One of the funniest PJ lyric misconceptions

EvolutionBound
EvolutionBound Posts: 38
edited April 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
My friend was listening to "Sad" with me the other day, and for the first line of the second chorus he thought it said "He likes to masturbate in bed." When the real line is "He lights a match, he lays in bed." Funny stuff. Thank you Eddie for making us all wonder what the hell it is you're saying.
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  • one way needle
    one way needle Posts: 196
    Heheh, oh dear. Though im sure we've all spent many a time musing over what the man really is singing
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  • DarkStar
    DarkStar Posts: 734
    EvolutionBound wrote:
    My friend was listening to "Sad" with me the other day, and for the first line of the second chorus he thought it said "He likes to masturbate in bed." When the real line is "He lights a match, he lays in bed." Funny stuff. Thank you Eddie for making us all wonder what the hell it is you're saying.

    what's even funnier is that the line isn't actually "he lights a match, he lays in bed"...it's "eleven nights, he laid in bed." ;)

    no joke.

    ds
    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....
  • EvolutionBound
    EvolutionBound Posts: 38
    wow, so we both got it wrong...wow, im such an idiot. Ah, the power of Eddie.
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  • schuhljam
    schuhljam Posts: 28
    Thanks For The Giggles!;-)
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    ohh my i used to hear that too.

    by the way..

    the real line is:


    eleven nights he lay in bed, hoping that dreams would bring her back.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • heavymetalguitarist
    heavymetalguitarist Posts: 6
    EvolutionBound wrote:
    My friend was listening to "Sad" with me the other day, and for the first line of the second chorus he thought it said "He likes to masturbate in bed." When the real line is "He lights a match, he lays in bed." Funny stuff. Thank you Eddie for making us all wonder what the hell it is you're saying.

    Ah ! I heard something similar. But was too embarassed to ask anyone. Hahaha !
    Anyway, good that now I know there are many more people who have to strain hard to realize what Eddie is singing.
    I think there was a post similar to this earlier too.
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  • CantKeepFukinUp
    CantKeepFukinUp Posts: 168
    DarkStar wrote:
    what's even funnier is that the line isn't actually "he lights a match, he lays in bed"...it's "eleven nights, he laid in bed." ;)

    no joke.

    ds

    haha! The ironing is delicious!
  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    I thought thats what it was too!!!! :D it really sounds like that
  • Cyclefly
    Cyclefly Posts: 17
    Lukin:

    "I'm going to lukins" sounds like "I'm gonna lose it"
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    all I hear when ed sings is something like this: "eh a le ah nu he lay be ha hou ah"
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  • Calvin77
    Calvin77 Posts: 4
    This has always been a funny subject to me. The common term for a misunderstood lyric is "mondegreen" after a bungled traditional Scottish ballad. There's plenty of sites giving more info on the history of it, but the site listed below has over 4,000 mondegreens linked by different categories (and yes, there are quite a few for Pearl Jam :)) so check it out, some of the interpretations are down right wierd!

    http://www.kissthisguy.com
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