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!).
Evening Out With Your Girlfriend album at Amazon.com
It feels like forks and carrots, but no clarity
It feels like fourteen karats, but no clarity.
The Story: I listened to this song and I was like "oh yeah, that makes sense, because eating raw carrots with a fork is ridiculously hard", but then, one day I had some sort of revelation and everything changed. - Submitted by: Sara
Fall Out Boy's,
"A Little Less 16 Candles a Little More Touch Me"
I said my cock's early 'cause I know I'm always lame.
I set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late
The Story: I was listening to FOB with a friend and we were listening to this song and when that line happened we stopped what we were doing and just looked at each other. We had to look up the lyrics. - Submitted by: Amanda B.
Fall Out Boy's,
"A Little Less 16 Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'"
I said "my cock's early cause you know I'm always late."
Is set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late.
The Story: This mishearing took place with my mother, who heard the lyrics I did....it was awfully amusing. - Submitted by: Grace
Why doesn't Santa Claus come early 'cause you know I'm always late
I set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late
The Story: I got so excited when I thought it was about Santa Claus even though it made no sense. Then my friend corrected me. - Submitted by: Max
Tonight I'm high as a rubber check
Tonight I'm high as a private jet
The Story: I thought Patrick Stump was comparing himself to a bounced check. - Submitted by: Jonathan S.
Solar flares stares won't last, but never means forever
So the fast dance won't last, but never means forever
The Story: I'm a Dragon Ball fan so I kinda just heard Solar Flare stares instead of the actual lyrics. - Submitted by: Yohan
But I don't know much about the Mexicans
And I'm all out of friends talking classical
Down sit wha? Haha Hi? Media Please?
But I don't know much about classic cars
But I've got a lot of friends stuck on classic coke
Down, set, one, hut, hut, hike, Media Blitz
The Story: When I first heard this song, my opinion about Fall Out Boy changed a bit, because Mexicans? I seriously thought Patrick was singing about totally different things, but when I actually looked up the lyrics I instantly felt bad about thinking Patrick was really wondering about Mexicans in a song. They are, again, my all-time favorite band. xD - Submitted by: Merk
You could have mount to much and made out with us
I know you heard this song before but bridges hell's
What What What the world befather it me
Will my dreams dreams stop all of the all forest trees
You could have knocked me out with a feather.
I know you've heard this all before, but we're just Hell's neighbors.
Why, why, why won't the world revolve around me?
In my dreams trees grow all over the streets.
The Story: I heard this song for the first time, and usually I'm really good at making out Fall Out Boy lyrics, but I heard the song this way and have sung it this way out loud. But since I know no Fall Out Boy fans they couldn't correct me. I had the decency to search up the lysics today and found out I have been singing and writing it wrong for 3 months. - Submitted by: Mimi
Yo-ho-ho-oooooooh
Oh-we-oh-oh-oh-ooooooooooooooooh.
You're wrong
Are we all wrong?
You're wrong
Are we all all wrong?
The Story: I pretty much thought it was nonsense that sounded catchy. I sang it that way for years. - Submitted by: Summer Rayne
Digi wash machine, as long as ice Allah, the shadow isn't you.
'Cause I am the opposite of any theater.
Until you die for me, as long as there is light, my shadows over you.
'Cause I am the opposite of amnesia.
