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Lyrics that make you say ‘eh?’

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CastorTroyWantsHisFaceBack · 07/04/2019 12:52

Lounging on my Sunday afternoon and listening to an amazon playlist.

Toni Braxton - he wasn’t man enough for me comes on.

The lyrics make no sense

What are you thinking?
Did you know about us back then?
Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?
I'm not thinking 'bout him
But you married him
Do you know I made him leave?
Do you know he begged to stay with me?
He wasn't man enough for me

If she’s not thinking about him, why is she singing to his poor wife that he begged to stay when she dumped him?

Have you any songs that make you say ‘eh? You’re just talking shite now love’?

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PatioDawes · 08/04/2019 09:51

Songs that don't make grammatical sense give me the rage, like Alicia Kay's New York 'concrete jumble where dreams are made of' and Labrinth 'see beneath your beautiful/perfect' grrrrrr your perfect/beautiful WHAT hmmm? Or it should have a fucking comma and be spelt 'you're' ....see beneath, you're beautiful.'

roley · 08/04/2019 09:52

"Are we human? Or are we dancer?"

Eh????

MockerstheFeManist · 08/04/2019 09:56

I assume everybody knows You're So Vain was Carly Simon's dig at ex-boyfriend Warren Beattey.

("Oh Carole" was written for Carole King. Her Reply, "Oh Neill" was a very polite put-down.)

Van Halen's "Jump" is a To Be Or Not To Be job about contemplating suicide, sung in what e must assume is an ironic tone.

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flapjackfairy · 08/04/2019 10:00

Has anyone mentioned Deacon Blues Chocolate Girl yet ?

Embarrassingly cringy lyrics in the chorus.
He calls her the chocolate girl, cos he thinks she melts when he touches her.
She knows she's the chocolate girl cos she's broken up and swallowed and wrapped in bits of silver.
Ugh. Truly yucky cringy lyrics.

Another one is Love you a little bit more by Dr Hook.
When your bodies had enough of me and you're there flat out on the floor
When you think I've loved you all I can i' m gonna love you a little bit more.
What the heck ! Confused

ElizabethMainwaring · 08/04/2019 10:18

Oh god, yes, Deacon Blue are horendous. Especially the awful warbling backing singer.

VanGoghsDog · 08/04/2019 10:23

Another one is Love you a little bit more by Dr Hook.
When your bodies had enough of me and you're there flat out on the floor
When you think I've loved you all I can i' m gonna love you a little bit more.
What the heck !

Yes, that one turns my stomach, he sounds like a sex pest. Though I have to assume he really just means 'be nice to you' by 'love', not rape you!

ThatLibraryMiss · 08/04/2019 10:24

Lindisfarne's Lady Elinor.

As she played, magicians seeing all this on the floor,
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw.
Had myself a nightmare,
Didn't think there could be much more.
Then in walked Lord Borgaasha with the Lady Eleanor.

Guys, what were you on?

Alan wrote most of his biggest songs all in one week while working at the hospital. Apparently they used to give LSD to the alcoholics there and he'd taken an acid trip himself.

Oh.

soulrunner · 08/04/2019 11:58

T'PAU's China in your Hand made no sense to me!

China in Your Hand is about Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein's monster after a bet with someone (can't remember who) while abroad hence "it was a dream she had, on a scheme he had, born in a foreign land"

So actually the "don't dream too hard" is about the outcome of Frankenstein's experiment.

Grumpyoldblonde · 08/04/2019 12:10

Wow, another where my 'own' lyrics make more sense ThatLibraryMiss For years I've sung

Lindisfarne's Lady Elinor.

As she played, magicians sitting lotus on the floor, (hippy style cross legged)
A Belly dancing beauty with a power driven soul. (not saw)
Hide myself in nightmares, (possible LSD drug reference)
Didn't think there could be much more.
Then in walked Padraig Usher with the Lady Eleanor. (one drunken night I remember someone assuring me confidently that Mr Usher was a famous Celtic mystic/poet)

MockerstheFeManist · 08/04/2019 12:24

Suddenly, it makes some sense:

June 1816, Lake Geneva, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron and their two groupies having a Treehouse of Horror night. Young Miss Godwin joined in with her story.

The album version is a more obvious reference to the Frankenstein tale.

PabloTescobar · 08/04/2019 12:41

The chimney thing, the line "What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her" comes from a song by Urban Discharge called Wanna Drop A House (On That Bitch). So not directly about the Wizard of Oz but probably inspired by it.

Partidgeinpeartree · 08/04/2019 13:00

I can´t believe nobody has mentioned Coldplay yet. Many of their (popular) songs have lyrics I cannot get my head around.

Marmablade · 08/04/2019 13:25

There was a song recently with basically 'cheat on me/treat me badly' in the title but can't remember exactly which song it was. The singer was basically saying 'mess me around' over and over again which struck me as being a ludicrous sentiment.

alltoomuchrightnow · 08/04/2019 15:00

Stealth, for months I thought KP was singing about eye of the Thai girl !

Elephantina · 08/04/2019 15:25

I know Blink182 are hardly cerebral and they sing about all sorts including diarrhoea. But there's a line from one track (featured in American Pie) that makes my teeth itch due to the grammar, not the content;

"He took the seat off his own bike because the way that it felt."

