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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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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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The Verve's, "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
The Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause it's a bittersweep simpony called life.
The Real Lyrics:
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony called life.
The Story: Wow, I thought they were talking about the Sims games needing brooms! But then I remembered this came out before the Sims games were put out. - Submitted by: Nina
The Verve's, "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I am here in my mo
The Real Lyrics:
I am here in my mind
The Story: The actual song says mind, not mold, or mo, or mole. - Submitted by: Sasha
The Verve's, "Bittersweet Symphony"
The Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony that's live.
The Real Lyrics:
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life.
The Story: Made sense the way I heard it, but searched up the lyrics one day and found out that I was wrong all these years. - Submitted by: Daniel Sanchez
The Verve's, "Bittersweet Symphony"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's just a change in me
Something in my living room.
The Real Lyrics:
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty.
The Story: My friend was dancing about her living room singing aloud to this thinking it was apt because she was in her living room, complete with finger shaking and a** wiggling. I nearly fell off the couch! - Submitted by: Nicks
The Verve's, "Lucky Man"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Yucky man
The Real Lyrics:
Lucky man
The Story: Why do we hear "lucky" as "yucky"? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Verve's, "The Drugs Don't Work"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Now the doors don't work
The Real Lyrics:
Now the drugs don't work
The Story: Having to do with automatic doors, I swear this made sense. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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