The Story: Was belting this out in the kitchen, washing the dishes, only to be rudely informed of the correct lyrics with a towel to the head - Submitted by: Grace
I am the opposite of anything good
I am the opposite of amnesia
The Story: I was listening to this song for the first time in 2014 and I didn't know about the band except for two songs. At this time I was good a figuring out the actual lyrics, but I still heard it this way until the winter of 2015. At that time I found out the actual lyrics, and I wasn't very embarrassed that I heard it this way. - Submitted by: Emma
I'm gonna fight my teenage dreams No, it's nothing wrong with me The kids are all wrong The stories are off Heavy metal broke my heart Come on, come on and let me in I'm cruising down your thighs with my fingerprints This is for to Nash The gauntlets that you felt I never meant for you to fix yourself
Mummified my teenage dreams No, it's nothing wrong with me The kids are all wrong The story's all off Heavy metal broke my heart Come on, come on and let me in The bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints And this is supposed to match The darkness that you felt I never meant for you to fix yourself
The Story: I never knew until I came to this site... - Submitted by: Lily
Mummy fight my teenage dreams
Mummified my teenage dreams
The Story: I am not a native English speaker so it's just what happens a load of times! - Submitted by: Lena
My mom denied my teenage dreams
Mummified my teenage dreams
The Story: I've been singing this since the song came several months ago and nobody bothered to tell me the real lyrics. I can't stop laughing now. - Submitted by: Karissa
Fucking life those hands C; or C; fucking lift your hands
If I can live through this
The Story: Me and my sister where listening to the song when she exclaimed "AHHH They said a bad word!" We then proceeded to start singing 'Flip and Lift your hands' (whatever thats supposed to mean). But when I saw the lyric video, I realized how wrong we had been. For so long... - Submitted by: Jolanie
I'm two corners and a Honda.
I'm two quarters and a heart down.
The Story: My brother and I were listening to the song and were singing along and got lost when he sang this line, then started a discussion of all the things it sounded like he was actually singing. - Submitted by: naadira
Distance
Dance, dance
The Story: - Submitted by: Mark
I'm two quarters and a hot dog.
I'm two quarters and a heart down.
The Story: I'm guessing my love for hotdogs influenced it? Idk, it's just what I always thought until I actually looked up the lyrics for myself. - Submitted by: Alora
It's two courts for a hot dog
I'm two quarters and a heart down.
The Story: Blame the faulty iPod. - Submitted by: My name
Ted's pants
They're fallin' apart till I'm fine.
Dance, dance
We're fallin' apart 'til half time.
The Story: I was listening to this song when my friend was over, and I didn't know it that well. I tried to sing along with it anyway. So at the next chorus, I screamed out "Ted's pants!" Little did I know that my friend was obsessed with Fall Out Boy. But anyway, I know what it is now, and she won't stop saying "Ted's pants" every time she sees me. - Submitted by: Her
This is
A falling apart
For the last time
Dance, dance
We're falling apart to halftime
The Story: This one line from the chorus was all I could remember. I drove myself crazy searching song lyrics on Google for...maybe a year off and on...trying to find it. - Submitted by: Mr.AListener
And these are the lies you love to leave
And these are the lives you love to lead
The Story: I was listening to this song for the first time and I have been saying those lyrics until I looked up the lyrics to memorize them - Submitted by: Destiny
I'm too hot for a 'hot damn'
I'm two quarters and a heart down
The Story: I love Fall Out Boy, and am usually excellent at figuring out their lyrics, but I was singing this line like this for about three months. I finally just looked up the actual lyrics! I guess my Mum's right when she says that they just mumble. XD - Submitted by: Hazel Ford
Last dance
Last dance
Last dance
Last dance
Dance, dance
Dance, dance
Dance, dance
Dance, dance
The Story: I heard the song like this for years, and I didn't know the actual lyrics until July of 2018. - Submitted by: kevin osmond
This is
Forty-to-four at halftime.
Dance, dance
We're falling apart to halftime.
The Story: I was pretty sure this song was about football, especially with the lyric a few lines earlier that sounds like, 'two quarters and a hard count.' Also, it's included on the Madden '06 game. [Ed.'s note: You can only score four points with two safeties (tackles made in the end zone).] - Submitted by: eStyleS
You're always Folgers
You always told us
The Story: I thought it was about the best part of wakin' up! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
They say queers never win
They say quitters never win
The Story: So my friend and I were listening to Fall Out Boy and looking for evidence for Peterick and Pikey and I heard this and I was like "OMG HE SAYS QUEERS NEVER WIN. THIS COULD MEAN SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP!" And we got all excited and then my friend looked up the lyrics and it was a disappointment. - Submitted by: Grace
I'm adding lettuce to breakfast in a ghost town
I'm mailing letters to addresses in a ghost town
The Story: I didn't realize I had misheard this lyric for months because it was Fall Out Boy. I just thought it was some weird lyrics. - Submitted by: Izzy
I'll sport my brand new fashion
Of waking up with Pat Stump
At 4 in the afternoon.
