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Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for The Cult that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
There are 105 misheard song lyrics for The Cult on amIright currently.
"83rd Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Foreclosed down to a wooden post
Laid upon a barren field
Laid upon a barren field
Original Lyrics:
Four crows nailed to a wooden post
Bleed upon a barren field
Bleed upon a barren field
"A Flower In The Desert"
Misheard Lyrics:
The diarrhea
To commune
To commune
Original Lyrics:
But they knew it
Took a few
Took a few
"A Flower in the Desert"
Misheard Lyrics:
In which the news
is oh so sad
is oh so sad
or
Enrich the news,
It's all so sad
It's all so sad
or
Enrich the news,
It's all so sad
It's all so sad
Original Lyrics:
Here is the news
It's all so sad
It's all so sad
"A Flower in the Desert"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're burning up in hell
Original Lyrics:
We're burning up in here
"American Gothic" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
American Gothic pre foi moi
Child monster with insane care
Child monster with insane care
Original Lyrics:
American Gothic raven boy
Child monster with insect hair
Child monster with insect hair
"American Gothic" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Black trash, white trash
Original Lyrics:
Black star, white light
"American Gothic" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I see you're naked up to there
Original Lyrics:
I see your naked altar there
"American Horse" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Riding on a pony riding against the wind
and he can't breathe, no!
and he can't breathe, no!
Original Lyrics:
Riding on a pony riding against the wind
and in came Brando
and in came Brando
"American Horse" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stick it in your ear
'cause in any second near
'cause in any second near
Original Lyrics:
Stick it in your ear
'cause it ain't exactly clear
'cause it ain't exactly clear
"American Horse" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sucker in the middle blowing hot coals
Original Lyrics:
Sucker in the middle blowing hot and cold
"Ashes and Ghosts"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see your mattress wailing
Original Lyrics:
I see your magic's failing
"Bad Medicine Waltz"
Misheard Lyrics:
The clubs are full of heroes
propping up the bar with their empty egos
propping up the bar with their empty egos
Original Lyrics:
The crowds are full of heroes
propping up the mark with their empty goals
propping up the mark with their empty goals
"Deeply Ordered Chaos"
Misheard Lyrics:
Onomatopoeia.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a European.
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A Walls' vallen queen
Original Lyrics:
Warhol's darling queen
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh why all the s**t you took
or
I'll write on the pants you took
or
Arrived in the pants you took
or
A ride on the pairs you took
or
I'll write off the shares you took
or
Alright, all the piss you took
or
Alright, all the piss you took
Original Lyrics:
Wired on the pills you took
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The dog sleigh at your feet, Edie
Wind caressed your cheek.
Wind caressed your cheek.
Original Lyrics:
The dogs lay at your feet, Edie
We caressed your cheek.
We caressed your cheek.
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The girls lay at your feet, Edie
You could rest your cheek.
You could rest your cheek.
Original Lyrics:
The dogs lay at your feet, Edie
We caressed your cheek.
We caressed your cheek.
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The gods lay at your feet, Edie
The wind caressed your cheek.
The wind caressed your cheek.
Original Lyrics:
The dogs lay at your feet, Edie
We caressed your cheek.
We caressed your cheek.
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The stars lay at your feet, Edie
Wind caressed your cheek
Wind caressed your cheek
Original Lyrics:
The dogs lay at your feet, Edie
We caressed your cheek
We caressed your cheek
"Edie (Ciao Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
White are the pills you took.
Original Lyrics:
Wired on the pills you took.
"Edie (Ciao, Baby)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
War whore's darling queen
Original Lyrics:
Warhol's darling queen
"Fire Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing like a cat on a hot tin shack.
Original Lyrics:
Trancing like a cat on a hot tin shack.
"Fire Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Fire Island
Original Lyrics:
Fire Woman
Fire Island is located on Long Island.
"Fire Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I say him ham part of me
Say him ham part of me
Say him ham part of me, yeah!
Say him ham part of me
Say him ham part of me, yeah!
Original Lyrics:
I say send down fire to me
Say send down fire to me
Say send down fire to me, yeah!
Say send down fire to me
Say send down fire to me, yeah!
"Fire Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Smoked cheese horizon, Flame!
Original Lyrics:
Smoke, she is a rising, Fire!
"Fire Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Twistin' like a tat on a hard tin shack.
Original Lyrics:
Trancing like a cat on a hot tin shack.
"Fire Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Vile woman, you're to blame
Original Lyrics:
Fire woman, you're to blame
"Gimmick"
Misheard Lyrics:
Amarillo's not my hometown
Original Lyrics:
And the rhythms of my hometown
"Hinterland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Aerosmith is fading.
