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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.

Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).


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Breaking Benjamin's, "Breath"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Are you waiting?
Are you paying?
Real light
Start hiding.
or Are you waiting?
Are you paying?
Real life
Start hiding.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm waiting
I'm praying
Realize
Start hating.
The Story: I listened to this CD thousands of times in my car. Every time the song came to this part, I'd think, "These can't be the right lyrics, they don't make any sense! I have to look it up when I get home." But for months, I kept forgetting and forgetting. When I finally looked it up, I was amazed at how off base I was, singing this song so many times. (But none of my friends were any closer, so that made me feel better about it.) I still have trouble sometimes singing the right words, because I sang the wrong ones too often. - Submitted by: Lyndsy Jo
Breaking Benjamin's, "Breath"
The Misheard Lyrics:
This will beat me with a spoon
P**** salt into the open wound.
The Real Lyrics:
This will be all over soon
Pour salt into the open wound.
The Story: I was going over a train track, and it messed up the two lines making them sound that way. - Submitted by: Mohr
Breaking Benjamin's, "Diary Of Jane"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Diarrhea Jane
The Real Lyrics:
Diary of Jane
The Story: I was at the movie theater with my dad, his new wife, and her daughter, who is cute four-year-old. Anyway, before the previews they advertise stuff and play new music. They were playing this song and I was grossed out/confused by why someone would sing about someone with diarrhea. Then they announced, 'That was 'Diary of Jane' by Breaking Benjamin!' I was thinking, 'Why didn't I think of that!' - Submitted by: Mr. Sally
Breaking Benjamin's, "Home"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And there's a little white porsche
And you wanted it sold
The Real Lyrics:
And there's a little white porch
And you wanted it so
The Story: couldnt stop laughing when i found out the actual words... - Submitted by: Tejas Bhat
Breaking Benjamin's, "Into The Nothing"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Into the nothing Faded and weary I won’t leave and let you fall behind Heaven hear me I'm no weak, i'll make it out alive
The Real Lyrics:
Into the nothing Faded and weary I won’t leave and let you fall behind Heaven hear me I know we can make it out alive
The Story: i know those lyrics aren't correct, but i keep singing them. to be honest, i'd actually like the lyrics better that way xD - Submitted by: betty
Breaking Benjamin's, "Lights Out"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I can't afford the gas, I can't afford the gas
The Real Lyrics:
I can't afford to care, I can't afford to care
The Story: I thought he couldn't afford the gas. Gas prices were getting pretty high at that point so the lyric made sense. - Submitted by: The Man
Breaking Benjamin's, "Medicate"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Run away, medicate encantilate.
The Real Lyrics:
Run away, make hate, get laid.
The Story: I got the cd and found this to be one of the catchiest songs. I was singing it this way for months, then I realized that I had no idea what 'encantilate' meant. So I decided to look it up in case I was belting out some really obscene lyric where my parents could easily hear me. I got out this huge red dictionary that has about every word in existance and looked up 'encantilate', but it wasn't in there. So for awhile, I assumed I was spelling it wrong. I looked up the lyrics online and found out that it was really 'get laid.' Oh well, I still think it's pretty sad that I thought 'encantilate' was a word. - Submitted by: Illiturite Kidd
Breaking Benjamin's, "Rain"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Is it you I wuv?
The Real Lyrics:
Is it you I want?
The Story: I thought he was trying to be Elmer Fudd or something. - Submitted by: Blobby
Breaking Benjamin's, "Skin"
The Misheard Lyrics:
B*** me better.
The Real Lyrics:
Well, I'll be better.
The Story: I was sitting in my friend's kitchen listening to the cd. And all of a sudden, she asked me, 'Did they just say b*** me better?' I just kinda sat there having a this major realization of what the song actually meant. Then we looked up the lyrics and we were wrong. That's a relief. - Submitted by: Angela
Breaking Benjamin's, "The Diary of Jane"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Die for anyone, four three five two one.
The Real Lyrics:
Die for anyone,
What will I become?
The Story: First time I heard this song and I thought that he was counting down. - Submitted by: Syrina
Breaking Benjamin's, "The Diary of Jane"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Die for anyone,
MOTHER FUCKING CUM!
The Real Lyrics:
Die for anyone,
What will I become?
The Story: I've always thought this was the real lyric and was puzzled why it was played on the radio with no editing or a "clean" version. - Submitted by: Mike
Breaking Benjamin's, "The End"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I can't believe that I have insomnia.
The Real Lyrics:
I can't believe that the end is so near.
The Story: I thought the song was called "insomnia" for the longest time. - Submitted by: Grey

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