I'll sport my brand new fashion
Of waking up with pants off
At four in the afternoon.
The Story: I just thought this was kind of funny, considering whenever I hear the misheard lyric, I think of Pete or one of the other bandmates waking up, rolling over, and finding out that they're not laying next to a hot chick. They're laying next to Pat, and then they wonder how much they had to drink the night before. - Submitted by: Emily
Where is your pudding knife, hi-ho?
Where is your boy tonight, I hope?
The Story: When I could only read 'Grand Theft Autumn' as the title, I had to listen closely to pick up the words. Honestly, the last time the chorus is sung in the song, It sounds just like this. I could only imagine what a 'pudding knife' could mean. - Submitted by: A. Kramer
When you fascists
Were making out with Pat Stump
At 4 in the afternoon
Brand new fashion
Of waking up with pants off
At 4 in the afternoon
The Story: I guess I just thought Pete was mad that some fascists were kissing Patrick? I don't know I can't understand any of these songs. - Submitted by: Tyler
Should eat him, I could eat him.
You need him. I could be him.
The Story: My boyfriend and I were driving, when we were listening to this song. When I heard that line, I asked, 'Is that a sexual reference?' He was like, What?' I said 'Could eat him....' He told me the correct lyrics. I was a little embarassed. - Submitted by: Heidi
Fall Out Boy's,
"Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet"
When being negative boys just feels like a curse
When being anchored just feels like a coerce
The Story: I was trying to do a lyric chain with my friend over text and I bust out that beauty and she's just like "no". - Submitted by: artichoke
Fall Out Boy's,
"Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet"
Sniffing all of you again
Sniffing model glue again
The Story: I mean it sounded right and I wasn't gonna question it. - Submitted by: jules
No longer cumber toes
No longer comatose
The Story: I thought Pete Wentz wrote something about no longer having cucumbers for toes. Can I get them with some finger chips? (Why do I make CrankthatFrank references,,) - Submitted by: Chase♪
So hum hallelujah
It's just the Cuban breeze and
So hum hallelujah
Just off the key of reason
The Story: Cuban Breeze was the title of the song we were playing for drumline that year. - Submitted by: Shark
And at the globe a flame
Pace myself
Started over in Mexico
These fans, they don't love you
They just love the hotel suitehearts
And let December glow in flames
Erase myself and let go
Start it over again in Mexico
These friends, they don't love you
They just love the hotel suites, now
The Story: I was at school and after 2 days of singing this song I decided to play the song to my friends, singing along as they watched the lyric video. I got so confused when lyrics diffrent from what I was singing came up and had to double check if the video was right. My friends all realised my mistakes and sat there laughing. - Submitted by: PaulA
Fall Out Boy's,
"I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got"
Douse yourself in cheap perfume
It's so f***ing, so f***ing
Like the way you are
Get gonorrhea
Get gonorrhea
Douse yourself in cheap perfume it's
So fitting, so fitting of the way you are
You can't cover it up
Can't cover it up
The Story: Stumps hard to understand alright? And I used to sing my version, 'cause I can't understand him. Fall Out Boy songs are weird, it literally sounded no different. - Submitted by: patrick-leaf
I'm the first kid
To ride a horse like his friends
I'm the first kid
To write of hearts, lies, and friends
The Story: I told all my friends about this song and turned out it wasn't really that weird. - Submitted by: Madison
And trust a loving pope.
And trust and love and hope.
The Story: Well...let's just say that I, thank God, did not sing this in front of anyone. But when I read the lyrics, I felt better. - Submitted by: Helena
Fall Out Boy's,
"I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears, And..."
I'm a canary, I'm a coal mine
And Sarah O is just all the fame
You're a canary, I'm a coal mine
'Cause sorrow is just all the rage
The Story: It just kind of snuck up on me after someone they're affiliated with got engaged to a Sarah O. I swore they were psychic or unveiling a conspiracy for the longest time. - Submitted by: V
And trust and love all the hoes
And trust, and love, and hope
The Story: I still hear it as "hoes" and I don't know why. - Submitted by: Tyler
Pulling out their fragile teeth,
And clip their tiny wings.
