "Vicinity Of Obscenity" is about having sex with hookers?

No, I was thinking about that, too.