Misheard lyrics

[Kristie]

Our Bono is known to be not-so-clear sometimes... so what lyrics have you or others you know misheard over the years?

some of mine..
"One day you will look like a new CD"
One day you will look back and you'll see, ~Mysterious Ways

"I was in champagne for me it was a fall"
I wasn't jumping for me it was a fall, ~Stuck

"Slice o' cheesecake aaaw yeah!"
~The Bongolese part during Another Time, Another Place

"If ya don't know, the Edge raker"
If ya don't know, the electric co ~Electric co

"Life in a lemon, oh disco, the pain!"
Life through a window, discolored pain ~Shadows and Tall Trees

"Oh say, say, 'Double B-side!'"
Oh stay sad above beside ~Elvis Presley and America

and, y'know, the entire third verse of Out of Control is gibberish

there's more I'm not thinking of, anyone who's met me in real life knows I mishear EVERYTHING

 

[madonna's child]

"Life in a lemon, oh disco, the pain!"
Life through a window, discolored pain ~Shadows and Tall Trees

lmao.

I still make up lyrics to most of the songs. Damn Irish accents.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I hate it when I burst into uncontrolled laughter in front of my computer.

 

[adamswildhoney]

I hate it when I burst into uncontrolled laughter in front of my computer.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

"Slice o' cheesecake aaaw yeah!"
~The Bongolese part during Another Time, Another Place

since i know it's really gibberish, i've always made up whatever i thought he was saying.

since i bought my boy cd back in 1996, i thought he was saying:

"ib hi ya!
yiba ha!
cheese on he trabanta!
eech hibaya, you skin ha
lemon cheesecake harbour"

i always sing it in this exaggerated german accent

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

"Oh say, say, 'Double B-side!'"
Oh stay sad above beside ~Elvis Presley and America

oh yeah, i *know* he's saying "oh stay sad above beside" but it sooo sounds like he's saying "oh say it's a double b-side" and i'm like wtf is a double b-side?

 

[MonaVox]

"I was in champagne for me it was a fall"
I wasn't jumping for me it was a fall, ~Stuck

Mm leopards......fook I must remember some of my old ones.

 

[hippy]

I just hate it when I crack up IN A PUBLIC PLACE in front of the computer

Anyway, this was a good start to an already monstrous day... thanks for making me laugh before a horrendous midterm

By the way, I know all the words to the third verse of Out of Control

 

[luvresqme]

I know I've misheard lyrics but I can't think of any right now! I never read lyric sheets, I always try to figure them out on my own

Two funny ones though that I always think of when people talk about misheard lyrics are:

"Dressed up like a cock rash"
Dressed up like a car crash ~Stay

"Shamu the mysterious whale"
She moves in mysterious ways~Mysterious Ways

The first one I read on a mailing list a few years ago and the second I found a while back on www.kissthisguy.com - site for misheard lyrics.

 

[~Angelfire~]

wow! such great timing! i was starting to build a misheard lyrics page on my website! anyway, here are a few of mine:


"if you turn yourself into a girl"
"if you tear yourself in two again" - Bad

"in the name of love, one man in the name of love"
"in the name of love, what more in the name of love?" - Pride

(I still get this next song wrong everytime! this is one of the hardest songs to decipher!!)

"But they'll want their money back if you're a-lyin', honey, please"
"But they'll want their money back if you're alive at thirty three" - "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

"You don't have to go back"
"You don't have to go blind" - "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

"You wear it like a sash"
"You wear it like a rash" - "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

"Won't you tell me Jesus?"
"They want you to be Jesus"- "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

"losing my time,
you don't have to go by, love""
"ofcourse you're not shy,
you don't have to deny love"- "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"


from my bro:

as i was listening to "who's gonna ride your wild horses" my brother (age 15) looked confused after the ending. he said "why does he want to drown the horsey?" i said, "huh??"
apparently he thought bono said "who's gonna ride your wild horses, who's gonna drown your horsey" lol

that's all i can think of for now...

~Angelfire~

 

[Kristie]

The first one I read on a mailing list a few years ago and the second I found a while back on www.kissthisguy.com - site for misheard lyrics.

I HAVE THAT BOOK... it's at home though.

and BWAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAA at the cock rash... I thought it was "cockroach" for the longest time

and twin, indeed you do know all the words to the third verse of out of control... cos yer the one that told ME what they were

 

[U2Lynne]

My youngest sings...

"The oppit of her hips"
"The orbit of your hips" - Elevation

I've asked him what an oppit is, but he says only Bono knows.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

"But they'll want their money back if you're a-lyin', honey, please"
"But they'll want their money back if you're alive at thirty three" - "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

ironically, i always thought he was saying "lying honeybee"

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

oh yeah i forgot, i've started making a page for misheard lyrics, and including some corny pic having to do with the misheard lyric.

 

[Sparkysgrrrl]

"ib hi ya!
yiba ha!
cheese on he trabanta!
eech hibaya, you skin ha
lemon cheesecake harbour"

bwahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm at a public computer, thanks for making me look like I'm insane

My favorite was from a friend of mine:

You've been living underground
Eating from a COW !?!?!?!

(You've been living underground Eating from a can)

I made fun of her for years for that one....

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

bwahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm at a public computer, thanks for making me look like I'm insane

My favorite was from a friend of mine:

You've been living underground
Eating from a COW !?!?!?!

no problem!

luckily, i never really messed up on the achtung baby lyrics since i had them in the liner notes. but i remember with that line (eating from a can) since i'd never actually eaten out of a can, i was picturing someone cutting an aluminum can into edible pieces, and i was like wtf? who would eat that?

 

[AliTheFOADist]

ironically, i always thought he was saying "lying honeybee"

BWAHAHAHAH, me too!!!! i always thought that