Pulling out their fragile tears,
And clip their tiny wings.
The Story: My brain apparently thinks Patrick Stump is a dentist. Yeah... I'm the one who misheard those Americain Beauty/ American Psycho lyrics thinking he was singing about teeth. - Submitted by: Valen
foxes: ( i made dinner for you )
foxes: ( i planned it all for you )
The Story: well i was watching the youngblood chronicles then i heard this and im like ???? - Submitted by: lexi
Heavy all these memories, and bed you every day.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday.
The Story: I thought the bedding you every day part made sense, but I couldn't get the memories part. Then I sang it in front of my FOB obsessed friend, and she informed me of the right lyric. - Submitted by: Lauren (H!)
Heavy hearted surfers are our favorites every day
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day
The Story: In the chorus of this song, Patrick Stump mumbles one part, and my friend and tried to listen closely and figure out what it said. - Submitted by: Steffani
Lactobacilli
Lactobacilli
Light a match and leave me be
Light a match and leave me be
The Story: I had just started the equivalent of an ap bio class. It was a weird time. - Submitted by: umm
And then they took my memes
I'm just the son of a gun
And don't mind me
I'm just the son of a gun
The Story: Don't judge me this is Pete Wentz we're talking about - Submitted by: Hope
How'd you get to be a holy meme?
How'd it get to be only me?
The Story: This lyric is sung towards Elton John, so I thought it made sense. - Submitted by: teddy
Fall Out Boy's,
"Sending Postcards From a Plane Crash (Wish You Wer"
There were so many times
So many times with you.
I will sever the ties
Sever the ties, with you.
The Story: I'm sending this in under my friend Shannon, because she hears lyrics so wrong. And it's funny. The best part about it is that even though I tell her it is the wrong lyric, she still continues to sing it incorrectly, even after I've pointed it out to her numerous times. - Submitted by: Shannon's Friend
Never the same pussy when I go to sleep
Never the same person when I go to sleep
The Story: what is wrong with me? - Submitted by: sambi
We're going downtown
Turn an Indiana round
And sugar, we're going down swingin'
I'll be your number one with the bully
I know you've got Cornflakes
Let's cook it and pull it
We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: I thought these were the real lyrics, and in gym I yelled, "I know you got Cornflakes!" At kids in my class. So this is why the intern told me to behave... - Submitted by: Jenna Rutabaga
A lonely cat complex
Coated in pudding
A loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it
The Story: I didn't actually mishear this my friend did and I just thought it was hilarious because she was so confused. - Submitted by: Georgia
Am i more than you bargained for yet, oh dont mind me im watching YouTube from the closet wishing to be the freak shit in your dreams
Am i more than you bargained for yet oh dont mind me im watching you two from the closet wishing to be the friction in your jeans
The Story: I'm in class right now so no story :) - Submitted by: Sam Silverman
Tell Mommy I'm watching YouTube from the closet
Don't mind me; I'm watching you two from the closet
The Story: Well, I could relate to what I heard so I never thought that much about it until I actually looked up the lyrics and.. yeah. my life is a lie - Submitted by: no
We're going down, down turn an Indian around Sugar, we're going down singing
We're goin' down, down in an earlier round. Sugar, we're going down swinging
The Story: YOUTUBE - Submitted by: Harmony
Tell Mommy I'm watching you two from the closet.
Don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet.
The Story: I'm British and don't even say 'Mommy'. So I have no idea why I thought it was that. Great song, though. - Submitted by: H
We're going down down on a merry-go-round
Sugar we're going down spinning
I'll be your number one with a bullet
Another gun complex, cock it and pull it.
We're going down down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: A friend of mine got this one wrong. He can never get lyrics right, so he just sings whatever seems to make sense in his mind. Some of the things he comes up with though, I don't even want to know what's going through his mind. - Submitted by: Shelley
We're going down down, made an illie around
And sugar, we're going down swingin'
I'll be your number one willa bulleh
A noomanuh cornbread munananamuna
We're going down down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swingin'
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock in and pull it
The Story: This was my favorite Fall Out Boy song on the PLANET when I was first getting into them...and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make "an illie around" or what the hell the last line was or meant. - Submitted by: Nik
We're going down, down, in an earlier round
Sugar, we're going down singing
Number one with a bully
Loady gom comflex cocky and pully
We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
The Story: I have no idea what a loady gom comflex is but it's funny. xD - Submitted by: Yay
We're going downtown in a merry-go-round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded gun complex, cock it and bullet.
