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We have all misheard lyrics in our time, and quite often the results are pretty entertaining. We have gathered a colelction of Misheard Marillion Lyrics here, which we hope you will enjoy. If you have any of your own to add to the list, please send them to The Lizard. We would like to thank Lysa Whitt for her immense help in collecting these lyrics - The Lizard loves you baby.
Most of the misheard lyrics have been sent in by the people that misheard them, but some were sent in by other people. Where the people sending them in have made any comments, we have tried to include these. Enjoy!
Supplied by: Fish Heard by: Chris Kimsey Song: White Russian Original lyric: Uzis on a street corner Heard lyric: Floozies on a street corner
Supplied by: Bill Knispel Song: Grendel Original lyric: Earth rim walker seeks his meals Heard lyric: My friend Walter seats his wheel
Supplied by: Dave McCoy Song: Original lyric: She nervously undressed, in the dancing beams of the Fidra lighthouse... Heard lyric: She nervously undressed, in the dancing beams of the theatre lighthouse...
Supplied by: Suzanne Cerquone Song: Garden Party Original lyric: Rugger is the tops. A game for men they say... Heard lyric: Rothers is the tops! A name for men they say.... Comments: At the time I thought, "Hey, how cool is it that they praise Steve Rothery in this song!"
Supplied by: Vlado Popov Song: Fugazi Original lyric: Radioactive perfume Heard lyric: Resurrected curfew
Supplied by: Dana ??? Song: Punch & Judy Original lyric: brought up the children Church of E Heard lyric: blow up the children it's so easy Comments: I was driving home in my car the other day, greatly upset with my child. He decided to walk home and cross a busy street by himself and not go to the sitter's house. He's only 6. Parental paranoia had set in. I was listening to "Fugazi", when "Punch and Judy" came on. Instead of hearing "brought up the children Church of E", I heard "blow up the children it's so easy." I did a double take, and began to laugh. That misheard lyric probably saved my child from being grounded until he turned 40.
Supplied by: J de J Villalpando Song: Sugar Mice Original lyric: Where I sit with the broken angels/clutching at straws and nursing out scars Heard lyric: Where I sit with the broken angels/clutching at straws under summer skies Comments: seems more poetic and less despairing than the original
Supplied by: J de J Villalpando Song: Incubus Original lyric: Just like a greasepaint mask Heard lyric: Just like a grease-stained moth Comments: I heard this until I got to read the lyrics on the remasters. It makes much more sense now.
Supplied by: Dave Woodward Song: Blind Curve v) Threshold Original lyric: I saw a war widow in a laundrette Heard lyric: I saw a war widow in a long dress
Supplied by: Dave Woodward Song: Accidental Man Original lyric: I was born to worthy causes. Heard lyric: I was born to wear the corsets
Supplied by: Mariska van Horssen Song: Forgotten Sons Original lyric: Halt, who goes there Heard lyric: Halt, hurt yourself
Supplied by: [email protected] Song: Charting the Single Original lyric: slow French kissing with the Dauphin's daughter Heard lyric: slow French kissing with the girlfriend's daughter Comments: I'm thinking you sly dog. This one might not be so bad if I had any idea what or who a Dauphin is. I think the main problem with me mishearing things is the fact that many of the political or geographical references mean nothing to me. And often I understand little until those lyric sheets are sitting in front of me.
Supplied by: [email protected] Song: Jigsaw Original lyric: We're renaissance children Heard lyric: We're Renee's son's children Comments: Who's Renee (or Rene) and why is being their grandchildren so damn important. I could go on for hours.
Supplied by: Erik Nielsen Heard by: Stewart Every (Marillion's own FOH engineer) Song: Slainte Mhath Original lyric: Waiting on the whistle to blow Heard lyric: Waiting on the whistle of love Comments: I pointed it out to him when he was mixing the next racket disc. He still doesn't believe me. So there you go!
Supplied by: Paul Spring Song: Punch & Judy Original lyric: Whatever happened to hard fast drives Heard lyric: Whatever happened to half past fives Comments: Although God knows what I thought a half-past five was... something disgustingly sexual probably! :)
Supplied by: Andrei Levenko Song: Sugar Mice Original lyric: I heard Sinatra calling me down through the floorboards Heard lyric: I heard some matron calling me down through the floorboards
Supplied by: Bill Knispel Song: Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors Original lyric: and the boy stood, and stared at the hill and the hill stared back Heard lyric: and the boy stood, and stared at the hell and the hell stared back Comments: I first heard this song on the Uncle Fish and The Cryptkeepers set (the second Fish album I ever owned), and swore that was what Fish was singing. In fact, all the people who quoted the lyric in their signature I was certain were wrong! It took my finally reading the Fish FAQ to disprove my deeply held belief (and I'm still not too sure that what I thought I heard wasn't what he really meant, either!)
