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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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not
by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see
misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and
misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).
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And we were dying from the gecko
And we were dying from the get go
The Story: I thought Darren was trying to say that he moved to California because there were too many geckos back in Australia and it was killing him. But then I realised he was saying get go. Since Darren Hayes is so sweet and emotional, this song actually made me start calling unaffectionate people with no feelings "geckos". - Submitted by: babicheeks999
Garlic crush
I've got a little crush.
The Story: Since wimpy ex-Savage Gardener Darren still sings as if his larynx is being forced through an echoey wind machine, some words tend to merge with one another, resulting in this mishearing for example. Sounds like some advert for garlic paste. - Submitted by: Devil Jones
My friends, we're all stupidities
My friends, we're all celebrating.
My friends are all in limosines
My friends are all celebrity.
The Story: I already heard that this song is really ironic. But when I thought I heard these words in the song (when I first listened to it), I just freaked out because I thought Darren has turned into some sort of Eminem and telling us that we are stupid---and celebrating for it!!! - Submitted by: kristy
Spin that wheel
And tell me how to feel.
I like the shape of men
When music feels like this.
Spin that wheel
Tell me how to feel.
I like the shape I'm in
When music feels like this.
The Story: My friend and I, accompanied by our boyfriends, were hanging out at my house talking and listening to Darren's cd when this song came on. I was trying really hard to understand what he was saying. When this part came on, I burst out laughing so hard that my friend jumped. My boyfriend, not understanding what was so funny, asked me what I was laughing at. When I told him, he also started laughing. Then I said, 'Guess our Lil' Darren has taken up a new interest.' Everyone laughed at that comment. Then my friend's boyfriend said, 'Gosh Steph, that's not what it says!' the he told me and everyone laughed. - Submitted by: Stephanie
Keep packing like you own me.
Keep acting like you own me.
The Story: Whenever I heard this verse, I was thinking that Darren was singing about his personal assistant-that she packs his stuff and so he wrote the song about her. Wow, what a nice thing to do to wrote a song about personal assistant! So I thought until I read the lyrics more carefully! :-) - Submitted by: Maria Fedichkina
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