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Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lay down, Lay down,
Lay it all down, Let your whites perspire
Lay it all down, Let your whites perspire
Original Lyrics:
Lay down, Lay down,
Lay it all down, Let your white bird smile up.
Lay it all down, Let your white bird smile up.
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down
Let your wife turn to Milo.
Lay it all down
Let your wife turn to Milo.
Original Lyrics:
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile on.
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile on.
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let the white burns starter and the white bread sound
Original Lyrics:
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Melanie (with The Edwin Hawkins Singers)'s, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile on
At the one who's dead and brown
At the one who's dead and brown
Original Lyrics:
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and
At the ones who stand and
I would be lying if I thought this song was about anything except a mass religious suicide ('We bled inside each other's wounds. We all had caught the same disease." - from the very first time I heard it I have been unable to form any other interpretation. Melanie's dismaying, hypnotic, dirge-like cry depresses the hell out of me every time I hear the song, in the same way you can't stop looking at people trying to escape a flaming car wreck (wasn't that long after the horror of Jayne Mansfield's car crash death as well). The Edwin Hawkins singers' brilliant soaring harmonies and piano are the only things that make it listenable for me. I cannot believe no-one has brought this up before.
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile up at the one who's dead and brown
Original Lyrics:
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile up
While the world's spinning 'round.
While the world's spinning 'round.
Original Lyrics:
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
At the ones who stand and frown.
This has to be one of the most misquoted songs around. Melanie's voice in the chorus is not all that clear and the Edwin Hawkins Gospel Singers just about drown her out. Still, it's a great song.
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your white birds smile up at the one who’s sad and brown
Original Lyrics:
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your white sperm fly up.
Original Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile up.
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your wife burn a smile up
And the world will stay a frown.
And the world will stay a frown.
Original Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
At the ones who stand and frown.
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your wife turn scarlet
And one man frown.
And one man frown.
Original Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
At the ones who stand and frown.
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Neighbor neighbor
Original Lyrics:
Lay down lay down
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
We all bled inside each other's wombs
Original Lyrics:
We all bled inside each other's wounds
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let the right turn show up
Original Lyrics:
Let the white bird smile up
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your diapers swallow
Original Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile up
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Way down, way down
Original Lyrics:
Lay down, lay down
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