OF OF OF OF

Elephantina · 08/04/2019 15:31

Oh, I knew there was another Blink182 lyric that gets on my tits and it's the same bloody song;

"And it is way too unhealthy
Often they've typically
Been starved for attention before"

Aaargh starved OF attention, not for attention! Imbeciles. Love them though, they sing utter nonsense but it's fun belting them out whilst driving along the motorway.

StealthPolarBear · 08/04/2019 21:13

"He took the seat off his own bike because the way that it felt."

OF OF OF OF

I don't understand

alltoomuchrightnow · 08/04/2019 21:13

I loved Hue & Cry in the 80s and this one always confused me. It was harder then as couldn't google lyrics. I know it was about a true incident with one of the brothers meeting 'Linda' a train. My take was always that she was fleeing an abusive relationship so it bugged me that he (train stranger) was saying the husband was 'fine'. Obviously he wasn't or she wouldn't have left!
But all these years on I've googled the lyrics... more confused.. did she leave because she was an alcoholic? Or was she drinking that day because she'd finally taken the plunge to leave?

I was not looking for Linda, but Linda found me
Hiding away on the slow train home
'Is this one for Paisley? Oh you've got to help me'
(She used to work there a long time ago)
She'd spent 35 pounds on one pack of ciggies
Running an errand for him indoors
Then she kept running straight down to Leeds Central
Took Intercity and left her remorse
I'm looking out for Linda
Never stop looking, never stop looking for Linda
Never stop looking, never stop looking for Linda
I was looking at Linda, and Linda was pleased
She'd been fighting firewater all that day
She said 'me and drinking means only one thing'
Whispered that she was too polite to say
The train door was jammed - but the time wasn't right
Some guy was holding her back from the window
I said 'a fine man'- she said 'so arrogant!'
'I will decide when I go or I don't go'
I'm looking out for Linda in the rain
Never stop looking, never stop looking for Linda
Never stop looking, never stop looking for Linda
I was kissing with Linda as Paisley came closer
She's wiser than alcohol, master of men
Such a connection is finer than true things
I'll always be looking for Linda again
I'm looking out for Linda in the rain
I'm looking out for Linda
Never stop looking, never stop looking for Linda
Never stop looking, never stop looking for Linda

StealthPolarBear · 08/04/2019 21:14

Oh I see the missing word

alltoomuchrightnow · 08/04/2019 21:19

What does 'Whispered that she was too polite to say' mean?

alltoomuchrightnow · 08/04/2019 21:19

Meeting Linda ON a train, sorry!

Eastie77 · 08/04/2019 21:53

"I don't care if he buys you nice things, does his gifts** come from the heart"
"Does he leave when you need him the most, does his friends get all your time.."

Love Backstreet Boys but these lines makes me clench my jaw (from All I Have To Give). *
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My friend insists both are grammatically correct and does should be used rather than do because gifts and friends are plural but it just sounds wrong!

Eastie77 · 08/04/2019 21:54

Massive bold failBlush

megletthesecond · 08/04/2019 21:55

There's one on the radio now that I'm sure is "Madagascar, where the monkeys made the poo scatter".
I like it but I have no idea what he's on about.

Marmablade · 09/04/2019 06:53

I miss you pushing me close to the edge
I miss you
I wish I knew what I had when I left
I miss you

You set fire to my world, couldn't handle the heat
Now I'm sleeping alone and I'm starting to freeze
Baby, come bring me help
Let it rain over me
Baby, come back to me

I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life, yeah
I want you to fuck up my nights, yeah
Fuck up my nights, yeah, all of my nights, yeah
I want you to bring it all on
If you make it all wrong, then I'll make it all right, yeah
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life, yeah
I want you to fuck up my nights, yeah
Fuck up my nights, yeah, all of my nights, yeah
I want you to bring it all on
If you make it all wrong, then I'll make it all right, yeah
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life

I miss you more than I thought that I could
I miss you
I know you missin' me too like you should
I miss you

You set fire to my world, couldn't handle the heat
Now I'm sleeping alone and I'm starting to freeze
Baby, come bring me help
Let it rain over me
Baby, come back to me (baby, come back to me)

I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life, yeah
I want you to fuck up my nights, yeah
Fuck up my nights, yeah, all of my nights, yeah
I want you to bring it all on
If you make it all wrong, then I'll make it all right, yeah
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life, yeah
I want you to fuck up my nights, yeah
Fuck up my nights, yeah, all of my nights, yeah
I want you to bring it all on
If you make it all wrong, then I'll make it all right, yeah
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life

I miss you, I miss you
I wish you, I wish you
Would come back, would come back to me
Come back to me, come back to me

I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life, yeah
I want you to fuck up my nights, yeah
Fuck up my nights, yeah, all of my nights, yeah
I want you to bring it all on
If you make it all wrong, then I'll make it all right, yeah
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life, yeah (ruin my life)
I want you to fuck up my nights, yeah
Fuck up my nights, yeah, all of my nights, yeah
I want you to bring it all on
If you make it all wrong, then I'll make it all right, yeah
I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life

Songwriters: Brittany Marie Amaradio / Jackson Henry Foote / Jamie Robert Sanderson / Jordan Kendall Johnson / Michael Ross Pollack / Stefan Adam Johnson

Ruin My Life lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group

Ruin My Life Zara Larsson

Remembered it in the shower this morning! Absolute garbage. Why would you want someone to ruin your life? Also boring parent alert but what kind of message is that sending to our kids?