Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
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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!).
We Are Not Alone album at Amazon.com
Are you waiting?
Are you paying?
Real light
Start hiding.
or Are you waiting?
Are you paying?
Real life
Start hiding.
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
This will beat me with a spoon
P**** salt into the open wound.
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
Diarrhea Jane
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
And there's a little white porsche
And you wanted it sold
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
Run away, medicate encantilate.
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
Is it you I wuv?
Is it you I want?
The Story: I thought he was trying to be Elmer Fudd or something. - Submitted by: Blobby
B*** me better.
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
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