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.
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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"It's a haggis waiting to be tamed... "
"His heart is waiting to be tamed... " (I think!)
The Story: I love Coldplay and was listening over and over to 'Clocks' on YouTube -- in the next stanza after Chris Martin sings, "....shoot an apple off my head" I swear I hear him sing "...it's like a haggis waiting to be tamed... " -- Now, a haggis is the Scottish national dish -- a sheep's stomach filled with oats and other grains, suet, onions, etc., and served with 'Scot's gravy' -- single malt whiskey. I really don't think Coldplay meant this song to be 'An Ode to a Haggis' but I can't sort out the lyrics in that one stanza. - Submitted by: Beth
And I'm feeling skanky.
And nothing else compares.
The Story: For the longest time I tried in vain to figure out what he was really saying until I finally gave up and looked up the lyrics. The timing is all screwed up the way he sings it, as if 'thingelse' is one word. It's more like 'And noooooooooo thingelse compares' - Submitted by: Brian
Children like to pull my hair.
Shoot an apple off my head.
The Story: Boy, does Chris Martin mumble. And yes, I actually did mishear the lyrics as this. It's kind of weird to think of him singing about children pulling his hair considering he barely has any! (hair, that is.) - Submitted by: Cat
Coffee shop never stops.
Confusion never stops.
The Story: The idea of a 24hr, always-busy coffee shop somehow fits in nicely with this song. - Submitted by: Andrea
F*** me down upon my knees.
You've put me down upon my knees.
The Story: I played this to a friend from the East Coast to give her a taste of Coldplay, and her eyes bugged out. Then she almost choked & swallowed her gum. I had no idea why she was so shocked. Then she replied, 'You listen to that kind of stuff?!' It took a lot of explaining & looking up the real lyrics on the net before she figured out what was really going on! - Submitted by: Fanelia
I could not stop the China Gnome.
I could not stop that she now knows.
The Story: And all this time, I thought they were talking about the dying race of mystical China Gnomes. - Submitted by: Kevin D!
Coldplay's,
"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face"
Don't ever say you're on your way downwind.
Don't ever say you're on your way down,when...
The Story: I always wonderer why Chris Martin was singing 'Don't ever say you're on your way downwind.' Then I realised in another part of the song he just sang 'Don't ever say you're on your way down' and that was it. Part of me woke up and thought maybe he's not singing 'downwind',maybe it's just 'down' followed by 'when',then the next line. Sure enough, every time I listen to that song now I wonder how I could've been so stupid! - Submitted by: melendez
As if you've been run through
Some catapulted fire tube.
As if you've been run through
Some catapult, it fired you.
The Story: I always wanted to know what a fire-tube was. I had visions of those circus acts of a bloke being catapulted through a tube, but one that was on fire. - Submitted by: tastyfish
I need a kompis
Drive me under.
I need a compass
Draw me a map.
The Story: Chris sings really high. I couldn´t hear what he was singing. BTW, kompis in Swedish means 'friend'. I understood he wasn´t singing in Swedish, but it really sounds like kompis. - Submitted by: Tove
For you, I peed myself trying.
For you, I bleed myself dry.
The Story: My boyfriend really thought those were the words. When we battled it out, his argument was "'And it was all yellow' helped it make sense". - Submitted by: Lauren
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