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"2112 (Suite)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Attention all planets of the solar federation-
We have a zoom control.
We have a zoom control.
Original Lyrics:
Attention all planets of the solar federation-
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
"2112: Discovery"
Misheard Lyrics:
See how it seems like a shamrock.
Original Lyrics:
See how it sings like a sad heart.
"2112: Oracle: The Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
He leads me, all my tears away.
Original Lyrics:
He leads me on light years away.
"2112: Oracle: The Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Their power grows with purple song.
Original Lyrics:
Their power grows with purpose strong.
"2112: Soliloquy"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a world like Dynasty
Original Lyrics:
In a world like I have seen
"2112: The Temples Of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
The pictures that you plug into your eyes.
Original Lyrics:
The pictures that give pleasure to your eye.
"2112: The Temples Of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the feet of the devil, how silly!
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests of the temple of Syrinx.
"2112: The Temples Of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the priests of the devils, oh Sirius!
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests of the Temples of Syrinx.
"2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
Of the gifts of life
Oh help me thin our world.
Oh help me thin our world.
Original Lyrics:
All the gifts of life
Are held within our walls.
Are held within our walls.
"2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
The b****es that give pleasure to your eye.
Original Lyrics:
The pictures that give pleasure to your eye.
"2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
The pigtails that give pleasure to your eye.
Original Lyrics:
The pictures that give pleasure to your eye.
"2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
The tadpoles of Syrinx
Original Lyrics:
The temple of Syrinx
"2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
The temple of Xerox
Original Lyrics:
The temple of Syrinx
"2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the freaks
The attendants of your sinks.
The attendants of your sinks.
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests
Of the temples of Syrinx.
Of the temples of Syrinx.
"2112: The Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the freaks
From the temple of Ceres.
From the temple of Ceres.
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests
Of the temples of Syrinx.
Of the temples of Syrinx.
"2112"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the grain that you touched fills our hollow walls
Original Lyrics:
Our great computers fill our hallowed halls
"2112"
Misheard Lyrics:
The pictures that you plug into your eye
Original Lyrics:
The pictures that give pleasure to your eye
"Anthem"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love without devotion sucks.
Original Lyrics:
Marvel after those who sought.
"Anthem"
Misheard Lyrics:
Walking into Wal-Mart
Original Lyrics:
Wonders in the world
"Armor and Sword"
Misheard Lyrics:
Battle flags are flown at the feet of a garden gnome.
Original Lyrics:
Battle flags are flown at the feet of a god unknown.
"Armor and Sword"
Misheard Lyrics:
The battle flags are flown
At the feet of a garden gnome.
At the feet of a garden gnome.
Original Lyrics:
The battle flags are flown
At the feet of a god unknown.
At the feet of a god unknown.
"Bastille Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooo A**hole Breath
Original Lyrics:
Ooo there's no bread
"Bastille Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oooh, my a**hole burns.
Original Lyrics:
Oooh, there is no bread.
"Bastille Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Plastic Elvis, dirty face
Original Lyrics:
Blood stained velvet, dirty
"Bastille Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's no bread or lemony cake
Original Lyrics:
There's no bread, let 'em eat cake
"Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
But the city is calm
And the spider and the sea.
And the spider and the sea.
Original Lyrics:
But the city is calm
In this violent sea.
In this violent sea.
"Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Pope has a shop in the city
Original Lyrics:
The focus is sharp in the city
"Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
The boatmen are shot in the city.
Original Lyrics:
The focus is sharp in the city.
"Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
The folks that shop in the city.
Original Lyrics:
The focus is sharp in the city.
"Chemistry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Electricity, Biology
Cease to be, it's Chemistry.
Cease to be, it's Chemistry.
Original Lyrics:
Electricity? Biology?
Seems to me, it's Chemistry.
Seems to me, it's Chemistry.
"Closer To The Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Close-up to the heart
Original Lyrics:
Closer to the heart
"Closer To The Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Philosophers and clownmen
Original Lyrics:
Philosophers and ploughmen
"Closer To The Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
The blacksmiths, and the army
Original Lyrics:
The blacksmiths and the artists
"Closer To The Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
The laissez-faire lawmen
Original Lyrics:
Philosophers and ploughmen
"Closer To The Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoa, whoa, you can be the captain
And Mikhail Gorbachev.
And Mikhail Gorbachev.