We're going down down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it
The Story: I've listened to this song since it came out and I've never known the lyrics for that chorus properly until recently. - Submitted by: Autumn
Well don't mind me
I'm just watching YouTube from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans.
Well don't mind me
I'm just watching you two from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans.
The Story: I honestly don't know what happened. I know the lyrics to this song, but I found myself thinking/singing/believing that the lyrics somehow involved YouTube today. - Submitted by: Kristin
Sugar, we're going down swinging,
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A lonely cat complex covered in pudding
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
The Story: I honestly, really don't know. I just feel like, this is Patrick Stump describing where he lives. If i walked into an apartment complex and saw Patrick Stump sitting with cats and the whole place covered in pudding..........I wouldn't be surprised. - Submitted by: Izzy
I am Sir Nottingham
But you're just a lemon in sand
I'm just a notch in your bedpost
But you're just a line in a song
The Story: I sung this very loud at a concert...my friends have still not let it go - Submitted by: Lauren
We're going DOCTOR, DOCTOR, (unintelligible)
We're going down, down, in an earlier round
The Story: I was just singing this in the car until I actually listened to the song with lyrics and realized what it was. - Submitted by: Nancy
I know you got a complex, cock it and pull it.
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: This wasn't me misunderstanding the lyrics, it was one of my friends. Even though we told her the correct line, she insists on singing it wrong. Cock it and pull it, indeed! - Submitted by: Samantha
A Loki dumb complex, Cockpit and duty
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: I found this Website, saw these Lyrics, listened to the Song and heard these Lyrics:) - Submitted by: BOB
I know you got Tampax, cock it and pull it.
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: I was singing this song in the car with my friend Ang driving. She kinda looked at me and was like, "You know it's not 'I know you got Tampax, cock it and pull it' right?" But that's the way I had been singing this song for a while now. And this was just a week ago. - Submitted by: Avé
I know you've got cornflakes cookin' in pudding
A loaded god complex
Cock it and pull it
The Story: I just heard it and I was like WHAT - Submitted by: Pete Wentz
I miss your nuts and your bed pills, but you're just a lime in a sock
I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song
The Story: I was really little 🤣 had no idea what I was hearing - Submitted by: Michelle
I'm just a god's cornflakes, cook me in pudding
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: I was very hungry, and, well, cornflakes are my fave, but I only had pudding. Then my brain interpreted the lyrics as this, and I had to share it. - Submitted by: Zareth
Is this more than your children forget?
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching Mewtwo from the coffin
Is this more than you bargained for yet?
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet
The Story: Could have sworn it was a reference to Pokemon! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Loaded gun complex
Cock it and pull it.
Loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it.
The Story: I argued with my friend for days over this one, until I finally looked it up online. I was shocked. - Submitted by: Sam A.
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet
Wishing to be the freak s*** in your jeans
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans
The Story: Oh... Patrick has a secret kink I guess... - Submitted by: Big fan
Salazar
Drop a heart
The Story: My last name is Salazar so I thought they were saying my last name - Submitted by: Phoebe
We're going down down on a merry go round,
Sugar we're goin' down swinging
I'll be your number 1 with a bullet,
I know I've got a complex, cock it and pull it
or
We're going down down on an earlier round
Sugar we're going down swing it
I'll be your number 1 with a bullet
Another God complex, cock it and pull it
We’re going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we’re going down swinging
I’ll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
The Story: Been singing the wrong lyric for years! No one told me! - Submitted by: Claire
Wishing to be the freak s*** in your jeans.
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans.
The Story: My boyfriend sang this song to me the other day. He went 'wishin' to bet the freak s*** in your jeans'. I love this song, so I clocked him one. We made up later. [Ed.'s note: Ahhh, true love!] - Submitted by: Stephaniejf
You know it’s not complex, cock it pull it
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: I found these written in my eighth grade school issued planner... yikes 13 year old me, yikes. - Submitted by: Jacey
Isn't it messed up that I'm just dying to leave?
