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There are 22 misheard song lyrics for Belle & Sebastian on amIright currently.
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"Belle And Sebastian"
Oh, Sebastian went to Oregon.
Oh, Sebastian went too far again.
"Electronic Renaissance"
If you read too much Harry Potter
If you work for much very longer
"Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying"
You can either be successful or be arse
You can either be successful or be us
"I Fought In A War"
I fart on the wall
I fought in A war
"I Fought in a War"
And I reminded myself of the lips you gave when we were getting on
And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on
"I Fought in a War"
Before I fell down the sickness there fell into me,
beyond the bedsit infamy of the dirt cake gone before
Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me,
beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before
"I'm Waking Up To Us"
You want a guy who's 'eat the rich'
Or losing a screw
You want a guy who's either rich
Or losing a screw
"Jonathan David"
Its not like we're that boring
Its not like we'll ever know love
Its not like we'll be parted
Its not like we'll ever know love
"Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie"
Je ne suis 'poo poo'.
Municipal pool.
"Legal Man"
Elevating love
L-O-V-E love
"Legal Man"
I exercise all options
Sun Ra, no one's seen you there.
I exercise all options
And I know I'll see you there.
This song's from one of the only singles that Belle & Sebastian released that doesn't include the lyrics in the booklet. It's particularly difficult to understand what they're saying in this track because it's a few of them singing together.
"Mayfly"
Mayfly, when the awkward skies are blue.
Mayfly, waking up when skies are blue.
"Mayfly"
Until chickens come again.
Until she comes again.
"Me & the Major"
Me and the midget
Me and the Major
"She's Losing It"
They go to hell and they're feeling slack
I go to her when I'm feeling slack
"Step Into My Office, Baby"
I jumped into the shark.
I jumped into the shower.
"Sukie in the Graveyard"
She did fast rubbing
She learned she never had her breasts hard.
She did brass rubbings
She learned she never had to press hard.
"The Boy With The Arab Strap"
I am a lazy git
She is as pure as a cauldron of snow/
I am a lazy git
She is as pure as the cold, driven snow.
"The Model"
I bet he was an oculist or something classical.
The picture was an old collage of something classical.
"The Model"
I woke up the first day of June.
I will confess to you.
"The Model"
She made another blanket and a fancy dress -
She met another blind kid at a fancy dress
"The Model"
The model with the tragic hair.
The model with a tragic air.
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