Original Lyrics:
Whoa, whoa, you can be the captain
I will draw the chart.
I will draw the chart.
"Cold Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is blind if you are gentle
Nothing can turn to Rome
Nothing can turn to Rome
Original Lyrics:
Love is blind if you are gentle
Love can turn to a long, cold burn
Love can turn to a long, cold burn
"Cold Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
The phosphorescent wave on a democracy
Is a cold fire
Is a cold fire
Original Lyrics:
The phosphorescent wave on a tropical sea
Is a cold fire
Is a cold fire
"Cygnus X-1 Book I"
Misheard Lyrics:
Or do Thee ask for more?
Original Lyrics:
Or trough the astral door.
"Dog Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a dog's hide,
A smear is really more like heaven,
Vidal sassoon,
A canine will be chasing farts in doggy heaven
A smear is really more like heaven,
Vidal sassoon,
A canine will be chasing farts in doggy heaven
Original Lyrics:
In a dogs eyes,
A year is really more like seven.
And all too soon,
A canine will be chasing cars in doggy heaven
A year is really more like seven.
And all too soon,
A canine will be chasing cars in doggy heaven
"Earthshine"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can lose my eyes to earthshine.
Original Lyrics:
I can raise my eyes to earthshine.
"Finding My Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, s***, eh, I'm coming out to get you
Ooh, s***, now I'm coming out to find you.
or
Ooh, sit down, I'm coming out to find you.
Ooh, s***, now I'm coming out to find you.
or
Ooh, sit down, I'm coming out to find you.
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, said, I, I'm coming out to get you
Ooh said I, I'm coming out to find you.
Ooh said I, I'm coming out to find you.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Fight My Night''s away from here.
Original Lyrics:
Fly by night, away from here.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Change in the season
is enough of a reason
is enough of a reason
Original Lyrics:
Change with the seasons
and not with the reasons
and not with the reasons
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Change in the seasons
Enough with the reasons.
Enough with the reasons.
Original Lyrics:
Change in the season
Is enough of a reason.
Is enough of a reason.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fly by night away from him.
Original Lyrics:
Fly by night away from here.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fly by night away from him
Original Lyrics:
Fly by night, away from here.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I s**t, piss, and come
But I just use Depends.
But I just use Depends.
Original Lyrics:
My ship isn't coming
And I just can't pretend.
And I just can't pretend.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want to be king, no
I just want my mom.
I just want my mom.
Original Lyrics:
I want to be king now
Not just one more pawn.
Not just one more pawn.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
My life begins the day.
Original Lyrics:
My life begins today.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
My ship is a running and I just can't defend.
or
My ship is a-coming and I can't walk away.
or
My ship is a-coming and I can't walk away.
Original Lyrics:
My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
My ship is a-coming and I just can't pretend.
Original Lyrics:
My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Quietly dancing
or
Why are you dancing?
My thoughts apprehensive.
or
Why are you dancing?
My thoughts apprehensive.
Original Lyrics:
Quiet and pensive
My thoughts apprehensive.
My thoughts apprehensive.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
The chicken's are coming and you just can't pretend.
Original Lyrics:
Your ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
The chickens are coming and I just can't defend
Original Lyrics:
My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
The chickens are coming and I just can't pretend
Original Lyrics:
My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
The chips in the cupboard, I just can't pretend.
Original Lyrics:
My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
The s***fields are comin' and I just can't pretend.
Original Lyrics:
My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend.
"Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why try? No, why?
Original Lyrics:
Why try? I know why.
"Force Ten"
Misheard Lyrics:
Attack the daylight birds that pray.
Original Lyrics:
Attack the day like birds of prey.
"Force Ten"
Misheard Lyrics:
Never try to fear
Two tender hearts upon, they sneeze
Or skin as sick as bees, sick as bees.
Two tender hearts upon, they sneeze
Or skin as sick as bees, sick as bees.
Original Lyrics:
An air of joie de vivre
To tender hearts upon our sleeves
Or skin as thick as thieves, thick as thieves.
To tender hearts upon our sleeves
Or skin as thick as thieves, thick as thieves.
"Force Ten"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tough times, the men don't talk the men talk hearts, the men talk soft the man...
Original Lyrics:
Tough times demand tough talk Demand tough hearts demand tough songs Demand...
"Free Will"
Misheard Lyrics:
A planet of playthings
Pecans on a string.
Pecans on a string.
