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REM's, "Ignoreland"
Misheard Lyrics:
1980, 80, 488, 92, 2...
Original Lyrics:
1980, '84, '88, '92 (2)...
R.E.M's, "Ignoreland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Casper stole the power from victims of the High-Speed-'em years.
Wreckin all things virtuous and true.
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal,
dusting all the principles in the variation pool.
Wreckin all things virtuous and true.
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal,
dusting all the principles in the variation pool.
Original Lyrics:
These bastards stole the power from the victims of the us vs. them years,
Wreckin all things virtuous and true.
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal,
lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool.
Wreckin all things virtuous and true.
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal,
lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool.
R.E.M's, "Ignoreland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dusting off the precipice since you trickled down, right on cue
They hypnotized the summer, nineteen seventy-nine.
Marched into the capitol Brooding complicit, us with Kennedy, well,
Media read the heartless enablers who pursue us, citizens who were achievers
Mega ultra power dozing
We lack sleeping sleeping sleeping, sleeping, yeah yeah yeah.
They hypnotized the summer, nineteen seventy-nine.
Marched into the capitol Brooding complicit, us with Kennedy, well,
Media read the heartless enablers who pursue us, citizens who were achievers
Mega ultra power dozing
We lack sleeping sleeping sleeping, sleeping, yeah yeah yeah.
Original Lyrics:
Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool.
They hypnotized the summer, nineteen seventy-nine.
Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able,
Media-ready, heartless, and labeled super u.s. citizen, super achiever,
Mega ultra power dosing. relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. yeah, yeah, yeah.
They hypnotized the summer, nineteen seventy-nine.
Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able,
Media-ready, heartless, and labeled super u.s. citizen, super achiever,
Mega ultra power dosing. relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. yeah, yeah, yeah.
R.E.M.'s, "Ignoreland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Reflex reflex reflex reflex!
Original Lyrics:
Defense defense defense defense!
R.E.M.'s, "Ignoreland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens
Original Lyrics:
Defense, defense, defense, defense
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