in true nme stylee, this post hopes to obtain the funniest, stupidest and most goddamn obscure mishearings in the divine, but often bizzare world of regina lyrics. i'll start us off, as i have no shame..... lyrics are 'not much hair left on his head' in 'samson'. i heard (for weeks too) 'numbed a chair-lift on his head'. the thing is, samson being knocked out by a stannah is not completely improbable in regworld. also, because of her intonation, i STILL hear 'your mama was huge' rather than 'here' in 'prisoners'. that puts me in mind of all those fat mother jokes, y'know, 'your mother's so fat when she turns 'round it's her birthday again'. ho. please add to this treasury of foolishness!

Welll.....

In chemo limo, i am still unclear, I think that she is saying, "momma gonna go out in style...", but i read lyrics on some lyrics.com or something like that and it said, "I'ma gonna go out in style" but im right, right?

Jef,
You are right. Lyric sites suck. I was looking up the lyrics to the Hot Hot Heat song "Goodnight, Goodnight" and in one part of the song they wrote a question mark. I was like Wha... Any how. You are not the only one who is confused with understanding her lyrics. In the song "Us" I thought she said "Take photographs of one" Insted of the actual "Take photographs have fun. Have fun." I later mistook "We wear our scarves just like a noose. But not 'cause we want eternal sleep." for "We wear our scarves just like we used. But not 'cause the quantity is steep." And later went onto make the misteak of determining "And though our parts are slightly used. New ones are slave labor you can keep." for "And though our parts are slightly used. You want a sick label you can keep." And later did it again for the fourth time with "The sculptors mama's send reagards" with "Pure jibberish." So I can see how you would get confused. My problem was listening to her songs and not taking the time to take in the beauty of her lyrics. A misteak I will never make again. Now that I am a loyal fan. I suppose it is her lovely Russian accent.

--Isn't Chemo Limo such a beautifully sad song?

-Livize.

The first time I heard 'Samson' I though Regina sang: "Beneath the sheets of vapour lies my youth", but yeah- that was an incredibly stupid mistake on account of the fact that in that particular verse she doesn't use odd tonality, and her phrasing's pretty clear. Haha, oh well.... *Slaps self in head*
It's funny how people mishear lyrics, eh?

"and to see me makes her awful sad, and to touch me makes her awful sad" I heard for some odd reason as, "to me makes an awful sound, and to touch me makes an awful sound"

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one.

-Livize.

Bumpbumpbump!

All of the prisoners -> I love the prisoners
A good god-themed joke -> A cuckoo-themed joke

god.. i had so many..

emmm..

lounge: like larva in their in cue carbs..
carbon monoxide: well toned dadddy...well toned daddy..

theres too many!

Somedays: "I love you... not anymore" instead of "I'm not here, not anymore"

That time: "i had some very pieces" instead of "i had to bury pieces"

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Originally posted by Emmerrrrrrr:
Somedays: "I love you... not anymore" instead of "I'm not here, not anymore"

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Originally posted by Mumrik:

All of the prisoners -> I love the prisoners

Me too on both of those!

Also: "We tried to find some words to aid in the decay" in On the Radio.

and

"I'm a child here, too, so..." Hotel Song.

"A street cat got him by morning"
I heard "A street car got him and I wanted"- That Time

This is fun.

I think many of us ( including me ) thought she's singing "while you stare at your boobs" instead of "books" I think she did that one on purpose.

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Originally posted by baby jesus:
"A street cat got him by morning"
I heard "A street car got him and I wanted"- That Time

This reminded me, I heard " A street cab got him but I wanted..."

Oh I just thought of another one! And its a ridiculous one too:

"He don't be red no more more, but he sure likes the spa sure likes the spa-" 2.99 Cent Blues. Haha oops...

This is a funny one...
When I heard 'On the Radio' for the first time, I thought she was repeating on the chorus "I'm the pretty-o'" , then I checked the lyrics and it was "On the Radio".

Us; "The sculptor's marble sends regards." I thought it said that until yesterday. I'm kind of embarrassed... But I guess it wasn't really too ridiculous of a thought.