Original Lyrics:
A planet of playthings
We dance on a string.
We dance on a string.
"Free Will"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will chose a bathosphere
Original Lyrics:
I will choose a path that's clear
"Freewill"
Misheard Lyrics:
A host of holy hoboes to direct our anus plan.
Original Lyrics:
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance.
"Freewill"
Misheard Lyrics:
A host of holy hollers
To direct our English fans
or
A host of holy orders
To direct our English fans
To direct our English fans
or
A host of holy orders
To direct our English fans
Original Lyrics:
A host of holy horrors
To direct out aimless dance
To direct out aimless dance
"Freewill"
Misheard Lyrics:
A host of holy rollers to direct our aimless dance.
Original Lyrics:
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance.
"Freewill"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will choose a bathosphere.
I will chose free will.
I will chose free will.
Original Lyrics:
I will choose a path that's clear.
I will choose free will.
I will choose free will.
"Freewill"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose Mike Hill.
I will choose Mike Hill.
Original Lyrics:
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will.
I will choose free will.
"Freewill"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will choose a path that's queer.
Original Lyrics:
I will choose a path that's clear.
"Heart Full of Soul"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cause I knew that she'd have me back again and I would never make amends. I've got a ho-ho-ho ho-oooeart full of soul.
Original Lyrics:
And I know if she had me back again Well I would never make her sad. I've gotta heart full of soul.
"Hemispheres"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some thought them selvs some furniture
Original Lyrics:
Some fought themselvs, some fought each other
"How It Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
See through, never see the sun
I feel the day is full of certainty.
I feel the day is full of certainty.
Original Lyrics:
Seems we'll never see the sun
Or feel the day is all uncertainty.
Or feel the day is all uncertainty.
"Jacob's Ladder"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dunderheads are bumbling
In a distant overture.
In a distant overture.
Original Lyrics:
Thunderheads are rumbling
In a distant overture.
In a distant overture.
"Kid Gloves"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the wicked gloves
Original Lyrics:
Handle with kid gloves
"Kid Gloves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Handle Wiki gloves
Original Lyrics:
Handle with kids gloves.
"Kid Gloves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Handle wicked gloves
Original Lyrics:
Handle with kid gloves
"Kid Gloves"
Misheard Lyrics:
I oiled up your friends
Original Lyrics:
A world of diff'rence
"Kid Gloves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put on Yorkist gloves
Put on Yorkist gloves.
Put on Yorkist gloves.
Original Lyrics:
Put on your kid gloves
Put on your kid gloves.
Put on your kid gloves.
"Lakeside Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
Smoking all the beer
Original Lyrics:
Smoking on the pier
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get on with the blessing nation
Original Lyrics:
Get on with the fascination
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Humiliation
The underlying theme
The underlying theme
Original Lyrics:
The real relation
The underlying theme
The underlying theme
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the Fish Islands,
Caught in the camera's eye
Caught in the camera's eye
Original Lyrics:
Living in the fish-eye lens,
caught in the camera's eye
caught in the camera's eye
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the Fish Islands
Original Lyrics:
Living in a fish-eye lens
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the Fish Islands
Original Lyrics:
Living in a fish-eye lens
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the Fish Islands
Original Lyrics:
Living in a fish-eye lens
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the Fish Islands
Original Lyrics:
Living in the fish-eye lens
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the fish islands,
trapped in the camera aisle
trapped in the camera aisle
Original Lyrics:
Living in a fish eye lens,
caught in the camera's eye
caught in the camera's eye
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the limelight the Universal Green
Original Lyrics:
Living in the limelight, the Universal Dream
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in the limelight,
the universe so green
the universe so green
Original Lyrics:
Living in the limelight,
the universal dream
the universal dream
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living on a lighted stage of roaches the unreal
Original Lyrics:
Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living on a lighted stage
The roaches be unreal.
The roaches be unreal.
Original Lyrics:
Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal.
Approaches the unreal.
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living on a lighted stage
The roaches be unreal
For those who think I'm feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded gauge
Gasped in this unlikely road
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must poo the various
To keep onself intact
Living in the limelight
The universe will green
For those who wish to see
Those who wish to be
My spermicide, the alienation
Every -- the fascination
The mutilation
The underlying fees
Living in the fish-eye lens
F***ing the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend the stranger is
A long-awaited friend
All the worlds in need of steak
We are feeling flairs
Hondas and portrayers
Each anoden's audience
Subside the guilded cage.
