I’ve been singing these lyrics wrong for 21 years!

[chilliheeler123]

Somewhere Only We Know by Keane.

Apparently it’s “oh, simple thing, where have you gone?” and not “oh sympathy, where have you gone?”

Entirely boring thread (and probably far more worthy of Dull Women’s Club than MN), but I cannot be the only one!

I made exactly the same mistake. Googled the lyrics because my daughter does a dance sport and we were looking for new routine music

Ha I genuinely thought it was sympathy until reading this post.
I worked on the shop floor in John Lewis Christmas 2013 and had to listen to the Lily Allen version on a loop for full shifts as well.

Oh I did know that one! But I have got a few song lyrics wrong before!

Don't bring me down groose (ELO) I thought was 'Don't bring me down Bruce!'

'Freed From Desire' by Gala is a common misheard lyric. She says 'he's got his
strong beliefs.' Some people think it's 'he's got his tromobelese.'

Again, I knew that was 'strong beliefs,' but I do get some lyrics wrong. Another one for me is Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon. I thought it was 'this sex is on fire' but it's 'your sex is on fire.' I think my version makes more sense. 😆

Don't cry by guns and roses
For years I thought he was singing don't cry as we're having a ball now baby
When it's there's a heaven above you .

My other misheard lyric is ‘put your hands up for Detroit, I love this city’
It’s actually ‘our lovely city’

@SabreIsMyFave thank you ! I have learnt something new today.

I've been singing "I went to the danger zone" ever since the first Top Gun film came out. Corrected by my DP about 3 months ago.

The absolute classic that my Dutch friend always got wrong was from Moby's, "Natural Blues" lyric:

"Oh, Lordy, trouble so hard."

She thought it was, "Travel so high."

"Well, she is from Amsterdam." remarked the laconic Manc of the proceedings.

I've always sung this as "my love has got no money (etc), his Dad is from Belize". Can't hear it any other way

Don't bring me down groose (ELO) I thought was 'Don't bring me down Bruce!'

Wasn't it ' Groos' he originally sang as a space filler in the song but started singing 'Bruce' because thats what people sang.

My main take away from this thread is
'Somewhere Only We Know is 21 years old 😲 🫨 ( what the hell!!!)

I mean what kind of total idiot would mishear Freed From Desire and then spend nearly the next three decades trying to understand what a tromobelese was and every time deciding it must be some obscure member of the trombone family...nope bests me 🤭.

Oh there are just Soooooooo many

I thought it was sympathy until that Christmas advert when I heard the cover which was clearer.
‘My lover’s got no money, he’s got his tromboleese.’
Freed from Desire by Gala . I stand by it.! Her lover loves his new brass instrument. 😜

lol just read yours too! 🤣

😂😂😂

I used to picture a priest in denim every time I heard Forever in Blue Jeans by Neil Diamond because it sounds like Reverend Blue Jeans.

He lives on Stromboli is what I heard. Still, we both are showing off our knowledge of geography.

Ahh I thought it was "simple fame" so I was wrong too

I thought it was Bruce! Wtf is groose??

I thought that until……now.😳

Street Life by The Crusaders? has always been a song about a street light to me.

For years (until I actually read the lyrics) I thought Hue and Cry sang "I've had enough of you and your stick of bamboo" in 80's banger "Labour of Love". It made no sense but okay.

Turns out it's "I've had enough of you and your super-bad crew" which isn't a much better lyric but does have the merit of making sense

😂

A more recent one is Wild Thoughts by Rhianna. I thought it was white dust and she was singing about a cocaine addict.

#TeamTromolise