to get disproportionately angry when songs do not make sense

have yourself a merry little christmas

WHY THANK YOU, YOU PATRONISING FUCK

From now on our troubles will be out of sight

REALLY? WHY? I DON'T THINK SO. IF WE DO MANAGE TO GET THROUGH CHRISTMAS WITHOUT FIGHTING THEN IT WILL BE A FUCKING MIRACLE AND WHEN WE GET THAT CREDIT CARD BILL IN JANUARY......

Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days of yore

YORE? YORE? WHAT THE FUCK IS A YORE? AND IT'S NOT THE FUCKING OLDEN DAYS, ITS 2011. AND WHAT MADE THE OLDEN DAYS "GOLDEN" ANYWAY? MASS STARVATION, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, INCURABLE DIEASES??? GET THE FUCKING ROSE-TINTED SPECTACLES OFF MATE.

hang a shining star on the highest bough

STARS ARE HUGE GASEOUS BALLS OF FIRE. YOU WANT ME TO HANG HELL ON A TREE? AT CHRISTMAS TIME? AND HOW COULD I REACH THE HIGHEST BOUGH? WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE A BIG LADDER?

OOOH THIS IS THERAPEUTIC. THANK YOU WTAF FOR STARTING THIS THREAD. GENIUS.

Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go :

If I go there will be trouble
And if I stay there will be double
So you've gotta let me know
Should I stay or should I go

Pretty obvious what you should do, isn't it???

CONVULSING with mirth.

CountBapula beat me to it with "where dreams are made of"

Bookmarking this thread to resurrect every time I have a steam-out-of-ears lyric moment

Veering slightly off topic, I give you PJ Harvey's The Words That Maketh Murder:

'What if I take my problem to the United Nations?'

Makes grammatical sense, but HOW BORING AND BANAL??!?!

I also worship Prince for, well everything, really, but particularly for writing 'I can see whomever I choose.'

"Everything I do I do for you"

Really Brian?

When you go to the loo, to do a poo, do you do it for "you"?
I don't think so!

Re Ironic. The ironic thing about the song is that nothing in the song is ironic, just misforunate.

LOVING this thread. RE Live and Let Die though...without wishing to be a McCartney apologist, I think it's 'the ever changing world in which we're living'. Convoluted but at least grammatically correct.

Take on me....
Take me on....

Phrasal verb type 2 with pronominal object
must go between the verb and the particle
Tsk.

Ooh another one that has made me laugh for years, from Elvis and 'All Shook Up':

"I'm itching like a man up a fuzzy tree"

wtf is a fuzzy tree, and why would a man be up one?

"Here she comes just walking down the street, singing ooh wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo"

AVOID THIS GIRL, cross the street, look into a shop window, pretend you are on the phone, whatever you do, do not make eye contact! She is the nutter on the bus.

Never too early hedley hic! Ha ha, better than being like elsa, into alka seltzer, doing it with a doctor, on a helicopter, sniffing in a tissue selling the big issue. God it does my fruit in.

Katy Perry

'Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag...'

Erm, no, can't say that I ever have. Fucking weirdo.

Polarbear it's a tad early for gin & tonic.

It's dancer singular:

"There remains confusion and debate over the line "Are we human, or are we dancer?" in the song's chorus due to its grammar.[9] Debate raged across the internet over whether the lyrics said "dancer" or "denser", a misunderstanding which invoked conflicting interpretations of the song's meaning.[10][11] On the band's official website, the biography section states that Flowers is singing "Are we human, or are we dancer?" and also says that the lyrics were inspired by a disparaging comment made by Hunter S. Thompson, where he stated America was raising "a generation of dancers".[12][13] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Flowers said that he was irritated over the confusion about the lyrics and also that fans were unhappy with the song's dance beat: "It's supposed to be a dance song, [the beat] goes with the chorus...If you can't put that together, you're an idiot. I just don't get why there's a confusion about it."[14]"

Just a quick question for Denice Williams. So, your baby don't talk sweet, ain't got much to say, Dont dress fine, may not be rich and sings off key. What is it that he does so well, because he doesn't appear to have a great deal going for him?

Donny Osmond / Boyzone:

Don't love me for fun, girl
Let me be the one, girl
Love me for a reason
Let the reason be love.

Tautology if ever I heard it.

Just to bring it back to Alanis Morissette...

Didn't she get pelted with a load of Dictionary's because there's absolutely nothing ironic about her song "Ironic"?

I don't like it when a rhyme is more important than good grammar. If I were the Queen I would have outlawed the word "ain't" a LONG time ago.

I love daft lyrics- Katie Melua always gets a bashing on these threads (rightly so)- but it is Mike Batt's fault- he who gave us- 'Remember you're a Womble'- like you might wake up one day and forget

And Wonderwall, btw was named after a film of the same name, and the sountrack, which was written by George Harrison. Still doesn't explain what one is though

I have a feeling that small and humble breasts is biblical - Song of Songs maybe? Song of Solomon?

Coldplay's Parachutes is baffling.

I LOVE this thread. I was in such a grumpy mood and this has cheered me right up! Thank you all!

I share the anger but get some pleasure from focusing the rage and would miss it if all songs made sense.

The Reflex is a lonely child
He's waiting by the Park
The Reflex is in charge of finding
Treasure in the dark
And watching over lucky clover, isnt that bizarre?
Every little thing the Reflex does
Leaves you answered with a question mark

?

What about therecent cover of The Calling's 'Where ever you will go' by Charlene Soraia?? "I'll go where wevver you will go"

It's where ever you idiot!!! Pronounce it properly or don't sing it all! You can do it in the first chorus so why can't you at the end!

I always felt was a trifle foolish...

hedley don't even get me started on "supersonic"

Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.

Righto Noel. Liam. Frank. Whichever of you wrote that abomination. My money's on Frank.