The roaches be unreal
For those who think I'm feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded gauge
Gasped in this unlikely road
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must poo the various
To keep onself intact
Living in the limelight
The universe will green
For those who wish to see
Those who wish to be
My spermicide, the alienation
Every -- the fascination
The mutilation
The underlying fees
Living in the fish-eye lens
F***ing the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend the stranger is
A long-awaited friend
All the worlds in need of steak
We are feeling flairs
Hondas and portrayers
Each anoden's audience
Subside the guilded cage.
Original Lyrics:
Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage
Cast in this unlikely role
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers
To keep oneself intact
Living in the limelight
The universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation
The underlying theme
Living in a fish-eye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend
All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage.
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage
Cast in this unlikely role
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers
To keep oneself intact
Living in the limelight
The universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation
The underlying theme
Living in a fish-eye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend
All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage.
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living on the Farne Islands
Pecking the camera lens.
Pecking the camera lens.
Original Lyrics:
Living in the fish-eye lens
Caught in the camera eye.
Caught in the camera eye.
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
One must put aside the alienation
Get on with the vaccination.
Get on with the vaccination.
Original Lyrics:
One must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination.
Get on with the fascination.
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
The mutilation
The underlying dream
The underlying dream
Original Lyrics:
The real relation
The underlying theme
The underlying theme
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
The neo-elation
They underlie beneath
They underlie beneath
Original Lyrics:
The real relation
The underlying theme
The underlying theme
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
The underlying fee
Original Lyrics:
The underlying theme
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those who wish to be must put aside the ailing nation.
Original Lyrics:
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation.
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the indignation.
Get on with a passing nation.
Must put aside the indignation.
Get on with a passing nation.
Original Lyrics:
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation.
Get on with the fascination.
Must put aside the alienation.
Get on with the fascination.
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those who wish to see
Original Lyrics:
Those who wish to seem
"Lock And Key"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to face the killer insects
Face them in New Orleans.
Face them in New Orleans.
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to face the killer instinct
Face it in you or me.
Face it in you or me.
"Manhattan Project"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big bang, tin can shook the world
Original Lyrics:
Big bang, took and shook the world
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a new whirl man.
Original Lyrics:
he's a New World man.
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a nude old man
Original Lyrics:
He's a new world man
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a radio receiver,
he's a factory tampon
he's a factory tampon
Original Lyrics:
He's a radio receiver
Tuned to factories and farms
Tuned to factories and farms
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a radio receiver
He's a factory stamp-on.
He's a factory stamp-on.
Original Lyrics:
He's a radio receiver
Tuned to factories and farms.
Tuned to factories and farms.
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a radio receiver
Turned to factories and parts.
Turned to factories and parts.
Original Lyrics:
He's a radio receiver
Tuned to factories and farms.
Tuned to factories and farms.
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a rider and a ranger and a young boy bearing arms.
Original Lyrics:
He's a writer and arranger and a young boy bearing arms.
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's cleaning up his sister.
Original Lyrics:
He's cleaning up the systems.
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He’s a writer and a ranger
And a young boy very hard.
And a young boy very hard.
Original Lyrics:
He’s a writer and arranger
And a young boy bearing arms.
And a young boy bearing arms.
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Learning to match the beat of the oboe man.
Original Lyrics:
Learning to match the beat of the old world man.
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turns his back to his ant farms
Original Lyrics:
Tuned to factories and farms
"New World Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're a new wave band
Original Lyrics:
he's a New World man.
"Nobody's Hero"
Misheard Lyrics:
As the years went by, we drinked in a bar.
Original Lyrics:
As the years went by, we drifted apart.
"Presto"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I could wave my broken arms
Original Lyrics:
If I could wave my magic wand
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
A billion red barchettas
From a better man each time.
From a better man each time.
Original Lyrics:
A brilliant red barchetta
From a better, vanished time.
From a better, vanished time.
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
A flaming gabbel-gebbel
Shoots towards me two lanes wide.
Shoots towards me two lanes wide.
Original Lyrics:
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me two lanes wide.
Shoots towards me two lanes wide.
