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  • Ms. ProgressiveMs. Progressive Posts: 600
    It's true, the song does go 'I'm an idiot and you're great.'
  • BeavBeav Posts: 223
    My friend thought the line "but I'm glad we talked" in Alive was "But I'm playin' guitar!". I could almost hear it... but not qiute
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  • svhsvh Posts: 21
    WMA : Police stopped my brother again -> all these times I´m running again

    ben, the two of us need love no more -> since the two of us can`t look no more

    just examples, i´ve got a lot more...
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  • HenkeHenke Posts: 34
    It happens to me all the time. I just blame it on my bad hearing. If there is something I really wonder about, I just check how it is written. But a couple of hours later I tend to forget it. So the next time I listen to the tune, I cant remember how it went. Its very frustrating :D
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  • T-CaseT-Case Posts: 186
    haha the first time my bro heard glorified g he thought the line "glorified version of a pellet gun" was "all five versions of a pellican"
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  • igotpjigotpj Posts: 187
    T-Case wrote:
    haha the first time my bro heard glorified g he thought the line "glorified version of a pellet gun" was "all five versions of a pellican"

    so what do the other four versions of a pelican look like?? ;)
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  • GarnerGarner Posts: 182
    svh wrote:
    WMA : Police stopped my brother again -> all these times I´m running again

    ben, the two of us need love no more -> since the two of us can`t look no more

    just examples, i´ve got a lot more...
    It's Ben the two of us need look no more
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  • Fetus Jr.Fetus Jr. Posts: 26
    igotpj wrote:
    Yeah, me too!

    Me three! hah
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  • dividedbyfeardividedbyfear Posts: 1
    rvm: (real) fist on my plate : (heard) pissed on my plate >:P
    solat (real) sacrifice recieving : (heard) sacrifice of semen (masturbation?)

    anyway, bodily function theme, though I never heard "farts and thoughts" in small town...

    about leash: although the liner notes say lucky, I'm pretty sure that's not what he says, even in the studio version. I think it's just in the liner. And I never heard "legs spread out..." in Black.

    I'm sure I have more, but these are the 2 biggest, I guess.
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  • Even_FlowEven_Flow Posts: 1
    At first i thought it was jeremy smoked some brass today......humm!
    jeremy been smoking some pennies
  • AerosmithAerosmith Posts: 16
    I hear: "and now my bitter hands, shade beneath the clouds" (b/c of the canvas reference in beginning)

    Others hear: "and now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds"

    anyone know what im talking about? lol
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  • BlyssBlyss Posts: 166
    Dante's Beatrice wrote:
    Ha! I love these posts. I can't pretend to KNOW what all the lyrics are but I've never unintentionally misheard them. However, my friend thought that Daughter went like this:
    "Don't call me Doris ... my beige old cat will remind me."

    LOL that's too funny.

    i always mishear little things before i bother to know the real lyrics oceans i thought was "like me towards you" instead of "glide" close enough anyway:)
  • SmileSmile Posts: 25
    Aerosmith wrote:
    I hear: "and now my bitter hands, shade beneath the clouds" (b/c of the canvas reference in beginning)

    Others hear: "and now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds"

    anyone know what im talking about? lol

    Yes, actually I do believe that Ed sings both of those lines in the song. He mixes it up.

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  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    the other night Daughter was on and I was bustin' it out " she will.....Rise Aboooove!!....my wife goes " I thought it was.....'She went....What the Fuuuuuck'.
  • DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    Even_Flow wrote:
    At first i thought it was jeremy smoked some brass today......humm!
    jeremy been smoking some pennies

    there's no brass in pennies...;)

    http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tsullivl/commoncents/PennyComposition.htm

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  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    Aerosmith wrote:
    I hear: "and now my bitter hands, shade beneath the clouds" (b/c of the canvas reference in beginning)

    Others hear: "and now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds"

    anyone know what im talking about? lol

    actually its neither of those.. and now may bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds.
  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    Smile wrote:
    Yes, actually I do believe that Ed sings both of those lines in the song. He mixes it up.

