Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
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And Sheila perfect
And she looks perfect
Barefoot on the cross
Barefoot on the grass
Bedford on the cross
Barefoot on the grass
Dancing in the dark
With you between my ass
Dancing in the dark
With you between my arms
Dancing in the dark
With you between my ass
Dancing in the dark
With you between my arms
Dancing on the cross
Dancing on the grass
I thought it was a song with either a religious or a blasphemous theme, one extreme or the other, the first few times I heard it. After listening to the rest of the lyrics, I realized it was neither. But even then, and taking into account that he's a Brit, Sheeran seems to go out of the way to make it sound like "cross" rather than "grass".
Darling just die right in
Darling just dive right in
Darling just died right here.
Darling just dive right in.
Darling, you are purple
Darling, you are perfect
Gimme gimme cheese
Pretty pretty please
Happy Birthday
I can't be perfect.
I can't believe it's all just a job to you.
I can't believe it's hard just to talk to you.
I don't want a party and love affair
I need someone who really cares
Life is too short to place silly gains
I don't want half-hearted love affairs
I need someone who really cares
Life is too short to play silly games
I will not give you a FaceTime
I will not give you up this time
I'll s*** her home.
I'll share her home.
I'm only perfect industrial strength alone
I'm only perfect in just your strength alone
It's got to be purple
It's got to be perfect
I’ll s**t her home
I’ll share her home.
Too many people take second man.
Too many people take second best.
Welcome to my city life
Welcome to my silly life
When you said you looked at meds
When you said you looked a mess
When you said you looked at meds
When you said you looked a mess
When you said you looked immense
When you said you looked a mess
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