Isn't it messed up that I'm just dying to be him?
The Story: Singer needs to enunciate lol - Submitted by: Victoria
And load gah comfle, c***-headed bully.
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: I was at the skating rink, and we were having a singing contest to this song. I won, so I had to sing the song all by myself, at least the chorus, without the music. I sang it, and the totally hot worker starting staring at me when I sang "C***-headed bully!". - Submitted by: Xglamourousx
I know you're just a cotton-pickin' cock-eating bully.
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: The first time I heard this, my husband pointed out that it sounded like they were saying "Cock-eating bully". We always sing the wrong lyrics now and laugh our butts off. It's more fun that way. - Submitted by: Becky
We're going down down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A lonely gun complex, cock it and pull it.
We're going down down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
The Story: Up until today I had actually sun this as lonely gun complex until I read that that wasn't actually it. - Submitted by: ClaireNovak
We're going down, down
And you lily around
We're going down, down
In an earlier round
The Story: When I was younger I constantly asked what it mean to "lily" around because I swore that's what I heard every time and I thought they were lillying around, whatever the heck that meant. It turns out I was wrong and no one had the heart to tell me. - Submitted by: ha
And we’re going down down in a river of blood, but sugar we’re going down swinging
We’re going down down in an earlier round, and sugar we’re going down swinging
The Story: I have sung it like this for years, but every time I would try to find it for karaoke I couldn’t explain the song where you go down in a bad fight, like a river of blood, but it’s okay 'cause you fought the whole way down... then my brother pointed out there is no “river of blood” and I may need my head checked... in my defense the words fit perfectly... and the song still makes perfect sense that way. - Submitted by: RB
Thanks for the mammaries even though they weren't so big
Thanks for the memories even though they weren't so great
The Story: haha, how rude i know - Submitted by: Heifetz
And your love is a meme and I can't believe
And your love is anemic and I can't believe
The Story: I'm not alone in this well am i - Submitted by: Not Jim
And your love is a meme yeah- and I can't believe
And your love is anemic and I can't believe
The Story: I'm just memetrash and assume everything is about memes. I am so sorry. - Submitted by: Hannah
Don't you like the beans on toast,
Beans- beans on toast?
Don't you know that the kid aren't al-
Kids aren't alright?
The Story: I gave my Mum the new album to listen to in the car and later in the week she came into my room and asked me what song he sings about beans on toast in. This literally happened. - Submitted by: Levi's Mum
I'm yours
When the gravy pours
Stay thirsty like before
Don't you know that the kids aren't all, the kids aren't alright
I'll be yours
When it rains it pours
Stay thirsty like before
Don't you know that the kids aren't all, the kids aren't alright
The Story: One day, I was having some roast beef for brunch in my girlfriend's house, when she played a song on the radio that I never heard before. "I catch feels whenever I listen to this song", she said. After a minute, I was quite getting in the mood with her... Until the chorus came in, right while she was dripping some sauce in her plate. I simply burst out laughing. "What's wrong?", she asked me. "Sorry, I couldn't hear anything else, but: I'm yours, WHEN THE GRAVY POURS." She stared at me for a moment, and then we laughed so hard that we almost forgot to finish our plates. She didn't remember the right lyrics either. All I know is that I completely ruined this song for her. From that day, she told me that she can't listen to the chorus anymore without imagining Patrick Stump pouring gravy on someone else's plate, in the most romantic way possible. - Submitted by: Lucas C.
When the Batman's raised and the jokers smiles fades
And with the black banners raised
As the crooked smiles fade
The Story: I couldn't remember the name of the song so I searched what I thought were the lyrics and nothing came up for ages because they were completely wrong and I've been hearing it wrong for ages without realising. - Submitted by: Emo Lad
High on blood.
Doesn't it feel like our time is running out?
Hey Youngblood
Doesn't it feel like our time is running out?
