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1970s
Billy Ocean's, "Love Really Hurts Without You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know that it's long
Original Lyrics:
I know that it's wrong
Joan Baez's, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
That was my wife in Tennessee
Original Lyrics:
Back with my wife in Tennessee
Luciano Pavarotti's, "Nessun Dorma"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nesting dorma! Nesting dorma!
Original Lyrics:
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
The O'Jays', "Love Train"
Misheard Lyrics:
You on the world
Join in, got a love train, love train
Original Lyrics:
People all around the world
Join hands start a love train, love train
Village People's, "Go West"
Misheard Lyrics:
There are many ways
To live there in the summer shade
Original Lyrics:
There are many ways
To live there in the sun or shade
 
1980s
Erasure's, "The Circus"
Misheard Lyrics:
And they use it for birds
Original Lyrics:
And they use it to burn
Phil Collins', "Another Day in Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's just a lonely day
or
It's just a lovely day
Original Lyrics:
It's just another day
 
1990s
4 Non-Blondes', "What's Up?"
Misheard Lyrics:
And so it's great sometimes when I'm lying in bed
OR
And so there's grace sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out what's in my head
Original Lyrics:
And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out what's in my head
Annie Lennox's, "Love Song for a Vampire"
Misheard Lyrics:
For it is the dumb old drums
It is the summer songs
Once I had a reddest rose that ever dared to bloom
Original Lyrics:
For it is the drum of drums
It is the song of songs
Once I had a rarest rose that ever deigned to bloom
Baby D's, "So Pure"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I feel so cute
Original Lyrics:
Now I feel so pure
Backstreet Boys', "Larger Than Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
And that makes you nautious with life.
Original Lyrics:
And that makes you larger than life.
Cappella's, "You Got to Let the Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got to let the music pull your feet
OR
You got to let the music admit defeat
Original Lyrics:
You got to let the music move your feet
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Technoblade never dies.
Original Lyrics:
Da bee, da ba dee ba da die.
Enrique Iglesias', "Bailamos"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let those niggers take you over
Original Lyrics:
Let the rhythm take you over
Green Day's, "When I Come Around"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wheel of Colorado
Original Lyrics:
When I come around
Marcy Playground's, "Sex & Candy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like disco super size
Original Lyrics:
Like disco superfly
Michelle Gayle's, "I'll Find You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't spend my whole life screaming
OR
I can't spend my whole life bleeding
OR
I can't spend my whole life breathing
Original Lyrics:
I can't spend my whole life dreaming
Oasis', "Don’t Look Back in Anger"
Misheard Lyrics:
But don’t look back, remember?
Original Lyrics:
But don’t look back in anger
Smash Mouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old man winter is gone
Original Lyrics:
All that glitters is gold
Tonic's, "If You Could Only See"
Misheard Lyrics:
When she says she knows me
Original Lyrics:
When she says she loves me
 
2000s
'N Sync's, "Bye Bye Bye"
Misheard Lyrics:
Life would be much better - what's the law?
Original Lyrics:
Life would be much better once you're gone
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blue is the color of Norman Lear
Original Lyrics:
Blue is the color of all that I wear
Green Day's, "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
Misheard Lyrics:
The end is sick and never lasts
Original Lyrics:
The innocent can never last.
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one that battles all with shoes
'Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one the battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one, the Beatles always juice
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one, the battles always choose
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one, who battles always Jews.
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one, the battles always choose.
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one
To battle all these shoes
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one
Who battles all issues
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm breaking the habitat to lies.
Original Lyrics:
I'm breaking the habit tonight.
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
Riddle riddle. Memories consume.
Original Lyrics:
Doo doo doo doo. Memories consume.
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
So I'm breaking The Hobbit.
Original Lyrics:
So I'm breaking the habit.
Linkin Park's, "In Pieces"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's goop in your eyes, down in your face
Original Lyrics:
There's truth in your lies, doubt in your faith
Linkin Park's, "Leave Out All the Rest"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't be what you are tonight.
I can't be who you are…
Original Lyrics:
I can't be who you are, ah.
I can't be who you are…
Linkin Park's, "No Roads Left"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why am I searching for a confection?
Original Lyrics:
Why am I searching for perfection?
Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics:
But under the pressure I'm f***ing in your shoes
Original Lyrics:
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't you see that you're smarter than me
Original Lyrics:
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cotton in the under tote
Original Lyrics:
Caught in the undertow
Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've become so numb, I can't feel my bum there
Original Lyrics:
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just caught me under a toe
Original Lyrics:
Just caught in the undertow
Linkin Park's, "Valentine's Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
A black winter came away
Original Lyrics:
A black wind took them away
Nelly Furtado's, "I'm Like a Bird"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know if I'm stolen
Original Lyrics:
I don't know where my soul is
Samantha Mumba's, "Gotta Tell You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Didn't tell you this for life
Original Lyrics:
Didn't tell you this tonight
Zombie Nation's, "Kernkraft 400"
Misheard Lyrics:
Doggie
or
Donkey
or
Josie
Original Lyrics:
Zombie
 
2010s
Linkin Park's, "Castle of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I'm moaning of crack
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I'm only a crack
Linkin Park's, "In My Remains"
Misheard Lyrics:
Set the silence free
To Russian way the worst of me
or
Set the silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Original Lyrics:
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Linkin Park's, "Lost in the Echo"
Misheard Lyrics:
So one last time I can see you
Original Lyrics:
So one last lie I can see through
Linkin Park's, "Lost in the Echo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tee pedo
Original Lyrics:
Deep below
Linkin Park's, "Mark the Graves"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the blood may the Russian way
But the scars will never fade
Original Lyrics:
And the blood may wash away
But the scars will never fade
Linkin Park's, "Until It Breaks"
Misheard Lyrics:
The meek, I creep hard on 'em pastas
Original Lyrics:
The meek, I creep hard on impostors
 
xmas
Andrea Bocelli's, "God Bless Us Everyone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Burning brighter than the sun
God bless America
Original Lyrics:
Burning brighter than the sun
God bless us everyone

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