Original Lyrics:
Shadows with us failing
"Libertine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Her pussy tastes all so sweet
Original Lyrics:
Fightin' the disease violence against the seed
"Libertine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet.
Original Lyrics:
Fightin' the disease violence against the seed
"Lil' Devil" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She came on with a psycho kiss
Hey there baby, you don't ever miss
P***ing in a bottle.
Hey there baby, you don't ever miss
P***ing in a bottle.
Original Lyrics:
She came on with a cyclone kiss
Hey there baby, you don't never miss
Lizard in a bottle.
Hey there baby, you don't never miss
Lizard in a bottle.
"Love Removal Machine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody
Don't make my momma shake.
Don't make my momma shake.
Original Lyrics:
Love removal
Love removal machine
Love removal machine
"Love Removal Machine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I remember, I remember the shakes
Original Lyrics:
Love removal, love removal machine
"Love Removal Machine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm havin' trouble with my erection.
Original Lyrics:
I'm havin' trouble with my direction.
"Love Removal Machine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Shave that eggs and bacon.
Original Lyrics:
Shake it, don't break it baby.
"Love Removal Machine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You little salt shaker
Original Lyrics:
You little soul shaker
"My Bridges Burn"
Misheard Lyrics:
My bitch is crazy
Original Lyrics:
My bridge is raised
"New York City" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Found a taste o' light but she bid me bare
Original Lyrics:
Found a taste I liked but she bit me back
"New York City" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hell's Kitchen is a DMC
Original Lyrics:
Hell's Kitchen is a DMZ
DMC = DeLorean Motor Company; DMZ = Demilitarized Zone
"New York City" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hell's Kitchen is on TMZ
Original Lyrics:
Hell's Kitchen is a DMZ
TMZ in this case stands for Thirty Mile Zone. (Not the TV show, which premiered long after this song was made.)
"New York City" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hell's kitchen isn't TLC
Original Lyrics:
Hell's Kitchen is a DMZ
"New York City" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She teased me with her tits
Original Lyrics:
She teased me with a taste
"New York City" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Times Square shuffle, Manhattan flare
Original Lyrics:
Times Square shuffle, Manhattan flip
"Nico"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is that your Hell?
Original Lyrics:
Straight to Hell
"Nico"
Misheard Lyrics:
Statue hell
Original Lyrics:
Straight to hell
"Peace Dog" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Beef, rice, and gravy
Way up in the sky.
Way up in the sky.
Original Lyrics:
B-52, Baby
Way up in the sky.
Way up in the sky.
"Peace Dog" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, war, she's a loser
Please don't abuse her
Please don't abuse her
Original Lyrics:
Oh, war, she's a loser
Peace dog user
Peace dog user
"Rain" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here comes Lorraine
Here she comes again
Here comes Lorraaaaaaaaaine.
Here she comes again
Here comes Lorraaaaaaaaaine.
Original Lyrics:
Here comes the rain
Here it comes again
Here comes the raaaaaaaaaain.
Here it comes again
Here comes the raaaaaaaaaain.
"Rider In The Snow"
Misheard Lyrics:
A cold deep inside
or
Huckle deep inside
or
Huckle deep inside
Original Lyrics:
I call deep inside
"Rider In The Snow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Reaching for a reason a rider in the snow, as the bottle go.
Born, unite the land I crawl deep inside
Born, unite the land I crawl deep inside
Original Lyrics:
Reaching for a reason a rider in the snow has not far to go
Bomb unite the land I call deep inside
Bomb unite the land I call deep inside
"Rise"
Misheard Lyrics:
And steal your eyes.
Original Lyrics:
And still you rise.
"Rise"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you are the spark the sex is all free.
Original Lyrics:
And you are the spark that sets us all free.
"Rise"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you are the spark, the sex is all free.
Original Lyrics:
And you are the spark that sets us all free.
"Rise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Steal your eyes
Original Lyrics:
Still you rise
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All the ancient drugs
Lick my bagpipes.
Lick my bagpipes.
Original Lyrics:
Oh the heads that turn
Make my back burn.
Make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And around and around
Original Lyrics:
And the world and the world
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the Texas sun
Makes my back burn.
Makes my back burn.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, those heads that turn
Make my back burn.
Make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the head sister ate my backbone
And the head sister ate my back, ate my backbone.
And the head sister ate my back, ate my backbone.
Original Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And those heads that turn, make my crack burn
Original Lyrics:
And those heads that turn, make my back burn
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My hamster's fried, made my bat cry
And my hamster's fried, made my bat, made my bat cry
And my hamster's fried, made my bat, made my bat cry
Original Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
Good song for Dracula fans
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My tax return
Makes my back burn.