The Story: My sister was the one who misheard this actually. She had just started listening to Fall Out Boy and didn't know a youngblood was a thing. - Submitted by: Eridan Freaking Ampora
Get hitched
Make a career out of Robin Banks
Get hitched
Make a career out of robbing banks
The Story: I was listening to this song in class and I was thinking, for the hundredth time, "who is Robin Banks?". So I looked him up - it turns out that Robin Banks is a motivational speaker, if that interests you - and I remember it just clicking that the lyrics were robbing banks. So I promptly told my friend, who laughed at me. - Submitted by: Aisling
Im bobbing for all of compensate oh headliners and fast fast fast ya got me feelin.
I'm boring but over compensate with, Headlines and flash flash flash photography.
The Story: I can never understand Patrick Stump and so I make up what I think the lyrics are. Then I look them up and I wouldn't have imagined them being what they are. - Submitted by: Mercedes
I’m boring but overcompensate with
Headlines and flash, flash, flash for tiger fever
I’m boring but overcompensate with
Headlines and flash, flash, flash photography
The Story: I was scrolling through FOB’s archive on this very site, occasionally listening to parts of songs to see if I knew it/could hear the wrong version. I got to this song and saw several entries on this lyric, so I listened to it. I looked closer at the correct lyrics and thought “huh, I don’t hear the word ‘photography’ in this part,” then looked at it again and went OHHHHHH! - Submitted by: Diana
Stalin on a fashion magazine
Style your wake for fashion magazines
The Story:
- Submitted by: Tommy
Fall Out Boy's,
"This Ain't A Scene, It's A God Damn Arms Race"
Mer-ce, Mer-ce-des
This ain't a scene, it's a g**d*** arms race.
The Story: Just thought it was a song about a girl called Mercedes... - Submitted by: Alice
Auschwitz camp
Oh so intricate.
The Story: Auschwitz is a concentration camp, The most infamous concentration camp during the Holocaust - Submitted by: Hope
I'm a maiden man and the lives I lead
Are oh so into cats, oh so into cats.
I'm a leading man and the lies I weave
Are oh so intricate, oh so intricate.
The Story: I had no idea what this part of the song had to do with the rest of the song, much less the title of the song. But I had always suspected that Fall Out Boy had a more feminine side. :-) - Submitted by: Jt1421
This ain't a scene, it's a g**d*** arm brace.
This ain't a scene, it's a g**d*** arms race.
The Story: This was when it first came out. I was listening to the radio, and just before he started to play the song, the DJ was talking about the video or something (I don't remember). When he was done, he was like "So, here's Fall Out Boy with 'This Ain't a Scene...'" Of course, I thought it was "arm brace", because as the DJ was saying the title, the intro had started playing, so I couldn't hear it right. I sang "arm brace" for the longest time, until I looked up the lyrics. - Submitted by: flipside
This ain't a city
It's a g**d*** earthquake.
This ain't a scene
It's a g**d*** arms race.
The Story: I often wondered how an earthquake could be mistaken for a city. - Submitted by: Mme. Booker
(You look pretty stinky)
(You look pretty sinking)
The Story: The real lyrics don't make sense. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I am an arm stealer
I am an arms dealer
The Story: I don't even know. My misheard lyric doesn't even make sense lol - Submitted by: Victoria
I'm a leading man and a world's arms dealer, also in Japan
I'm a leading man, and the lies I weave are oh so intricate
The Story: I thought it said that since I was eight. I'm just now figuring out. I'm sixteen. I thought those were the lyrics for HALF MY LIFE. - Submitted by: Keenan
I'm a little man
I'm a leading man
The Story: just heard it and laughed - Submitted by: Declan
I'm a maniac, and I'm oh so emo, oh so insecure
I'm a leading man and the lies I weave are oh so intricate.
The Story: This was middle school, so it's not like it came out of nowhere. - Submitted by: Abby
I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I've got graves
I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I digress
The Story: I was on my bus and I was singing it to 'myself' (The person behind and next to me and farther back), so I of course thought the song was somehow about how the person killed people and then instead of crying to them, they can go cry to the people they killed. The 2nd grader next to me loved that story by the way. - Submitted by: Michella
They say a scene
It's a goddamn Myspace
They say a scene it's a goddamn Myspace
I'm not sure right on but I digress
I believe in love
And weeping kids oh so rich kids
Oh so rich kids
This ain't a scene
It's A god damn Arms Race
I'm not a shoulder to cry on but I digress
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate,
Oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate,
Oh so intricate
The Story: I was listening to this in gym class and was thinking ''what the heck'' every time it came on. How was MySpace and Rich kids involved??? It always went too fast for me... - Submitted by: Caitlin
In hotel rooms collecting paychecks for lovers.