    Peace.

    I always thought the first verse was...and now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds

    and the second verse was...and now my bitter hands, cradle broken glass...
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  • DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    pjtradeking wrote:
    I always thought the first verse was...and now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds

    and the second verse was...and now my bitter hands, cradle broken glass...

    you are correct, sir. that is how eddie sings the song on Ten.

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    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • St. NickSt. Nick Posts: 72
    pjtradeking wrote:
    I always thought the first verse was...and now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds

    and the second verse was...and now my bitter hands, cradle broken glass...

    I think it is chafe instead of shake. I agree with you on the rest. I always thought it was Shafe beneath the cloths.
  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    St. Nick wrote:
    I think it is chafe instead of shake. I agree with you on the rest. I always thought it was Shafe beneath the cloths.

    yes you got it right
  • funkhouser311funkhouser311 Posts: 5
    i remember when i was but a wee lad hearing glorified g, i thought for sure he said pelican, motified version of a pelican, i got confused
  • ExTReMe FrEAkExTReMe FrEAk Posts: 118
    For the longest time I had misheard something in the song Jeremy.

    Real lyrics - King Jeremy the Wicked, oh, ruled his world.

    Misheard version - Came down on me the weekend, oh, ruled his world.
    funkhouser311 wrote:
    i remember when i was but a wee lad hearing glorified g, i thought for sure he said pelican, motified version of a pelican, i got confused
    That's funny. Someone over at toolnavy.com always thought it went "Go find pleasure in a pellet gun."
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  • SweetReliefSweetRelief Posts: 71
    Anyone mention this yet? Just remembered as it was playing now...used to think there was a 'tractor in the sun' in immortality.

    Yeah...tractors & pelicans...what a band! :D
  • zr2paulzr2paul Posts: 10
    Beav wrote:
    My friend thought the line "but I'm glad we talked" in Alive was "But I'm playin' guitar!". I could almost hear it... but not qiute

    Me and and buddy ALWAYs thought it was "But I'm playin' guitar!". LOL!

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  • polarduckpolarduck Posts: 8
    Glorified G

    lyric ~ Glorified version of a pellet gun

    misheard ~ Youth diversion of a pelican
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  • alternagirlalternagirl Posts: 27
    Glorified virgin on a pelican.

    That was my fave "mishear" from someone from the old board.


    :)

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  • with_an_animalwith_an_animal Posts: 6
    I thought the line in "Go" was "...pulled out a fucking gun" until this very moment. Thanks for clarifying. This actual line ("god") is a heady improvement as well. That "gun" line always seemed a bit juvenille and lazy to me. Anyway.... that's all I got.

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  • ramspamramspam Posts: 130
    zr2paul wrote:
    Me and and buddy ALWAYs thought it was "But I'm playin' guitar!". LOL!

    Paul
    Me toooo!!! I also thought untill just now that in Whipping it went "Don’t need a bandage, to band my tumour..." when it goes "Don’t need a bandage, there’s too much...blood..":D:D:D
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  • Panic821Panic821 Posts: 106
    This is just something i heard(or read somewhere, cant remember now), but it may have been true:

    after a PJ concert, a girl who had backstage pass comes up to Eddie and says "I really liked you guys before i saw this concert. i didnt knew you guys were Racists! i hate your band now!!". turns out that the girl misheard the lyrics on "leash"; instead of "get out of my f**kin' face, drop the leash, drop the leash....", she heard " get out of my f**kin' face, Japanese, Japanese..."!!!

    talk about hearing things.
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  • decency_of_a_madmandecency_of_a_madman Posts: 12
    When I was really young, I used to think Jeremy went...gently spoken, Leslie. I never understood why the song was called Jeremy until I was about 15 and actually looked up the lyrics...then I realized that for years I was singing the entire song wrong. Of course...I didn't actually realize Pearl Jam sang that song until I was like 15...I'm 17 now...yes it's sad...please don't kill me.
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