Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Enya
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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!).
Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya album at Amazon.com
Enya's, "Anywhere Is"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Emotion on the ocean
The Real Lyrics:
In motion on the ocean
The Story: What I thought I heard seems logical, as the sea does give you feelings somehow. - Submitted by: Natasha
Enya's, "Anywhere Is"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I want to bill Verizon.
The Real Lyrics:
I walk to the horizon.
The Story: I was listening to this song and I figured, "Isn't it usually the other way around?" - Submitted by: The Toronto Subway
Enya's, "Anywhere Is"
The Misheard Lyrics:
No spark of constellation
Don't even know where I am.
Don't even know where I am.
The Real Lyrics:
No spark of Constellation
No Vela, no Orion.
No Vela, no Orion.
The Story: I was plotting a story about a guy going on a walking trip when I was listening to this song on CD. So I somehow got the image of someone trying to find their way using the stars as a compass when I heard these lyrics! - Submitted by: Matrix Refugee
Enya's, "Athair Ar Neamh"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I hate Enya,jee-ah-lay-al.
The Real Lyrics:
Athair ar neamh, dia linn
The Story: As I didn't realise she was singing in Irish Gaelic, I always wondered why she hated herself. I also wondered why she was making up words. - Submitted by: Natasha
Enya's, "Caribbean Blue"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Do I believe the guy above, is carrotbean blue?
The Real Lyrics:
Do I believe the sky above, is Carribean blue?
The Story: Once I was playing this song. My teacher heard it and asked me, 'What colour is carrotbean blue?' And the worst thing was, she may have been serious. - Submitted by: isobella
Enya's, "Caribbean Blue"
The Misheard Lyrics:
If everyone ate salted pecans
The Real Lyrics:
If every man says all he can
The Story: About a month after receiving the cd in the mail, I decided to ask my brother what the real lyrics in that 'Salted Pecan' part of 'Caribbean Blue' were. My brother checked the cd booklet and found the real lyrics. About three years later, I showed my high school Spanish teacher the song, and I told her about the hard-to-understand lyrics. I then told her the correct lyrics, and then I played the song. She somehow believed that my twisted lyrics sounded closer to what she sang because of the Irish accent. Even after playing that part a dozen times, she still wasn't convinced that Enya said 'If every man says all he can;' it sounds sort of like 'if every mon say sawl be con.' - Submitted by: JohnJoseph Gatchalian
Enya's, "China Roses"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Who can tell me the way to Heaven?
or
Who can tell me the way of Heaven?
or
Who can tell me the way of Heaven?
The Real Lyrics:
Who can tell me if we have Heaven?
The Story: When we bought the 'Memory Of Trees' cd, my brother broused through the lyric book. He read the correct lyrics, but I guess he forgot them because he sang them as 'Who can tell me the way to heaven' a couple weeks later. Two years after, I bought the 'Paint the Sky With Stars' cd which had a remastered version of 'China Roses' on it, and my brother noticed that Enya sang 'The way of heaven'instead of 'The way to heaven.' I popped in the original cd 'Memory of Trees' and my brother figured out she said 'The way of heaven,' and it was a remaster. He was wrong both times! And I knew it was 'If we have heaven,' no matter what cd. - Submitted by: John Joseph A. Gatchalian
Enya's, "Cursum Perficio"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Thirsty sea cold
The Real Lyrics:
Cursum perficio
The Story: I never mention misheard lyrics really, but I was watching a documentary about a major shipwreck and this track was played as the bodies were carried in. I just assumed that 'thirsty sea *something*' were the lyrics because it was in Latin, a bit slurred and seemed to suit the mood. - Submitted by: Sam
Enya's, "Flora's Secret"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Glory of the Sonic Moon
or
Glory of the Sonic Blue
or
Glory of the Sonic Blue
The Real Lyrics:
Glory of the sun in blue
The Story: During the hayday of Napster, I downloaded 'Flora's Secret' before I eventually bought the cd because I wanted to know the songs before the cd even came out in stores. I thought she said, 'Sonic Moon,' some weird imagery for the song. A couple months after I bought the cd, I browsed web sites on mp3 players and came across a Sonicblue brand mp3 cd player. I was thinking, 'Hey, Enya must be an advocate for mp3 downloading.' I figured out the real truth by logging on to enya.com and enya.org, discovering that she used pretty standard imagery of the sun in the clear sky 'sun in blue.' - Submitted by: John Joseph A. Gatchalian
Enya's, "Only Time"
The Misheard Lyrics:
1944
The Real Lyrics:
Night keeps all your heart.
The Story: I thought that the song was about WWII. - Submitted by: Jorge
Enya's, "Only Time"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Frito-lay, Frito-lay, Frito-lay
The Real Lyrics:
Dee dah dah day, dee dah dah day, dee dah day.
The Story: My sister and I were out driving when she decided to call the radio station to request a song. She couldn't remember the name of it, so she called it the Frito-Lay song, and preceded to sing the 'Frito-Lay' part for the DJ. He didn't correct her. When he played the song on the radio, he played the tape of her requesting the song. Then he corrected her. I laughed so hard I had to pull the car over. Now this will forever be the 'FritoLay' song. - Submitted by: Kat
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Say the word, say the word, say the word!
The Real Lyrics:
Sail away, sail away, sail away.
The Story: I first heard this as a song on some sort of beverage commercial in '90 or '91. I always thought it was a lovely song and wish it were more than just a song for a commercial. Imagine my joy when I found out it was a real song from an album full of such wonderful music. And imagine my suprise when I finally learned the correct words. :) - Submitted by: Bastian
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Samurai, samurai, samurai
or
Sunny day, sunny day, sunny day
or
Say you will, say you will, say you will.
or
Sunny day, sunny day, sunny day
or
Say you will, say you will, say you will.
The Real Lyrics:
Sail away, sail away, sail away.
The Story: I was about ten when I first heard this song. My friend Karin and I discussed what Enya actually was singing. Karin heard 'samurai' and I heard 'sunny day'. It wasn't until I saw the music video on MTV that I realized it was neither samurai or sunny day but 'sail away'! Many years later I told a friend about this, and she told me she had always thought that the lyrics read: 'Say you will'! - Submitted by: Frida
Enya's, "Sail Away"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Save a whale, save a whale, save a whale.
The Real Lyrics:
Sail away, sail away, sail away.
The Story: My mom thought this song was some environmental plea to save the whales for many years. Now all we can do is laugh when we hear it on the radio. - Submitted by: Trixie
Enya's, "Sail Away"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Save a whale, save a whale, save a whale
The Real Lyrics:
Sail away, sail away, sail away
The Story: I was working in a new age bookstore in the 80's when a customer approached me, asking for 'the save a whale' song. I asked her to hum it to me. She was not to be convinced that she was mistaken until I actually played her the song and showed her the cd jacket. She seemed irritated, as though someone had played a trick on her, but she bought it. - Submitted by: David Morrison
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