In hotel rooms collecting six page lovers.
The Story: It just sounded like that to me and I looked at the lyrics and was like WHAT. But I still sing it wrong. - Submitted by: Carlz
Thanks for the mammaries
Thanks for the mammaries
See, pee tastes like poo, only sweeter.
Thanks for the memories
Thanks for the memories
See, he tastes like you, only sweeter.
The Story: daughter misheard this 😂 - Submitted by: Sxrxh
In hotel rooms, collecting patience for lovers.
In hotel rooms, collecting page six lovers.
The Story: I was playing one of those "guess the song" games on a message board I go on. You were given a few lines of a song, and you ahd to guess what song that was and who sang it. So, I decided to post some lyrics from TFTM. I put, "I only think in the form of crunching numbers/In hotel rooms, collecting patience for lovers". There was a HUGE gap between the times of my post and the next one, in which someone wrote, "It's 'collecting page six lovers, not collecting patience for lovers'." haha no wonder why no one else could get it! - Submitted by: flipside
She likes to dance like "Ooh I'm fartin'"
She likes to dance like Uma Thurman.
The Story: I was listening to the radio of my town, with 3 of my friends and the song came on and we all of course started dancing. When we heard the lyric we suddenly thought we heard "She liked to dance like oooh I'm fartin'" and from then on we always have joked about it and sung that when it comes on. - Submitted by: Mellissa
She likes to dance like ooh, a sermon.
She likes to dance like Uma Thurman.
The Story: I was utterly convinced they were singing about someone dancing like a sermon. There are plenty of religious references in the song, so it makes sense. I argued vehemently for it with a friend and was proven wrong by the name of the song. - Submitted by: TheGoFish
The blood, the blood, the blood of the lamb
Is worth two lions, but here I am
And you slept in last night’s clothes and tomorrow’s jeans
But they’re not quite but what they seem
The blood, the blood, the blood of the lamb
Is worth two lions, but here I am
And I slept in last night’s clothes and tomorrow’s dreams
But they’re not quite what they seem
The Story: I heard this and was like, "How do you sleep in last night's clothes and tomorrow's jeans?" Then I looked up the lyrics and felt kinda stupid... - Submitted by: Lily
There'll be nothing but death for us now
To May nothing but death do us part
The Story: I was shocked at how dark the message it sends was till I found the real lyrics. - Submitted by: Marianne
the stench, the stench, of sonorous sex
The stench, the stench of summer sex
The Story: I thought it made sense until i was watching a lyric video and finally found out the truth.lol - Submitted by: Jane Smith
And I throw this, I'm not addicted to you
Fall Out Boy, disorganized religion of my head
And we'll never get through customs
Let's just take off the bed instead
But 1-2-3 in the gutter
My broken, you're the dogs of the ivy league
And that's all that should matter t-t-to you
Follow the disorganized religion of my head
And we'll never get through customs
Let's just take off again instead
Got my degree in the gutter
My heart broken in the dorms of the ivy league
The Story: I can hear almost all of the correct lyrics now, except for the "heart" in "My heart broken in the dorms of the ivy league"? It just sounds like he's pronouncing "my" as if its two syllables long for some reason.... - Submitted by: WhyDoYouNeedMyName
This is the story of how they met
He wrote her a song on a pack of cigarettes
This is the story of how they met
Her picture was on the back of a pack of cigarettes
The Story: Pat mumbles this verse, and so my mind just filled in the words for him. To be honest, my version is cuter! ;) - Submitted by: Dat Emo Chick
Gay Zombie.... kesha
Case open .... Case shut
The Story: I was listening to this half asleep and I had to listen super carefully to make sure that I heard it right. Clearly I was not. - Submitted by: Aok85
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