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Misheard Lyrics

Ariana Grande – Problem ft Iggy Azalea

What I heard:

Heaven and gloves, got no Wayne on my show dog       

I sugar wine oh and wheel lies the iPod

Actual lyrics:

Head in the clouds got no weight on my shoulders

I should be wiser and realize that I’ve got.

Level of difficult to understand: 6/10; Ari, you need to e-nun-see-ate.

Green Day – American Idiot

What I heard:

Dumb waiter be an American idiot

Don’t wash in bees with the Napa dew meater

Acorn astounds his cereal

Some blimp is mine, f*** America

Actual lyrics:

Don’t wanna be an American idiot.

Don’t want a nation under the new mania

And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

The subliminal mind fuck America.

Level of difficulty to understand: 3/10 Something has to be wrong with me.

Sia – Chandelier

What I heard:

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3

Floor in back till animals come

Actual lyrics:

1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink

1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink

1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink

Throw ’em back, till I lose count

Level of difficulty to understand: 5.5/10; It’s just the accent, Sia – we love you, girl!

Bastille – Pompeii

What I heard:

But if your closure rise

Does it all moats fever nothing change that doll

But if your closure rise

Dos it all moats feel like you’ve bean ear before?

How amakamdksaldmsakdats a bow diss?

How amakamdksaldmsakdats a bow diss?

Actual lyrics:

But if you close your eyes

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

And if you close your eyes

Does it almost feel like

You’ve been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

Level of difficulty to understand: 6.5/10; Honestly, I’m the one being difficult with this whole accent thing but those last two lines – wtf???

Selena Gomez – Good for You

What I heard:

Door it all like Miley’s, mmm

You say I got a tie, soak wood soak wood

Make you never want a leaf

So don’t, so don’t.

Actual lyrics:

Doing it up like Midas, mhm

Now you say I gotta touch

So good, so good

Make you never wanna leave

So don’t, so don’t

Level of difficulty to understand: 7.8/10; okay, love this song but I had no idea what she was saying in the beginning.

 

Hey, I'm Reva! ^_^ Born in the Washington D.C. I'm a Christian and a Music major at York College of PA. I've written and published a young adult novel series; the first is called Breathtaking.