“Every breath You Take“ by The Police the line “How my poor heart aches” what I heard for my entire life until this morning: “I’m a pool hall ace” 58 seconds in. He’s a pool hall ace! I know you’ve misheard lyrics, let’s have them.
At 2:55 of the song ON by BTS is a beautiful bridge. The lyrics mean, in English: Where my pain lies Let me take a breath But because that part's in Korean, and the rest is in English, Army are convinced the line in English sounds like Michael told me in the closet I got some chicken, I'm so sad
Mondegreens? An old girlfriend of mine used to sing "she's got Betty Davis' thighs", instead of "...Betty Davis' eyes", and now that's all I hear when I encounter the Kim Carnes classic.
The Barenaked Ladies song One Week. “Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic Like Sting, I gotta hat trick.” Actual lyrics: “Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic Like Sting, I'm tantric” I knew it wasn’t the correct lyrics, but i love hockey, so I’ve always belted it out that way.
For the longest time I thought the lyrics to David Bowie’s Space Oddity went “kill the Pope, kill him dead, get a gun, get a gun, save the world, Major Tom, and kill the Pope!”
I used to think the lyrics to Careless Whisper were, I'm never gonna dance again / can't you see I've got no rhythm Which makes a lot more sense to me than the original lyrics.
Patti Smyth's The Warrior. Heart to heart you'll win if you survive I always though she said "hearts are what you'll win if you survive."
I heard one today and I totally sang along! Madonna’s La Isla Bonita. “I fell in love with some bagels…”
The Temptations Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died All he left me was a loan
Suffragette City. Actual lyrics: “Oh don't lean on me man 'Cause you ain't got time to check it” I always heard that last line as “She ate my Chinese chicken.”
Republica Ready to Go I can’t e arse to find the YouTube clip, but at some point in the song she sings “fish door”.
Meatloaf, Paradise By the Dashboard Light Rollin' in the middle like the edge of the night (I never could make any sense out of that line) Actually... Glowin' like the metal on the edge of a knife (Which somehow makes more sense...?)
