Far too often, we as a society tend to focus on our differences, instead of concentrating on those things that we share. The air we breathe. The things that we feel. The knowledge that nothing we do, hear, or say can stop our impending, eventual demise. The eye-opening revelation that the lyrics we’ve been using to sing along with our favorite songs are not even remotely close to what they actually are. While we can’t do anything to stop your path to an inevitable and finite end, we can bring you a list of misheard lyrics we’ve come across to make the journey far more enjoyable.<\/p>\n
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20. Stevie Nicks Wings It in “Edge of Seventeen”<\/p>\n
We begin with Stevie Nicks and what is arguably her best solo venture, “Edge of Seventeen.” The misheard lyric is actually the very first line in the song, which actually goes:<\/p>\n
“Just like the white winged dove sings a song, sounds like she’s singin’ ‘Ooh, ooh, ooh'”<\/p>\n
The misheard lyric, however, kicks the song off with a slightly more horrifying vibe:<\/p>\n
“Just like the one-winged dove sings a song, sounds like she’s singin’ ‘Ooh, ooh, ooh'”<\/p>\n
Of course it’s a white winged dove. A one-winged dove wouldn’t be singing. It would be screaming bloody murder.<\/p>\n
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19. ABBA Gets a Vibe from Citrus Fruit in \u201cDancing Queen\u201d<\/p>\n
One of ABBA’s biggest hits, “Dancing Queen” is a celebration of being young and carefree, owning the dance floor like a boss to the beat of the music:<\/p>\n
“You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen<\/p>\n
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine, oh, yeah”<\/p>\n
What it most certainly is not is an endorsement to bring citrus fruit to the dance floor:<\/p>\n
“You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen<\/p>\n
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tangerine, oh, yeah”<\/p>\n
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18. Selena Gomez Has Gastric Issues in \u201cGood For You\u201d<\/p>\n
Selena Gomez<\/a>‘s “Good For You” sees a confident Ms. Gomez singing about her devotion to her partner, making herself look fabulous for a night of knockin’ boots:<\/p>\n “14 carats, I’m 14 carat, doing it up like Midas, mmm”<\/p>\n The misheard lyric would suggest that she should see a gastroenterologist as soon as possible:<\/p>\n “Farting carrots, I’m farting carrots, doing it up like Midas, mmm”<\/p>\n On the plus side, she could make a delicious salad for her lover out of her butt veggies. Mmm . . . butt veggies . . .<\/p>\n 17 <\/p>\n 17. The Wiener Takes It All in Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”<\/p>\n Celine Dion<\/a>‘s contribution to the Titanic<\/a> soundtrack, “My Heart Will Go On,” was a mega-hit that really captured the essence of the heartrending film and the perseverance of love:<\/p>\n “Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on”<\/p>\n But if they ever make a movie about competitive eater Joey Chestnut<\/a>, she could make the cut for that soundtrack with this misheard lyric:<\/p>\n “Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the hot dogs go on”<\/p>\n 16 <\/p>\n 16. Urine Trouble, R.E.M., with \u201cLosing My Religion\u201d<\/p>\n R.E.M. is well known for their cryptic, poetic lyrics, and “Losing My Religion” is a perfect example. As Michael Stipe tells it<\/a>, “losing my religion” is an old southern expression for being at the end of one’s rope, an expression that he gave a “poetic facelift” to, with lyrics like:<\/p>\n “That’s me in the corner, that’s me in the spotlight”<\/p>\n Less abstract and far more vulgar is the misheard version:<\/p>\n “Let’s pee in the corner, let’s pee in the spotlight”<\/p>\n It’s another one that makes sense once you hear it \u2013 you’d have to have some pretty wicked force behind that steam to hit a spotlight.<\/p>\n 15 <\/p>\n 15. Taylor Swift Gives a Shout-Out to Lonely Coffee Shop Patrons in “Blank Space”<\/p>\n