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!

My friend thought it was tambourines which also exist
On the back of this thread I listened to it again on you tube and it really does sound like Trombelese.

I thought it was ‘highway to the danger zone’ 😂

No way!! I had to listen again…and quite literally cannot hear ‘simple’ even now I’ve googled and ‘know’ it isn’t sympathy! Played it twice and genuinely can’t hear ‘simple’! Mind. Blown. 🤯

I remember the film being shown on a Saturday night back in the 80,s in school that Monday we were all doing the hand slap thing
And saying I feel the need the need for speed 🤣

My mum always sang “Septicemia, it’s just one of those things you put down to experience”

It’s actually “Sad, sweet dreamer, it’s just one of those things you put down to experience “.

I prefer my mum’s version.

"Grab somebody sexy tell them hey"
Grab somebody's horse and feed it hay
Still can't unsing the horse part.

Me too! And I thought the blank space she was writing their name on was the Starbucks coffee cup 🤣

My username is in tribute to the song by Red Hot Chili Peppers. For years and years, I sang:

”Come on God, your ass ain’t bullet proof”

Thinking he was challenging God in some way. I like my version better.

Radiohead were the worst for it, specially when I listened on tape.

In Adele's song 'Hometown' I always thought it was:

'Me and Maurice and friends'

but it's

'Memories are fresh'

Probably makes more sense

One of my favourites is from Frank Turner, I’m on a Frank Turner fan page, it was posted on there.
He sings that Amy is so wrapped up in her invisible drama, turns out some people heard that she was wrapped up in her invisible llama.
Frank got to hear about this so for a while when he sang the song they would project a llama onto the stage behind him.

i loved the Peter Kay sketch on misheard lyrics.

I'm shooketh! Googled because I didn't believe you!

I also thought it was sympathy until now.

mine was ‘Go, go Jason Waterfall’ and I’ve stuck with my version; he needs the encouragement.

You’ve just blown my brain!! I thought it was Bruce too!

I used to think ABBA were singing “when I saw you last night in Tescos” when they sang Super Trouper lol

Until you hear Lily Allen’s cover.

‘Every one from A to Z’ oh… I thought it was ‘every rhythm A to Z’

My DD now 21 had an argument with a boy at school aged 10 because he would not accept that Coldplay were singing ‘Para para paradise’ because he was convinced it was ‘para para paralyse’ She came out of class and asked me to go and tell him cos he wouldn’t listen. I wonder when the penny dropped.

YES! I used to think it was "a simple fate" or "a simple faith" and I've only learnt the actual lyrics a couple of years ago when I used the song for a smartshow 3d video for friend's birthday (she loves their music) and looked up the lyrics.

Exactly!!! And “I want cookies” would fit in with the weird hot dog jumping frog lyrics. But even now that I know it’s alberquerque I still say I want cookies. I just can’t unhear it.

In our house, this is 'Parrots, parrots, parrots eyes...'

Theres a song from the late 80s that I kept hearing on the radio but never caught the name of it or the name of the band. Obviously it was pre Shazam.

It turns out it was a Canadian band called the Pursuit of Happiness. I had ear worm for years singing in my head ' I'm on the dole now', turns out it is called 'I'm an adult now'
Still a good song!

It is!

Had another boyfriend who also thought this! It bothered me enough that I've posted about it before. 😂

I have a backwards one - Def Leppard's 'Pour Some Sugar On Me'. I used to be fine with the lyric "Livin' like a lover with a radar phone" when the song came out in the 1980s, but now I can only hear it as "Livin' like a lover with a red iPhone".