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There are 18 misheard song lyrics for Anberlin on amIright currently.
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"(The Symphony of) Blase" (MP3)
Are you so naive to rag and bone?
Are you so naive to right and wrong?
"A Whisper And A Clamor"
Clap your hands or eat children
Clap your hands all ye children
"Audrey, Start The Revolution" (MP3)
Gather dumb a**es, friends of mine
Gather the masses, friends of mine
"Blame Me! Blame Me!"
Come and go as you please
I'm like a Pop-Tart lover
With well disease Well come on
Come and go as you please
I'm like a part time lover W
ith well worn knees Well come on
"Blame Me! Blame Me!"
Lies are sinking ships
Lights on sinking ships
"Breaking"
A machine where your heart once was
Slowly takes the place of you
Where the shape of your heart once was
Slowly takes the place of you
This is yet another disputed lyric. Some lyric sites have the "a machine" as correct, while others have "where the shape" as correct. I don't know who to believe.
"Breaking"
On the tinker-web within
Oh the tangled web within
"Glass To The Arson" (MP3)
We are the oxen
Who start all of your fires.
We are the arsons
Who start all of your fires.
"Haight St."
Let's leave this hate behind
Let's leave this night behind
"Miserabile Visu (Ex Malo Bonum)"
The eyes will open of those enthralled
The eyes will open of those involved
Erections write the melodies
Your actions write the melodies
Complaints of violence become my only friends
Complaints of violins become my only friends
Dance by yourself
And finger me when you do
Dance by yourself
And think of me when you do
"The Feel Good Drag" (MP3)
You kiss, your clothes, your crutch
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch
"The Feel Good Drag" (MP3)
Your kiss, your clothes, your crutch.
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch.
"The Resistance"
You play with tigers
OR
You paid-for tigers
You paper tigers
You're only scared to break my heart
You only stand to break my heart
"The Unwinding Cable Car"
This is the coronation of starvation and love
Don't drop your eyes (Don't drop your eyes)
I've got to hide
With quiet words I'll lead you in.
This is the correlation of salvation and love
Don't drop your arms (Don't drop your arms)
I'll guard your heart
With quiet words I'll lead you in.