Supplied by: [email protected] Song: Warm Wet Circles Original lyric: On promenades, where drunks propose to lonely arcade mannequins Heard lyric: On promenades, we juxtapose to lonely arc-like Americans
Supplied by: [email protected] Song: Original lyric: And the pool player rests on another cue, Last nights hero picking up his dues Heard lyric: And the pool player rests on a molecule, Last night's hero picking up his juice
Supplied by: [email protected] Song: Original lyric: As the glancing headlights of the last bus kiss adolescence goodbye Heard lyric: As the glancing headlights of the last bus, I guess these lessons do apply Comments: I am self-justified in this since I have sort of an auditory dyslexia, medically called "auditory discrimination", where you hear words the wrong way or they go in one ear out the other.
Supplied by: Mike Rengel Song: The Uninvited Guest Original lyric: I'm the evil in your bloodstream Heard lyric: I'm the eagle in your restroom Comments: This may be the goofiest misheard lyric yet
Supplied by: "Dwukwiat" <[email protected]> Song: Misplaced Rendezvous Original lyric: The weekend career girl never boarded the plane Heard lyric: A weekend career girl never bored at their playing Comments: Then I got the lyrics book.
Supplied by: Ted D. Rossier Song: Forgotten Sons Original lyric: The bombers arm places fiery gifts On the supermarket shelves Alleys sing with shrapnel - detonate a temporary hell Heard lyric: The bombers are racing feely bits On the supermarket shelves Icy shrapnel detonates a temporary hell Comments: I like my version better. :)
Supplied by: Marc Roy Heard by: a friend (or so he claims - Ed.) Song: Forgotten Sons Original lyric: Halt, who goes there? Heard lyric: Halte, un chasseur! (French for "Halt, a hunter")
Supplied by: Marc Roy Heard by: Charles Gingras Song: Blind Curve Original lyric: Untouchable Heard lyric: Un tas de chapeaux (French for "a stack of hats")
Supplied by: Mike Rengel Song: Forgotten Sons Original lyric: the bomber's arm places fiery gifts Heard lyric: the bomber's arm placing fairy gifts
Supplied by: Mike Marriott Song: Afraid of Sunlight Original lyric: Heard lyric: day old cheese is on the grass
Supplied by: Tricky (R. Reeves) Song: Paper Lies Original lyric: Why don't you let us take a piece out of you Heard lyric: Why don't you let us take the piss out of you Comments: I can't be the only one, though.
Supplied by: Bill Knispel Song: Kayleigh Original lyric: Chalk hearts melting on a playground wall Heard lyric: Jackdaws melting on the playground wall
Supplied by: Zenon Zygmont Song: Alone again in the lap of luxury Original lyric: Alone again in the lap of luxury Heard lyric: alone again in the lap of ma cherie Comments: I like my version better :-)
Supplied by: Joe Serge (Hollow Joe) Song: Warm Wet Circles Original lyric: She'll let a lover's tongue move in a warm wet circle Heard lyric: She'll let her lover harpoon her in a warm wet circle
Supplied by: Len Senecal Song: This Strange Engine Original lyric: like being chosen Heard lyric: Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Supplied by: Len Senecal Song: Original lyric: Trying to pick up a war Heard lyric: Trying to pick up a whore
Supplied by: Michael Jones Song: This Strange Engine Original lyric: He wore a red coat and walked a bulldog Heard lyric: He wore a red coat and walked the boat dock
Supplied by: M.Sonnenberg Song: Hotel Hobbies Original lyric: Bellboy's checking out the hookers in the bar Heard lyric: Bellboy's checking out the liquors in the bar
Supplied by: M.Sonnenberg Song: White Russian Original lyric: sitting on a barbed wire fence, racing the clouds home Heard lyric: sitting on a barbed wire fence, racing the crowds home Comments: I know it doesn't make sense, although it does when it's the other way around
Supplied by: Jordan Zivitz Song: 100 Nights Original lyric: They say that some are born to burn Heard lyric: They say that some are born to burp
Supplied by: Jordan Zivitz Song: Assassing Original lyric: I am the assin Heard lyric: I am the ass, I sing
Supplied by: Jordan Zivitz Song: Forgotten Sons Original lyric: Halt! Who goes there? Death! Heard lyric: Halt! Who goes there? Deb!
Supplied by: Jordan Zivitz Song: Hard As Love Original lyric: Love can be as hard as algebra Heard lyric: Love can be as hard as algae, ah Comments: In my defence, I have next to no hearing in one ear
Supplied by: Miles MacMillan Heard by: His brother Song: Garden Party Original lyric: Social leeches quoting Chaucer Heard lyric: Social Nietzsche's quoting Chaucer Comments: I actually like his line better!
Supplied by: Miles MacMillan Heard by: Miles himself this time. Song: Market Square Heroes Original lyric: I got rust upon my hand Heard lyric: I got mustard on my hands Comments: I knew this couldn't be correct and I listened to it over and over and still couldn't get the wrong line out of my head.
Supplied by: William D. Neumann Song: White Russian Original lyric: Racing the clouds home Heard lyric: Racing the cows home Comments: I had always heard this one as "Racing the cows home", as in "We partied 'till the cows came home"
Supplied by: Dave McCoy Song: Sugar Mice Original lyric: I was flipping through the channels on the TV, on a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rain. Heard lyric: I was flipping through the channels on the TV, on a Sunday in May, walking in the rain. Comments: I guess you would have to have a portable, battery-powered TV to be able to do this.