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
A screaming alloy aircar
or
A screaming shallow hedgehog
or
A screaming shallow hedgehog
Original Lyrics:
A gleaming alloy air-car
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
He says it used to be a farm,
before he mowed the lawn
before he mowed the lawn
Original Lyrics:
He says it used to be a farm,
before the motor law
before the motor law
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
My jungle has a country place anyone knows about.
He said it used too be an arm.
He said it used too be an arm.
Original Lyrics:
My uncle has a country place no one knows about.
He said it used too be a farm.
He said it used too be a farm.
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
Race back to the farm
To drink with my uncle at the fireside.
To drink with my uncle at the fireside.
Original Lyrics:
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside.
To dream with my uncle at the fireside.
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
Summay ungroan
The mural alarm stage
Every newer.
The mural alarm stage
Every newer.
Original Lyrics:
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware.
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware.
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sunlight on chome
The blue of the landscape
Every New Year.
The blue of the landscape
Every New Year.
Original Lyrics:
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware.
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware.
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
Too far outside the wire where my wine-head uncle waits.
Original Lyrics:
To far outside the wire where my white-haired uncle waits.
"Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Original Lyrics:
Red Barchetta
"Red Sector A"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shouting out at smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
Will cut down the unlucky ones
Original Lyrics:
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
Will cut down the unlucky ones
"Show Don't Tell"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's hard to play and sing
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to play it safe
"Show Don't Tell"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wicky sticky staff
Original Lyrics:
Witness take the stand.
"Something For Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your heart be the anger
And the p**** your sword
And the p**** your sword
Original Lyrics:
Let your heart be the anchor
And the beat of your song.
And the beat of your song.
"Spirit of the Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Light and tender whistle with the energy
Original Lyrics:
Bright antenna bristle with the energy
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any escape might help disprove the unattractive truth. or Any escape might to prove the unattractive truth.
Original Lyrics:
Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth.
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any escape might help to smooth the endless track for truth
Original Lyrics:
Any escape might help to soothe the unattractive truth
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive Jew
Original Lyrics:
Any escape might help to soothe the unattractive truth
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any escape might help to smooth
Vianna waits for you.
Vianna waits for you.
Original Lyrics:
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth.
The unattractive truth.
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any escape might help to sooth
Vianna waits for you.
Vianna waits for you.
Original Lyrics:
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth.
The unattractive truth.
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any escape... my love is true
The unobstructive truth.
The unobstructive truth.
Original Lyrics:
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth.
The unattractive truth.
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get caught in fishing tack
Original Lyrics:
Get caught in ticking traps
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Growing up it all seemed so untidy, the minions all provided
Original Lyrics:
Growing up it all seemed so one-sided, opinions all provided
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm formally cast out.
Original Lyrics:
Conform or be cast out.
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Satan Is! (pronounced Satin Is!)
Original Lyrics:
Subdivisions
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Suburbs
or
Southers
or
Southers
Original Lyrics:
Subdivisions
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
That the suburbs have no charms to smooth the restless streams of youth
Original Lyrics:
That the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
The timeless sole attraction
Original Lyrics:
The timeless old attraction
"Subdivisions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Unlike Mars we drift into the city
Original Lyrics:
Drawn like moths we drift into the city
"Superconductor"
Misheard Lyrics:
Back in the illusion of the sauna
Careful to conceal
Some ta-ta's--she don't look too real
Careful to conceal
Some ta-ta's--she don't look too real
Original Lyrics:
Package the illusion of persona
Careful to conceal
The fact that she's only too real
She's got to screen it
Careful to conceal
The fact that she's only too real
She's got to screen it
"Superconductor"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hoping you'll believe
His attitude is real
That's entertainment
His attitude is real
That's entertainment
Original Lyrics:
Hoping you'll believe
Designing to deceive
That's entertainment
Designing to deceive
That's entertainment
"Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the beasts of the devils lost earrings
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
"Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the priests of the Devil...I'm serious!
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests of the Temples of Syrinx.
"Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the priests of the devil's auxiliary
A parade of mutants fill the hollow halls
A parade of mutants fill the hollow halls
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests of the temples of Syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
"Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the priests
Who have come to fix your sinks.
Who have come to fix your sinks.
Original Lyrics:
We are the priests
Of the Temples of Syrinx.
Of the Temples of Syrinx.
"Temples of Syrinx"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've taken care of everything
The words you read, the songs you sing
The b*****s that give pleasure to your eye.
The words you read, the songs you sing
The b*****s that give pleasure to your eye.
