What the hell do you mean "like a kiss from a rose on the gray!?"

I just learned that in Collective Soul's Shine, he's not saying "you haven't let your light shine down". But it's actually a Jesus song and 'heaven let your light shine down." Over 30 years I was wrong lol

Hey now, you’re a rockstar, get the show on, get laid

At a punk gig once I heard:

“Titties and cheesecake! Titties and cheesecake! Titties and cheesecake!“

They were actually singing about “Tinnies (Aussie for beer) on Tuesday”. Not as good IMO.

Like a dog without a bone, like an actor OUT OF ROLE

For fuck's sake Jim, actor out on loan, pff! What had he been smoking?

'Cause I'm in too deep
And I'm trying to keep
~~up above in my head~~
All the thoughts in my head
'stead of going under

"'E' for very, very, extra ordinary." VS "'E' for very, very, extraordinary." The way I heard it performed always sounded like two separate words. I was like, "damn, she couldn't just be nice the whole song?" I finally read the lyrics when I was older.

"I don't want another heartache at my door, don't want another heartache on my list" VS "don't want another heartache on my lips."

I don't know any misheard lyrics, because I refuse to believe the way I hear the lyrics isn't correct.

(Actually I used to have a list, but I'm old and I forgot it 😢)

not always. I saw this in a forum meant years ago, I wish I had saved a screenshot or something...

the forum thread was about the dumbest lyrics in songs and someone said sanitarium by metallica had these lyrics:

Got some death to do
Mirror stairs back hard
Kill, it's such a friendly word

and complained it's nonsense. why would stairs be made of mirrors, and what did that have anything with the rest... also what does stairs back hard even mean, etc ...

as you may have guessed even if you don't know the song, the lyrics are "mirror stares back hard", which means the person is talking about their own reflection having a look in their eyes.

not only were the misheard lyrics dumb, but I always admired the sheer confidence of the person who, upon hearing these nonsense lyrics, instead of using their internet access to look it up to confirm, used it to complain how stupid it was without thinking twice about whether they could have misunderstood.

Matthew Good Band - Load Me Up

I always heard:

Picture yourself (At) the MGM Grand Murphy's fighting how come You're in the stands?

I loved this line as it was calling out the assumption when you picture something big, why are you in the crowd and not the star of the show? It felt motivating and a fun play on the way people imagine themselves in the world.

It's actually:

Picture yourself The MGM Grand Murphy's fighting Occam You're in the stands

Which, just doesn't do any of the things the misheard lyric does. So disappointing.

Here's to you Mrs. Robinson; She's a slutty moron you should know.

Someone once told me that they thought the line in Uptown Funk was, "I'm too hot, hot ham!" and I've been hearing it that way ever since.

It's a relatively minor difference, but for decades, I thought the lyric in Smashing Pumpkins' Muzzle went

🎵 My life has been extraordinary blessed and cursed at once 🎵

and it's been one of my favorite lines in any song. Except I was wrong. It goes

🎵 My life has been extraordinary blessed and cursed and won 🎵

It's not a favorite anymore.

in my mind, the lyrics of no surprises by radiohead will always be

no one laughs and no surprises

rather than

no alarms and no surprises

Like this is Reebok or Nike song turns out to be this is the rhythm of my night

“go to lonely starbucks lovers” my beloved

Looking back on when we fisted
I cannot escape and I cannot forget
Baby, you're the one, you still turn me on
You can make me whole again

‘Carry a laser down the road that I must travel
Carry a laser through the darkness of the night’