Supplied by: Ed A Picard Song: Bitter Suite Original lyric: The sky was bible black in Lyon Heard lyric: The sky was Byron black and neon
Supplied by: Mike Rengel Song: Garden Party Original lyric: May I be so bold as to suggest Othello Heard lyric: May I be so bold as to suggest a fellow
Supplied by: Mike Rengel Song: Bitter Suite Original lyric: Two hundred francs for sanctuary Heard lyric: Two hundred frames per century Comments: Kind of goofy I guess. :)
Supplied by: Andy Westmoreland Song: Bitter Suite Original lyric: The sky was bible black in Lyon Heard lyric: The sky was Beiderbeck in neon Comments: I have since cleaned my ears out (and looked at the sleeve ;-))
Supplied by: Lysa Whitt Heard by: Tracy Whitt Song: Incubus Original lyric: I, the mote in your eye, eye, eye, eye Heard lyric: I can motion ya, I,I,I,I
Supplied by: Lysa Whitt Heard by: Tracy Whitt Song: Lavender Original lyric: Sprinklers whisper, shimmer in the haze of summer lawns Heard lyric: Sprinklers whisper, shimmer in the haze of summer longs
Supplied by: Darren Pontin Song: Icon Original lyric: The past is a terrible place Heard lyric: Leicester's a terrible place
Supplied by: Darren Pontin Song: The Uninvited Guest Original lyric: I'm your 15-stone First Footer Heard lyric: I'm your 15-stone First Buddha
Supplied by: Darren Pontin Song: Grendel Original lyric: To Hrothgar's hall so clear Heard lyric: To Walk God's hall so clear
Supplied by: Darren Pontin Song: The Uninvited Guest Original lyric: I'm the evil in your bloodstream Heard lyric: I'm the eagle in your blessed room
Supplied by: Mark Kelly Heard by: various fans Song: Original lyric: Stones of the Parthenon Heard lyric: Stoned in the parking lot
Supplied by: Andy Westmoreland Song: Grendel Original lyric: They place their faith in oaken doors Heard lyric: They place their faith in Haagen Dazs
Supplied by: Darren Pontin Song: Grendel Original lyric: Earthen walker seeks his meals Heard lyric: Earthen walker seeps his knees Comments: Never really bothered asking why
Supplied by: Lysa Whitt Song: Enlightened Original lyric: Entwined in her arms Heard lyric: In time it grew arms
Supplied by: Liam Birch Song: 80 Days Original lyric: Head in a blur of information Heard lyric: Having a bar of information Comments: It had perplexed me for countless months until finally checking it:
Supplied by: Darren Pontin Heard by: unknown Song: Holloway Girl Original lyric: I was out in the cold of a North London street. A cog in a hurrying world. Heard lyric: I was out in the cold of a North London street. A frog in a worrying mood.
Supplied by: Mathias Hermansson Song: Warm Wet Circles Original lyric: She'll let a lover's tongue move in a warm wet circle Heard lyric: She left a lover's tongue droolin' in a warm wet circle Comments: Guess it works that way as well. Means about the same thing.
Supplied by: Paul Hughes (ROBW editor) Heard by: The Panda himself Song: Interior Lulu Original lyric: All the lost weekends in booze Heard lyric: All the lost weekends in Crewe
Supplied by: [email protected] Song: Original lyric: You see my face in the stones in the Parthenon Heard lyric: You see my face in the stones in the parking lot Comments: I know this makes little or no sense but no matter how I try I have to force myself to not hear it.
Supplied by: [email protected] Song: White Russian Original lyric: Sitting on a barbed wire fence, racing the clouds home Heard lyric: Sitting on a barbed wire fence, racing the clowns home
Supplied by: Christopher Dunn Song: Kayleigh Original lyric: Chalk hearts melting on a playground wall Heard lyric: Chocolates melting on a plate when warm
Supplied by: Martin Thorpe Song: Out of This World Original lyric: I know the pain, of too much tenderness... Heard lyric: I know the pain, of too much take away... Comments: Hogarth tackling the subject of indigestion?!
Supplied by: Alex Michelet (The Company Belgium) Song: House Original lyric: C'mon do your worst, But lift this curse Heard lyric: Common do your worse, Lift your skirt
Supplied by: Marc Roy Song: The Last Straw Original lyric: You can buy us a drink, And just shake our hand Heard lyric: You can buy us a drink, And Jessica Lange Comments: Jessica Lange is an American actress - a very good one - for those who are not familiar with the name.
Supplied by: SW McCoy Song: Cinderella Search Original lyric: Welcome back to the circus Heard lyric: Welcome back to the surface Comments: The heard lyric sounds more like Alice in Wonderland than Cinderella. When I sing along to the song I sing my version.
Supplied by: Robert Lohner Heard by: Jimmy Roncolato Song: She Chameleon Original lyric: She Chameleon Heard lyric: Shake a million. Comments: |