Original Lyrics:
We've taken care of everything
The words you read, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eye.
The words you read, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eye.
"Test For Echo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tasty gecko
Original Lyrics:
Test for echo
"Test for Echo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some kind of image on the sensor caught my knees
miles of yellow tape, silver when the hawk flies
miles of yellow tape, silver when the hawk flies
Original Lyrics:
Some kind of image on the Sense-O'Clock news
miles of yellow tape, silouhetted chalk lines
miles of yellow tape, silouhetted chalk lines
"The Analogue Kid"
Misheard Lyrics:
The boy lies in the grass with one leg stuck between his teeth
Original Lyrics:
The boy lies in the grass with one blade stuck between his teeth
"The Body Electric"
Misheard Lyrics:
A hundred years of poutine Thousands dead and prays To the mother of all machines
Original Lyrics:
A hundred years of routines Bows its head and prays To the mother of all machines
"The Body Electric"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bows its head and prays to the mother of war machines.
Original Lyrics:
Bows its head and prays to the mother of all machines.
"The Body Electric"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bytes breaking to disk.
Original Lyrics:
Bytes break into bits.
"The Body Electric"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giant systems breakdown
Original Lyrics:
Guidance systems breakdown
"The Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a man in a mass of blue yogurt.
Original Lyrics:
Like an angular mass of New Yorkers.
"The Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Pope has a shop in the city.
Original Lyrics:
The focus is sharp in the city.
"The Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
The boldest sex shop in the city
Original Lyrics:
The focus is sharp in the city
"The Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
The folks, well they shop in the city.
Original Lyrics:
The focus is sharp in the city.
"The Camera's Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
The locust is shopping the city.
Original Lyrics:
The focus is sharp in the city
"The Fountain Of Lamneth"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheesecake blurs my vision.
Original Lyrics:
Seaspray blurs my vision.
"The Fountain Of Lamneth"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shut up for salvation.
Original Lyrics:
Shout out for salvation.
"The Fountain Of Lamneth"
Misheard Lyrics:
The sky is b****ing violently
Drawn by smeeking winds.
Drawn by smeeking winds.
Original Lyrics:
The sky is pitching violently
Drawn by shrieking winds.
Drawn by shrieking winds.
"The Spirit Of Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
And cackles of the sound of stagehands
Original Lyrics:
And echoes with the sounds of salesmen
"The Spirit Of Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Grease up the railways.
Original Lyrics:
Invisible airwaves
"The Spirit Of Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Like Nintendo bristle with the energy
Like Nintendo bristle with the energy
Original Lyrics:
Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Bright antennas bristle with the energy
Bright antennas bristle with the energy
"The Spirit Of Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Life and death all bristle with the energy.
Original Lyrics:
Bright antenna bristle with the energy.
"The Spirit Of Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ripe and tender gristle with the energy
Original Lyrics:
Bright antenna bristle with the energy
"The Spirit Of Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Walk away to the friendly shore
Original Lyrics:
Begin the day with a friendly voice
"The Spirit of Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
'God D*** All!'
'God D*** All!'
Original Lyrics:
The words of the profits are written on the studio walls
'Concert Hall'
'Concert Hall'
I also used to think the song was called 'Desperate of Radio'.
"The Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
For the maples scream 'Oppression"
And the Oaks just shave their heads!
And the Oaks just shave their heads!
Original Lyrics:
The maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks just shake their heads.
And the oaks just shake their heads.
"The Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
For they passed an open law
Original Lyrics:
For they passed a noble law
"The Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
So they cast an open lot.
Original Lyrics:
For they passed a noble law.
"The Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
The maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks just s*** their pants.
And the oaks just s*** their pants.
Original Lyrics:
The maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks just shake their heads.
And the oaks just shake their heads.
"The Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
The oaks just shave their heads
Original Lyrics:
The oak just shake their heads
"The Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's an armrest in the forest.
Original Lyrics:
There is unrest in the forest.
"The Twilight Zone"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pleather faced man steps up to greet you.
Original Lyrics:
A pleasant faced man steps up to greet you.
"The Weapon, Part II"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a little bit afraid of dyin'
But he's a lot more afraid of your lion.
But he's a lot more afraid of your lion.
Original Lyrics:
He's a little bit afraid of dying
But he's a lot more afraid of your lying.
But he's a lot more afraid of your lying.
"Time Stand Still"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bison steel
Original Lyrics:
Time stand still.