Makes my back burn.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, the heads that turn
Make my back burn.
Make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, paper bag burn
And those heads that turn, paper bag, paper bag, aaag!
And those heads that turn, paper bag, paper bag, aaag!
Original Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Paint my back, paint my back black.
Original Lyrics:
Make my back, make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Play my bagpipes, my bagpipes.
Original Lyrics:
And those heads that turn, make my back burn
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The Texas sun
Takes me back.
Takes me back.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, those heads that turn
Make my back burn.
Make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The smoke killing your ice
Keeps me alight.
Keeps me alight.
Original Lyrics:
The sparkle in your eyes
Keeps me alive.
Keeps me alive.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
They always take me back,
Paperback, paperback crime!
Paperback, paperback crime!
Original Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
WHAT ON EARTH DOES THIS GUY SINGING, HAVE IN HIS FRIGGING MOUTH! Honestly, the whole F-ing song is a Mondegreen. I like the beat of it, the instruments...his voice is even OK. What the HELL is he even saying, though! The actual lyrics are not only a big load of shyte, but prove that ANY ONE OF US can make millions in the music industry if we only put forth the effort.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well the exercise, makes my back turn.
And I have the time, paperback, paperback burn.
And I have the time, paperback, paperback burn.
Original Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
"She Sells Sanctuary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, those exit signs make my bagpipe
And those exit signs, make my bag, make my bagpipe
And those exit signs, make my bag, make my bagpipe
Original Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
"Soldier Blue" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All system rides the horse Apocalypse
Original Lyrics:
Our sister rides the horse Apocalypse
"Soldier Blue" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you know it's gonna be
Don't you know, alright alright it's gonna be
Don't you know, alright alright it's gonna be
Original Lyrics:
Soldier blue, love is out of season
Soldier blue, ain't fighting for no reason
Soldier blue, ain't fighting for no reason
"Soldier Blue" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So just leave me alone
So just leave me alone, it's for no reason
So just leave me alone, it's for no reason
Original Lyrics:
Soldier blue, love is out of season
Soldier blue, ain't fighting for no reason
Soldier blue, ain't fighting for no reason
"Speed of Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Change your lives at the speed of light, yeah
'Cause this song sucks it truly f**king sucks
'Cause this song sucks it truly f**king sucks
Original Lyrics:
Change your lives at the speed of light, yeah
Show them fear and they'll show you the knife
Show them fear and they'll show you the knife
"Sun King" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cold children in the house of the golem
Original Lyrics:
Cult children in the house of the dawn
"Sun King" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Come, children in the house of the dawg
Original Lyrics:
Cult children in the house of the dawn
"Sun King" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Come, children in the house of the garden
Original Lyrics:
Cult children in the house of the dawn
"Sweet Soul Sister" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a big ol' girl
twisting round the world
midnight Russian boogie scene
firm fixed expression
sensual, kinda slow sexual menthol,
beautifully cool
hustle and strut though they're passin' by
hustle and strut
twisting round the world
midnight Russian boogie scene
firm fixed expression
sensual, kinda slow sexual menthol,
beautifully cool
hustle and strut though they're passin' by
hustle and strut
Original Lyrics:
She's a Dior girl
twisting round the world
midnight crush boogie scene
firm fixed expression
sensual, tender, smooth sexual panther,
beautifully cool
hustle and strut through Paris at night
hustle and strut
twisting round the world
midnight crush boogie scene
firm fixed expression
sensual, tender, smooth sexual panther,
beautifully cool
hustle and strut through Paris at night
hustle and strut
"Sweet Soul Sister" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
hustle and strut through the passers by
Original Lyrics:
hustle and strut through Paris at night
"The Witch"
Misheard Lyrics:
The windshield's coming to you.
Original Lyrics:
The witch is coming to you.
"War (The Process)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crystal like a dope fiend
Original Lyrics:
Crystalize at light speed
"War (The Process)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy war, 'tis a man
Shock your own baby and bathe on command
Shock your own baby and bathe on command
Original Lyrics:
Holy war, tears of man
Drop your front, baby, obey the command
Drop your front, baby, obey the command
"War (The Process)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Woah, our heart's sublime
Original Lyrics:
War, our heart's so blind
"War"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy war, she's a man
Chucky Brown Baby, obey the command.
Chucky Brown Baby, obey the command.
Original Lyrics:
Holy war, tears of man
Drop your front baby, obey my command.
Drop your front baby, obey my command.
"War"
Misheard Lyrics:
Honey whoa-She's a man!
Original Lyrics:
Holy war-Tears of man
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