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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And I can't feel
Now in front of my face.
And I can't see
Now in front of my face.
The Story: When he sings that long note at the end, I have a hard time figuring out. But he sings it so beautifully, that it doesn't matter. - Submitted by: Jake Small
Leave your body vessel at the door.
or
Leave your body axle at the door.
Leave your body and soul at the door.
The Story: Four of us were driving one day and this song came on, so we cranked it. When we got to this lyric, we all sang something different! One girl thought it was 'body vessel' and two of us thought is was 'body axle'! The other one had to tell us that it was 'body and soul'. We still laugh about it to this day!! - Submitted by: Monica Rios
Leave your body, ass #%@&, at the door
Leave your body and soul at the door
The Story: I was DeeJaying a dance and put on Dead Man's Party. A girl came up to complain about the lyrics. I asked her what was so offensive and she replied, 'You know that part where they say, 'Leave your body, ass #%@&, at the door.'' I explained that it said, 'Leave your body and soul at the door.' She said, 'Oh,' as a look of realization came over her face and she turned and walked away. You had to have been there. - Submitted by: Philip Munoa
They don't care about my inflamations
They're not frightened by my revelations.
They don't care about my inclinations
They're not frightened by my revelations.
The Story: I thought that he was implying that he was so old, he was having health problems. I thought that was kind of gross. But then again, the entire song was pretty gross. Anyway, so I figured it worked for the song. I eventually looked it up, because I was having a problem with another part of the song. When I realized I'd made a huge mistake, I felt pretty ridiculous. I was relieved to see that I could stop singing about inflamations when I sang the song. - Submitted by: The Elf
Nobody could help
The little man had no gravity.
Nobody could help
The little man had no gratitude.
The Story: I honestly thought the 'lad' was chucking someone out of a window. - Submitted by: Rachael
I've got a tinzar
Hidden in the closet.
The skeletons are
Hidden in the closet.
The Story: I was always wondering what a tinzar was, then I remembered there was an album called 'Skeletons In The Closet.' Still I couldn't hear what it. Then I finally realised he just had the emphasis in a wierd place he says 'The skele TONSare'. - Submitted by: Jack smithson
Do you feel like a saint in otter's clothes
Do you feel like a saint in artist's clothes
The Story: The verse before talks about an island in the middle of the sea, so... - Submitted by: Patrick
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