"Time Stand Still"
Misheard Lyrics:
To pass the evening with a dream kind of friend.
Original Lyrics:
To pass an evening with a drink and a friend.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
A Monday warrior
Original Lyrics:
A modern day warrior
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
A mundane warrior
Original Lyrics:
A modern day warrior
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Although his mind is not for rent
Don't put down his surrogate
He's hopelessly quite content
Writing down the day's events
"The River".
Don't put down his surrogate
He's hopelessly quite content
Writing down the day's events
"The River".
Original Lyrics:
Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
His reserve, a quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river.
Don't put him down as arrogant
His reserve, a quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Always hope for your discontent
No changes are permanent, no changes...
No changes are permanent, no changes...
Original Lyrics:
Always hopeful yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent, but change is...
He knows changes aren't permanent, but change is...
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the space he invades, he could spy on you.
Original Lyrics:
And the space he invades, he gets by on you.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the space invaders get by on you.
Original Lyrics:
And the space he invades, he gets by on you.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Catch the Ritz!
Original Lyrics:
Catch the mist.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Catch the spit.
Original Lyrics:
Catch the mist.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
He gets high on you.
Original Lyrics:
He gets by on you.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
He gets right on to the fringes of ur.
Original Lyrics:
He gets right on to the friction of the day.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
He gets right on to the virgin of the day.
Original Lyrics:
He gets right on to the friction of the day.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
He gets right onto the fringes of Ur.
Original Lyrics:
He gets right on to the friction of the day.
Ur is an ancient city in Mesopotamia.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
His wife is not for rent,
because he uses Efferdent
because he uses Efferdent
Original Lyrics:
Though his mind is not for rent,
Don't put him down as arrogant
Don't put him down as arrogant
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Made me cry
Original Lyrics:
Mean, mean pride
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mean, mean guy
Original Lyrics:
Mean, mean pride
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
No worries, no worries
Original Lyrics:
The world is, the world is
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The space invader gets by on you
Original Lyrics:
The space he invades gets by on you
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The space invaders get high on you.
Original Lyrics:
The space he invades, he gets by on you.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The world is, the world is loved by Zybody.
Original Lyrics:
The world is, the world is love and life are deep.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The world is, the world is
Love and life, froggy.
Love and life, froggy.
Original Lyrics:
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep.
Love and life are deep.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The world is, the world is
Love and life, honey.
Love and life, honey.
Original Lyrics:
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep.
Love and life are deep.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The world is, the world is
Loved by life, indeed.
Loved by life, indeed.
Original Lyrics:
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep.
Love and life are deep.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Today's Tom Sawyer made me cry.
Original Lyrics:
Today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean pride.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Today's Tom Sawyer made me cry.
Original Lyrics:
Today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean pride.
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Today's Tom Sawyer, mean mean bride.
Original Lyrics:
Today's Tom Sawyer, mean mean pride.
"Twilight Zone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boy, the boogy man sure is cross.
Original Lyrics:
Where the fourth dimension is crossed.
"Vital Signs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody need a moon lifter.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody need a mood lifter.
"Vital Signs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to be the ape from the north.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to deviate from the norm.
"War Paint"
Misheard Lyrics:
All f***ed up with vanity
We see what we want to see.
We see what we want to see.
Original Lyrics:
All puffed up with vanity
We see what we want to see.
We see what we want to see.
"Working Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lock it up for seven years
And I go to work at nine.
And I go to work at nine.
Original Lyrics:
I get up and seven, yeah
And I go to work at nine.
And I go to work at nine.
"Working Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lock it up, 7, yea!
And I go to work at night.
And I go to work at night.
Original Lyrics:
Well I get up at 7, yeah!
And I go to work at nine.
And I go to work at nine.
"Working Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lock it up, seven yay!
And I'll go the way, got nine!
And I'll go the way, got nine!
Original Lyrics:
Well I get up at 7, yeah!
And I go to work at nine.
And I go to work at nine.
"Working Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
They call me the Orkin man.
Original Lyrics:
They call me the working man.
"Working Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
They call me the wookiee man.
Original Lyrics:
They call me the working man.
"Working Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why get up at 7 yet?
'Cause I go to work at night.
'Cause I go to work at night.
Original Lyrics:
Well I get up at 7 yeah
And I go to work at 9.
And I go to work at 9.
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