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What is a song lyric that you misheard completely?

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  • E [email protected]

    Don't go, Jason waterfalls, please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.

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    https://genius.com/Tlc-waterfalls-lyrics

    Don't go chasing waterfalls
    Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEtxJ4-sh4&t=116

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    • pandantic@midwest.socialP [email protected]

      I used to sing Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong as “Pyramids, pyramids, pyramids, pyramids can’t be wrong”.

      Also, in Africa, I definitely thought they said “rises like a lepress (like a female leopard) above the Serengeti”. The real lyric is “Olympus”.

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      https://genius.com/Spin-doctors-little-miss-cant-be-wrong-lyrics

      Little miss, little miss, little miss can't be wrong

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWbMu4PtpE&t=44

      https://genius.com/Toto-africa-lyrics

      As sure as Kilimajaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY&t=117

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      • zombiepirate@lemmy.worldZ [email protected]

        I used to think the Kiss song went "I wanna rock and roll all night... and part of every day."

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        https://genius.com/Kiss-rock-and-roll-all-nite-lyrics

        I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMD7Usflbg&t=62

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        • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

          I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

          My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

          Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

          Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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          Hoobastank, the Reason.

          Real lyric: "a reason to start over new".

          What i heard as a child: "the reason tostadas are new"

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          • quazatron@lemmy.worldQ [email protected]

            "Dirty deeds, dunder chiefs!"

            I always wondered what a dunder chief is.

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            It was Thunder Chief for me. I figured he must be bad juju.

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            • tal@lemmy.todayT [email protected]

              I'm not absolutely sure if this is the right snippet of the song, but I don't see a more-likely bit:

              https://genius.com/Kings-of-leon-use-somebody-lyrics

              You know that I could use somebody
              Someone like you...

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhXHvRoUd0&t=75

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              That's it. I still can't hear "use" even though I now know it's the name of the song.

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              • pandantic@midwest.socialP [email protected]

                I used to sing Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong as “Pyramids, pyramids, pyramids, pyramids can’t be wrong”.

                Also, in Africa, I definitely thought they said “rises like a lepress (like a female leopard) above the Serengeti”. The real lyric is “Olympus”.

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                With Little Miss Can't Be Wrong I used to hear "ain't nobody gonna come when your sound is gone" instead of "when you sound your gong".

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                • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                  I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                  My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                  Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                  Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                  "It's a corned beef sky... alright, is it some other guy..." - The Cars, Bye Bye Love

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                  • tal@lemmy.todayT [email protected]

                    https://genius.com/Blink-182-whats-my-age-again-lyrics

                    This state looks down on sodomy

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7l5ZeVVoCA&t=49

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                    I was a huge blink182 fan back in 99-02. I didn't understand what the prank in that prank call was. It wasn't until much much later that I started going through their albums again that I realized what Mark was actually saying. Looked up the lyrics and my jaw hit the floor. I remember sitting in front of my computer laughing until I was sweating at not only how that's a legit good prank call but I'd been singing it wrong for the better part to two decades.

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                      With Little Miss Can't Be Wrong I used to hear "ain't nobody gonna come when your sound is gone" instead of "when you sound your gong".

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                      Yes, me too for that part too.

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                      • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                        I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                        My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                        Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                        Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                        #74

                        At one point in Another One Bites the Dust, Freddie says "Bite the dust, yeah" which for years I could not hear as anything but "I'm adopted". Seemed like a weird way to share that information.

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                        • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                          I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                          My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                          Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                          Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                          For like a decade+ I thought Umbrella by Rihanna went "under my arms forever"

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                          • S [email protected]

                            “I set fire, to Lorraine” by Adele (set fire to the rain).
                            “Parrot, parrot, parrot eyes” by Coldplay (Paradise)

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                            #76

                            Paradise is the song with the weird elephant music video, right?

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                            • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                              I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                              My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                              Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                              Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                              #77

                              Heard this the other day, the background vocals "who likes tacos"

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                              • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                                I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                                My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                                Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                                Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                                #78

                                some daughtry song about Tijuana.

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                                • R [email protected]

                                  In yoga, they have us sit in "sucasana" (also known as criss-cross applesauce) and I always t hear it as the polite form of tu casana, and Namaste also sounds like a Spanish word to me, every time. Tu Namaste tambien!

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                                  Yeah, the su/tú (you) form is easy and tricky to learn: su/vuestro(a)/su mercé are polite forms; tú/vos are informal forms.
                                  Our brains trick us with the easy/most used path to identify patterns and meanings.

                                  Sukhasana (from Sanskrit) sounds like a mix of su (Spanish) Casana (from Italian/Trukish) 😃

                                  I think you heard from some novela the phrase: ¿(tú) me amas(te) también?
                                  Good to know that I'm not the one that fights with my brain mixing words in 4-5 languages.

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                                  • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                                    I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                                    My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                                    Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                                    Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                                    Owner of a lonely horse...

                                    Real lyric: owner of a lonely heart.

                                    I never understood why there'd be a song about a lonely horse.

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                                    • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                                      I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                                      My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                                      Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                                      Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                                      #81

                                      "You know I'd like to keep my cheating strategy"

                                      Actual lyrics: "You know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today"

                                      Blind Melon, "No Rain"

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                                      • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                                        I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                                        My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                                        Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                                        Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                                        I'm here to say that I figured out "stomp on the stoop when you hear the funk loop". It took me 30 years.

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                                        • reef@lemmy.caR [email protected]

                                          I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing

                                          My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse

                                          Turns out it was "strong beliefs", and not a medical term

                                          Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623

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                                          #83

                                          That Land Down Under song. I still have no idea what the women or men do but I can hear the thunder.

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