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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!).
Lorde's, "Green Light"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Did it frighten you, how we kissed when we danced on the night of Thor?
On the night of Thor!
On the night of Thor!
The Real Lyrics:
Did it frighten you, how we kissed when we danced on the light-up floor?
On the light-up floor!
On the light-up floor!
The Story: I was like "night of Thor - that is so cool! But what does it mean? Did they kiss on a Thursday night? Did they kiss during a thunderstorm? What's going on here???" I was sad to learn the real lyric is less cool, even if it makes more sense. - Submitted by: Clair R.
Lorde's, "Green Light"
The Misheard Lyrics:
On the isle, come get my things
The Real Lyrics:
Honey I'll come get my things
The Story: I've listened to this song about 20 times and I always thought it was "on the isle". Even knowing the real lyrics I still hear it wrong. - Submitted by: Sophia
Lorde's, "Royals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Go teeth, Grey ghouls, drippin' in the bathroom
Blood games, Baal towns, stretch in the hotel room.
We don't care. We're drivin' Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Chris style May batch, diamonds on your time grease
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a fold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love out there.
Blood games, Baal towns, stretch in the hotel room.
We don't care. We're drivin' Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Chris style May batch, diamonds on your time grease
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a fold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love out there.
The Real Lyrics:
Gold teeth, grey goose, tripping in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
The Story: It was messed up and I found out the actual lyrics. I wanted it to be all this. - Submitted by: Leon
Lorde's, "Royals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Strippin' in the bathroom
The Real Lyrics:
Trippin' in the bathroom
The Story: I had heard this song like 15 times already, and thought I knew the whole thing. But when I looked at the lyrics sheet it was very different. (I also thought it said "My friends in Iowa" and "Cadillac Symmetry". - Submitted by: Skylar
Lorde's, "Royals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We aren't caught caught up in your love out there.
The Real Lyrics:
We aren't caught up in your love affair.
The Story: I thought that the love was out there, not a love affair. - Submitted by: Leon
Lorde's, "Royals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We're driving Cadillac symmetry
The Real Lyrics:
We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
The Story: I found out the correct lyric from hearing a cover of this song by Postmodern Jukebox. - Submitted by: Jonathan S.
Lorde's, "Royals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You can call me creepy
The Real Lyrics:
You can call me queen bee
The Story: My workmate whom I carpool with (whose native language is Chinese so you can forgive him for mishearing lyrics) sang these lyrics in the car, and asked why someone would want people to think they're creepy. - Submitted by: Me again
Lorde's, "Team "
The Misheard Lyrics:
In the cool house, in the cool house in the cool house in the cool house....
The Real Lyrics:
send the call out, send the call out, send the call out, send the call out..........
The Story: BOBERT RULES! - Submitted by: Bobert
Lorde's, "Team "
The Misheard Lyrics:
In the cool house, in the cool house, in the cool house, in the cool house,..
The Real Lyrics:
Send the call out, send the call out, send the call out, send the call out,.....
The Story: If you listen closely you can hear it. - Submitted by: Andi
Lorde's, "Team"
The Misheard Lyrics:
So all the Cub Scout brogue
The Real Lyrics:
So all the cups got broke
The Story: Doesn't really make sense grammatically, but I guess it's possible that Cub Scouts wore brogue shoes back in the 20th century. - Submitted by: Arbys Best Buy
Lorde's, "Team"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The chord Alison
The Real Lyrics:
The call I'll send
The Story: My little sister's name is Alison. - Submitted by: Maria
Lorde's, "Team"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The movie loved like a brother, daddy goes through the roof
The Real Lyrics:
The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room
The Story: I remember reading a strip by The Far Side (or some stylistically similar comic) about a guy being ejected into the ceiling from his La-Z-Boy recliner (I forget the context). My twelve year old self listening to the pop channel through a terrible shower radio somehow linked that obscure memory to this song - Submitted by: arbys best buy
Lorde's, "Team"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wait 'til you're announced, we've not yet lost all our changes. The hounds will stay in chains Look upon your greatness that you send The courthouse in The courthouse in The courthouse in The courthouse in
The Real Lyrics:
Wait 'til you're announced, we've not yet lost all our graces. The hounds will stay in chains Look upon your greatness that you send The call I'll send The call I'll send The call I'll send The call I'll send
The Story: I think this is a bit self explanatory, sending the courthouse in, but I think this is still funny. - Submitted by: Arnold
Lorde's, "Yellow Flicker Beat"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My butt is a fly
The Real Lyrics:
My blood is a flood
The Story: Many people trying to leave a movie theater after the credits begin makes it hard to hear wtf is being sung, but I remember hearing "my butt is a fly" clear as day and looking up the lyrics (and the name of the song) the moment I got home. - Submitted by: WhyDoYouNeedMyName
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