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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Kansas',
"Carry On Wayward Son"
Carrion, like an eagle dismembered.
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
The Story: I knew that the story couldn't be about roadkill! - Submitted by: Anonymous
Kansas',
"Carry On, Wayward Son"
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, that the Eagle has landed.
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor.
The Story: My misheard lyrics always made a lot of sense to me. I'm a space buff and the idea of someone telling the wayward son that the Eagle (Apollo 11's lunar module) landed was just great. You should remember moments like those right? Well anyways it wasn't until I found the true lyrics on a lyrics site that I was corrected. - Submitted by: Ray Jewhurst
Kansas',
"Carry On, Wayward Son"
Harry, you're my wayward son.
Carry on, my wayward son.
The Story: I have been trying to convince my friends and relatives that these were the right words for years. - Submitted by: BETTY BLINK
Kansas',
"Carry On, Wayward Son"
Nothing equals the madness.
Nothing equals the splendor.
The Story: It was a friend who misheard this one. I'm in the process of making a music video from the Lion King using this song. Anyway, he suggested using a shot of Ed rolling around during this line, and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what relevance it would have. This is how it went: Him: 'The line is 'Nothing equals the madness', right?' Me: 'No, it's 'Nothing equals the splendor'.' Him: 'Really?' Me: 'Really.' (I play that part of the song.) Him: 'Well, I'll be...' The funny part is that he's been a fan for years (decades, even) and I've just recently started listening to it. - Submitted by: Ben
Nothing lasts forever but the immense guy.
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
The Story: This was my wife's misunderstanding of the lyric; she thought 'immense guy' was an odd way to refer to God. In a way, that mis-hearing fits in with the spiritual overtones in the song. - Submitted by: David Lanteigne
Dust in the way
All we are is dust in the way
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
The Story: This happened to a friend of mind and I just found it hilarious: she comes home from school one day to find their cleaning lady moping the floor, singing along to the radio: All we are is dust in the way... ! - Submitted by: Spiritual
This foolish game, it's still the same
The goats go flying off in the air.
This foolish game, it's still the same
The notes go flying off in the air.
The Story: I was in kind of a psychedelic mindset at the time I listened to this album, so flying goats didn't seem too far fetched, especially with some of the subtitles of Magnum Opus such as 'Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat.' - Submitted by: Doug Arendt
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