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Depeche Mode's, "Blasphemous Rumours"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to start any plus but humours
But I think that God's a black stream room.
But I think that God's a black stream room.
The Real Lyrics:
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor.
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor.
The Story: What can you expect from a German teenager who never heard the word 'blasphemous' ...? - Submitted by: Pitchboy
Depeche Mode's, "Dead Of Night"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We are the jedi knights
We are the zombie room
We're twilight parasites
We're self-inflicted wounds
We are the zombie room
We're twilight parasites
We're self-inflicted wounds
The Real Lyrics:
We are the dead of night
We're in the zombie room
We're twilight parasites
With self-inflicted wounds
We're in the zombie room
We're twilight parasites
With self-inflicted wounds
The Story: I just bought this new album by Depeche Mode, and my cousin (who is quite fond of singing along and picks up lyrics fast) starts singing along with this song after hearing it only once. At first I didn't notice, but then she says to me: 'Nice song, the one about Star Wars.' and I go: 'huh!?' - Submitted by: Sharon
Depeche Mode's, "Dream On"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You can scratch your lover
But that won't stop your itching
But that won't stop your itching
The Real Lyrics:
You can scratch all over
But that won't stop your itching
But that won't stop your itching
The Story: I belted this one out in front of my huge Depeche Mode fan friends....big mistake...Depeche Mode is currently in town right now...and they wont let me live it down....'how does the line go again?' they ask...jerks. - Submitted by: Phoenix Kick
Depeche Mode's, "Halo"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When I'm waltzing for a part
The Real Lyrics:
When our worlds, they fall apart.
The Story: I love this song, but could never understand why he was singing about waltzing when it had nothing to do with the rest of the song. It only made sense when I saw the real lyrics on their official website. oops. - Submitted by: Mary
Depeche Mode's, "Master And Servant"
The Misheard Lyrics:
So far it hasn't surfaced but I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel from your head to your piss.
It just takes a while to travel from your head to your piss.
The Real Lyrics:
So far it hasn't surfaced but I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel from your head to your fist.
It just takes a while to travel from your head to your fist.
The Story: I was driving in the car with my cousin back in the 80's and that's what he was singing while the song was playing on the radio. I laughed so hard, I nearly got into a car accident. - Submitted by: Ronald Negrete
Depeche Mode's, "Masters and Servants"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's the law, it's the law, like life.
The Real Lyrics:
It's a lot, It's a lot, like life.
The Story: I remember having a big argument with a girlfriend of mine about this. Sad part is that I actually convinced her.. - Submitted by: Lars
Depeche Mode's, "People Are People"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Can't understand what makes a man
It takes another man to help me understand.
It takes another man to help me understand.
The Real Lyrics:
Can't understand what makes a man
Hate another man, help me understand.
Hate another man, help me understand.
The Story: I was disappointed to find out that this song is not homoerotic at all. - Submitted by: Mae
Depeche Mode's, "People Are People"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I can't understand what makes a man love another man.
The Real Lyrics:
I can't understand what makes a man hate another man.
The Story: I thought it was about why men love men, then I saw the video on the submarine with bombs and stuff. - Submitted by: Bob
Depeche Mode's, "Personal Jesus"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Reach out and touch Dave
The Real Lyrics:
Reach out and touch faith
The Story: Since Dave is the name of the lead singer, and the female fans would like the misheard lyrics to be true, every concert of them I ever went to I hear the women in the audience sing it like this! - Submitted by: Iris van Putten
Depeche Mode's, "Personal Jesus"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Reach out and touch space.
The Real Lyrics:
Reach out and touch faith.
The Story: I mastered the opening bars of this song on the guitar in Grade 9 homeroom- 8:50am! This was all I knew (and still know to this day, even though I'm 27 now) so I sang it every day. I didn't really relate to the other kids, so I had nothing else to do. Then I got brave one day and sang 'Reach out and touch space!' loudly before I was corrected by someone who was barely awake. - Submitted by: Kitty
Depeche Mode's, "Personal Jesus"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to feel your breasts.
Someone to feel your breasts.
The Real Lyrics:
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers.
Someone to hear your prayers.
The Story: It's about fooling around with my girlfriend(at the time). We would argue over what the correct lyrics were and what Depeche Mode really wanted to do. - Submitted by: Stanley Jennings
Depeche Mode's, "Precious"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Angels with silver wings
S*** on our suffering.
S*** on our suffering.
The Real Lyrics:
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering.
Shouldn't know suffering.
The Story: I LOL'd when I misheard this song on Logo Channel's Newnownext Videos. For a few moments, I thought Depeche Mode's lyrics were getting more progressive and grittily sarcastic with their new album. The misheard lyric is a little too plausible at times. - Submitted by: Kipmonk
Depeche Mode's, "Shake The Disease"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Can't you see it's misery?
It's all true for me.
It's all true for me.
The Real Lyrics:
Can't you see it's misery
And torture for me?
And torture for me?
The Story: I was singing it on the radio to win a contest, and the dj corrected me. Needless to say, I didn't win the tickets. :( - Submitted by: Alfonso
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